Ok, so I probably did something stupid. I wanted to add a 'recent things' stack to the dock so I copied the code, defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }' from http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071101055329470 Then I read to see the folder, type killall Dock to restart the Dock and see your new folder. And my dock disappeared. It's not hiding, it just stopped running, period. Spaces aren't working either, but I'm more concerned about the dock right now. I think my problem may stem for not reading the fine print of it being for 10.5, while I have 10.5.8 I've tried restarting my computer, even booted it up in safe mode and nothing helped.
If anyone has experienced this problem before, or knows a solution, please help.
If anyone has experienced this problem before, or knows a solution, please help.