Dock magnification freezes...

[wakerider017]

Every once in a while the dock magnification will freeze. It will be stuck on magnified in one spot with out my mouse over it.

Any fix for this or is a restart required?

 

[Benjamindaines]

Open Terminal and type "killall Dock".

Or open Activity Monitor and force quit the Dock process. Both are located in your Utilities folder.

 

[wizwaz3]

I've had this problem, but the magnification just wont work. I de-select/select turn magnification on and it still doesn't work. Do I need to do the same thing to cure it?

 

[Benjamindaines]

I've had this problem, but the magnification just wont work. I de-select/select turn magnification on and it still doesn't work. Do I need to do the same thing to cure it?

You can try, I don't know if it will help but it won't hurt.

 

[wizwaz3]

You can try, I don't know if it will help but it won't hurt.

Ok, I'll at least try it next time, and if it doesn't, I'll just restart...

 

[macguysoft]

Why not just delete the dock plist file?

 

[Mr.Somebody]

I have the same problem with Leopard's dock.
killall Dock doesn't help, neither do the reboots.
I even tried deleting dock.plist, but it only affected the icons in the dock, not its behaviour.

What can I do now?

 

[srollans]

Dock magnification freezes...

I solved this problem with a tip from another thread. If you're using a cordless mouse (like me), try unplugging and reinserting the USB plug.

The "killall Dock" and Activity Monitor force-quit tips did nothing, and neither did a reboot. But the unplug-replug of my cordless mouse fixed it. Hopefully, it will only happen very occasionally.

Hope that helps!

 

[bluedoggiant]

Open Terminal and type "killall Dock".

Or open Activity Monitor and force quit the Dock process. Both are located in your Utilities folder.

Ditto.

 

[mistymoon86]

Press Ctrl + Shift and see if that works. 🙂

 

[srollans]

Repeat: If you're using a cordless mouse, simply unplug it and plug it in again. That fixed it for me.

 

[wakerider017]

This thread is back from the dead huh?

 

[davidg4781]

How do you unplug a cordless mouse?

And revived 4 years later. Let's see Jesus do that!