Icons don't bounce or magnify in the dock

[Chris204]

Usually when I mouse over icons in the dock they magnify and when I click to open something they bounce while loading. Today however they don't do any of that. I simply click on what I want to open and it opens... but there's no bouncing icons or mouse over magnification happening.

Any ideas?

 

[bjett92]

Check in the dock preferences to see if dock magnification and animate opening applications are both turned on.

 

[ntrigue]

Usually when I mouse over icons in the dock they magnify and when I click to open something they bounce while loading. Today however they don't do any of that. I simply click on what I want to open and it opens... but there's no bouncing icons or mouse over magnification happening.

Any ideas?

It's an Animate Dock option. CTRL+Click the Dock go to Dock Preferences > Animate Dock Icons should be checked.

 

[Chris204]

Excellent... it's working now. Thanks guys!

 

[raghurammadhu]

It's an Animate Dock option. CTRL+Click the Dock go to Dock Preferences > Animate Dock Icons should be checked.

Hi, I am very new to mac. I dont have that option in dock preferences. I have animate opening applications but i dont have animate dock icons. I want my icons to magnify when i pass my mouse over those icons. help!

 

[GGJstudios]

Hi, I am very new to mac. I dont have that option in dock preferences. I have animate opening applications but i dont have animate dock icons. I want my icons to magnify when i pass my mouse over those icons. help!

What version of Mac OS X are you running? Here's the Dock Preferences as they appear in Leopard/Snow Leopard. I don't know if they've changed in Lion (not in front of a Mac on Lion at the moment).

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[jwlentz]

magnification

What version of Mac OS X are you running? Here's the Dock Preferences as they appear in Leopard/Snow Leopard. I don't know if they've changed in Lion (not in front of a Mac on Lion at the moment).

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I am currently running Mountain Lion 10.8.2. The default settings are to have magnification turned off, but the options are the same. Just click on the apple logo, go to dock>dock preferences and check the box beside the Magnification slider bar. That's it.

 

[GGJstudios]

I am currently running Mountain Lion 10.8.2. The default settings are to have magnification turned off, but the options are the same. Just click on the apple logo, go to dock>dock preferences and check the box beside the Magnification slider bar. That's it.

Thanks, but this thread is almost 5 years old and the post I responded to was a year ago, before Mountain Lion was released.