Messed around with Terminal, now my Dock is gone :/

[SirMacintosh]

Hey,

i tried this out:

This somewhat intimidating code introduces a new stack into your Dock, showing a list of your recently used applications: defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add ‘{ “tile-data” = { “list-type” = 1; }; “tile-type” = “recents-tile”; }’; killall Dock

Type it carefully. It’s a really useful feature. When the new stack is in your Dock, you can right-click it and change it from showing Recent Applications to Recent Documents, Recent Servers, Favorite Volumes, or Favorite Items. It can be displayed in Fan, Grid, or List view, just like a regular stack. If you want to get rid of it again, just drag it out of the Dock.

I guess i did something wrong, and my Dock is gone.

I already tried:
- killall Dock
- Reinstall the Dock.app
- Docker 1.1.1

Nothing really helped. And now I had to create a second Account to still be able to use my Mac.

The issue is only on the one administrative account. And after a couple of minutes it gets stuck and I have to shut down the Mac.


How can I at least save my files from this User Account? Or repair all the mess.

 

[Hellhammer]

Just reinstall OS X, it won't erase any of your data

 

[ToastyX]

Delete ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist from the affected account's home folder.

 

[SirMacintosh]

Delete ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist from the affected account's home folder.

Tried that, didn't help.

 

[Heilage]

Reinstall (without deleting data) will fix it.

 

[angelwatt]

Did you reboot after deleting the plist file? Just deleting the file won't relaunch the Dock. The code you entered modified that plist file so deleting it should take care of things.

 

[SirMacintosh]

I put the Snow Leopard Update disk in and clicked install
Result: Did NOT help :/

What now?

 

[belvdr]

Backup your data and reinstall everything and wipe the drive.

The first thing you should do after reinstallation is hide the Terminal app.

 

[SuperCompu2]

My initial reaction to reading this thread was "Welcome to OS 9!"

But, in all seriousness, I suppose everyone needs their dock...

When you reinstalled, did it not return the dock to the desktop? What option did you select when you reinstalled the OS?

 

[SirMacintosh]

My initial reaction to reading this thread was "Welcome to OS 9!"

But, in all seriousness, I suppose everyone needs their dock...

When you reinstalled, did it not return the dock to the desktop? What option did you select when you reinstalled the OS?

There wasnt really a selection, i put the Snow Leopard disk in clicked on the image and it started installing.