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DockMod for 10.9 is currently in beta testing.
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either way (opacity at 0% or 100%)... am still getting a black dock. (even after "Killall Dock" in terminal).
anyone else getting a transparent dock?
anyone else getting a transparent dock?
For me, the key to getting it as transparent as possible was to make sure that the "front edge gradient" is at 0%.
After the first update of this application applied months ago on Mountain Lion, the license process stopped to work. After bunch of emails, authors of the app never found the solution of "invalid license". I paid for this app and it stopped to work as a purchased one after the first update!!!! My purchased license became a rejected license.
Now i have a fresh install of Mavericks, fresh install of dockmod for Mavericks... when i active with my good old purchased license: invalid license!!! I paid for this app.... they took my money and offered no solution in return.
A piece of advice : stay far from this haxie...
Now i have a fresh install of Mavericks, fresh install of dockmod for Mavericks... when i active with my good old purchased license: invalid license!!! I paid for this app.... they took my money and offered no solution in return.
A piece of advice : stay far from this haxie...
I don't know. I paid for a legitimate license a couple of years back, and it's been nothing but smooth sailing since. (Knock on wood.) No errors, text, or headaches over here on Mavericks.
Surprised not to see more interest in this considering we were all clamoring for something like it not that long ago. 
Any news on when this might be out of beta? Seriously looking forward to a free version with no "Free Mode" text (if that's even in the works...)
Any news on when this might be out of beta? Seriously looking forward to a free version with no "Free Mode" text (if that's even in the works...)
just bought it...(LOL, from someone who mostly hides the dock away).
when i DO see it, i want it to NOT be ugly. so...worth the purchase.
when i DO see it, i want it to NOT be ugly. so...worth the purchase.
This is my first experience with this app and am loving it so far but wanted to ask if, when the final is released, it will allow users to change the color of the indicator lights? I love the black dock and would love to change the indicator lights to red. Thanks
This is my first experience with this app and am loving it so far but wanted to ask if, when the final is released, it will allow users to change the color of the indicator lights? I love the black dock and would love to change the indicator lights to red. Thanks
If you have a file for the red light, or you can find one on deviantart or similar site, then you can change the lights yourself. Go to System > Library > CoreServices. Right click on Dock and choose "Show Package Contents" and choose Contents > Resources. Replace (without deleting) the files indicator_medium.png and indicator_small.png (or the @2x versions for retina displays).
Excellent! Thank you!
You're welcome. I decided to try out red lights myself. Here's how they turned out.
Yes I did. I made colored versions too, but I think I like the black and white ones a little more. I know just enough about Photoshop to be able to successfully waste my time.
Yes I did. I made colored versions too, but I think I like the black and white ones a little more. I know just enough about Photoshop to be able to successfully waste my time.
I LOVE those icons. I am using Token light now and really like the white icons with black dock and red indicators. I couldn't find any to download so I made a couple and am happy with them.
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/7413/zgg9.png
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Damn! You beat me to it and used the ADW.Elegant icons. I was going to try the same thing. Sital's are very nice though and deserve merit because he made them from scratch. Sital, you really should make an icon pack that includes system/folder/dock/devices/etc... that is applicable with LiteIcon so that everyone can enjoy it.
Damn! You beat me to it and used the ADW.Elegant icons. I was going to try the same thing. Sital's are very nice though and deserve merit because he made them from scratch. Sital, you really should make an icon pack that includes system/folder/dock/devices/etc... that is applicable with LiteIcon so that everyone can enjoy it.
I've actually thought about doing something like that. So far I've only done about a dozen apps, a couple of folders, usb devices and of course Finder and Trash. I enjoy doing it, it's finding the time that's problematic.
Well, you should definitely find it as we are all awaiting what sweetness you can next supply.
Seems everybody is now switching to the iOS 7 theme of flat icons. I guess it looks kinda nice but defeats the purpose of such a powerful machine. I hope you can make us rethink this.
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Ok, yeah! I just shelled out $8 bucks for this app. But it's so totally worth it! To make the dock totally transparent and without the "Free Mode" dock text. I would definitely pay more to someone who could turn off the text completely, without tooltips. I don't need to see the captions of what apps I have decided to include in the Dock (I know them all, like, duh!).
Well, you should definitely find it as we are all awaiting what sweetness you can next supply.
Seems everybody is now switching to the iOS 7 theme of flat icons. I guess it looks kinda nice but defeats the purpose of such a powerful machine. I hope you can make us rethink this.
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Ok, yeah! I just shelled out $8 bucks for this app. But it's so totally worth it! To make the dock totally transparent and without the "Free Mode" dock text. I would definitely pay more to someone who could turn off the text completely, without tooltips. I don't need to see the captions of what apps I have decided to include in the Dock (I know them all, like, duh!).
If you are comfortable editing plist files and have a program to do so like TextWrangler, then you can remove the text labels from the dock apps altogether. Go to User > Library > Preferences and find the com.apple.dock.plist file. Make a copy of it before you edit it. Open it in TextWrangler and scroll to the bottom where it lists the apps in the dock. For each app there is a "file-label" entry followed by the actual label. So for Mail, for example, the label looks like <string>Mail</string>. Just remove the word Mail so you end up with <string></string>. Do this for all the apps listed. Save the file and restart the dock.
I have not actually done this myself, but it should work (although I don't think it works for Finder or Trash).
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I like that too!
Ok, I did as you said and changed ALL the <string></string> texts with TextWrangler (not an easy task as I have so many icons!). I changed permissions to Read/Write on com.apple.dock.plist and removed all the labels and restarted the Dock. I also restarted my Mac. No luck. Labels are still there. Not to sound unappreciative, but it didn't work for me. Suggestions??
Unfortunately, I don't have any suggestions. Maybe DockMod is overriding it, but I glanced in the DockMod plist file and didn't see anything obvious. Perhaps that method just doesn't work anymore, although it seems like it should.
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