Messed up dock

[biga935]

I did something very dumb of me. I tried customizing my dock like crazy. I used leoparddocks.com, candybar, dockdoctor everything. But then when I would use different applications to change my dock, my icons would start disappearing. they are usable but are invisible. Also whenever I put something in my dock. I cant take it out. It would disappear for a second then come right back. Please Help!!!!!

Also here are some photos.

 

[guydude193]

If you don't have any Mac know-how, you shouldn't be messing around with your Dock in the first place. Since it will be too much of a hassle to directly attack the problem, your best solution is to do an 'Archive and Install'. Pop in your OS X reinstall CD and it will guide you through the rest.

 

[biga935]

If you don't have any Mac know-how, you shouldn't be messing around with your Dock in the first place. Since it will be too much of a hassle to directly attack the problem, your best solution is to do an 'Archive and Install'. Pop in your OS X reinstall CD and it will guide you through the rest.

Its not too much of a hassle to directly attack the problem. Just tell me the procedure to fix the problem. I've already tried the commands on Terminal. It didnt help. Thanks

 

[Corrosive vinyl]

Did you delete those apps? Please say yes. Also, installing Limewire is notorious for having to see a mac genius.

 

[csalm87]

first you need to undo what you have customized with those apps. I know some of the apps will be able to undo what they have done. Unless you know what you're doing you should NEVER try to customize the OS X interface. This customization can cause problems like this.

 

[philtrapp]

Help!

my problem may not be as urgent as your but it's also bad. I noticed a while back that DockDoctor slows down my start-up. So i did restore OSX defaults. But the dock is different! I attached a pic. There is a white line at the bottom.

 

[myuserid08]

That is normal - its a glass shelf!

 

[Gregg2]

Delete the apps, then delete the dock's plist file. That should restore the defaults. If not, there is a "kill all dock" Terminal command, but you need the exact syntax. I don't use Terminal, sorry.

 

[matttung]

Or, copy Dock.app from another machine running the same OS and replace it with root access ?

 

[Dr Kevorkian94]

i kept a backup of my dock and i never had a problem either. to fix ur problem there a couple of things u can pop in the instal disc like someone said. u might be able to go int disc utility and fix it but im not sure. also idk what terminal commands u used but did u try just putting the dock back the way it was, the leopard docks app has a default reset so u can do that then delete the app.