Dock "design"!!!

[MacBookProDock]

Hi. I just got a MacBookPro, and i was kind of disappointed... I have seen many videos on youtube where when they drag their mouse over icons on the dock, its like a wave. The icon the mouse is over is bigger than all the others.

Well, on my Mac with Snow Leopard, all that happens when i put the arrow over an icon, the name of the program pops up over it.

How can i get it as a "wave" as i call it? Please help, i have NO clue what so ever....

 

[NT1440]

Hi. I just got a MacBookPro, and i was kind of disappointed... I have seen many videos on youtube where when they drag their mouse over icons on the dock, its like a wave. The icon the mouse is over is bigger than all the others.

Well, on my Mac with Snow Leopard, all that happens when i put the arrow over an icon, the name of the program pops up over it.

How can i get it as a "wave" as i call it? Please help, i have NO clue what so ever....

system preferances, dock

I think you can take it from there

 

[MacBookProDock]

system preferances, dock

I think you can take it from there

You need to be specific, im all new to this... :S

 

[robbieduncan]

It really is this simple:

 

[MacBookProDock]

It really is this simple:

Oh MY GOD! Ur a genious!

 

[JonHimself]

You need to be specific, im all new to this... :S

Open up System Preferences, the open the Dock selection.

You'll want to check the box beside "Magnification" and then adjust how much you want it to magnify (or wave).

EDIT: Got beat, sorry for double-posting the answer.

 

[kolax]

Is that why you bought a Mac?

 

[snaky69]

Oh MY GOD! Ur a genious!

You know, it's pretty self-explanatory how it works, you could've have played around with dock settings yourself and figured out which did what.

 

[dwd3885]

Is that why you bought a Mac?

lol. It sounds like it is!

 

[dwd3885]

http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/

This site was meant for you.

 

[Andy348]

Haha, great thread

 

[copykris]

this, to me, is why so many of those 'new to mac-people' are so god damned annoying

they buy a mac for the wavy dock

and believe me, this kid is no exception

 

[copykris]

by 'this kid' i meant the OP

:/

 

[Andy348]

this, to me, is why so many of those 'new to mac-people' are so god damned annoying

they buy a mac for the wavy dock

and believe me, this kid is no exception

That's kind of harsh, don't you think?

 

[copykris]

i readily admit it's a blatant generalization, if anything

but harsh? no

 

[Thomas Davie]

i readily admit it's a blatant generalization, if anything

but harsh? no

It is a generalization, but I think one that is true. I'm not offended by it, but I can see that some might be. When I got my iMac in June/08, I bought Leopard; the missing manual and Leopard for dummies. I used them for 1/2 a day.

This is a resource that 'newbies' will come to and will appear as 'new'.

We were all Mac virgins once.

Tom

 

[FieryFurnace]

For me, when I just got my Mac, the magnification was something I just loved to play with. I moved my mouse over the icons and enjoyed how it looks.
And until today, I still have that enabled,...

 

[gianly1985]

When I bought my first Mac, the first thing I did was to explore DEEPLY the Preference app (and panes).

I do the same thing with mobile phones.

It takes a couple of minutes after all.