My Dock Has Fully Dissapeared Please Help !

[macintoshnoob87]

Okay .. BIG PROBLEM.

I followed some guide on how to change my dock.
It was this one.

This

I got up untill this bit.

Go to Macintosh HD > /System/Library/Core Services/

Right-Click on "Dock" and select "Show Package Contents"

Go to /Contents/Resources/

Backup the files you are about to replace (Incase you did not listen, here they are)

Move those same original files to the trash

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Then i got stuck
I reseted my Mac and now i have no dock !

How do i get my dock back !
I have the back up folder .. but where the hell do i put it to get back my dock !
And as you can see .. on the " Dock " icon i have a little circle with a line init.

This is what the contents of my Dock folder looks like .. inside " Contents " i have the " Back Up " folder ..
As you can see i already put in the contents of the Back Up Folder into the Dock folder but nothing has changed.

This is whats in my Dock Back Up Folder

Im sure and hoping there is a simple fix for this.

Please help me !

 

[surflordca]

Not sure if there is no other way but to reinstall the OS...

 

[macintoshnoob87]

Not sure if there is no other way but to reinstall the OS...

Thank you for your response.
But what kind of help is this ?
Telling me to reinstall my entire OS ?

Ive had my Mac for around 3 month now and im a complete noob.
I managed to fix this issue myself .. by putting the contents of my back up folder back into the dock folder.

Where on earth did you come up with the conculsion of me needing to reinstall my OS ?

 

[wadejc85]

Thank you for your response.
But what kind of help is this ?
Telling me to reinstall my entire OS ?

Where on earth did you come up with the conculsion of me needing to reinstall my OS ?

You ask for help. You get a response. You yell.

Ive had my Mac for around 3 month now and im a complete noob.
I managed to fix this issue myself .. by putting the contents of my back up folder back into the dock folder.

This is what you should have tried in the first place. It's why the site instructed you to have a *backup* of the files in the event something went wrong.

It seems that where you went wrong was not following through with the instructions:

-Move the files you downloaded to that folder
-Open Terminal and type "killall Dock" (without the quotes)
-View your nice new dock.

If you had a replacement dock in mind, you should have placed the files from the dock you wanted in the folder you took the original files out of; thus replacing the original dock with the new dock.

 

[EMKarelia]

You might of deleted the dock on accident. Try to use the Time Machine to bring it back. It that doesn't work then just you have to reboot the system.

Sorry : (

 

[i.shaun]

if you fixed it, that's good.

I suggest backing up all your important files before messing with system files. You may have fixed the issue this time, but you may not be so lucky next time. I had the entire finder app crash, it just could not run, or open any windows.

I was forced to re-install my OS.



Always:

-Back up all files before even thinking of messing with system files

-Find the info you need, download whatever files are required, and enter the system folder

-Copy everything in the system folder to some backup folder that you can keep in your documents folder or somewhere for safe keeping. This is your backup of the original system files

-Make the changes you need, delete, add, or replace files, and make sure the permissions are correct

-Hope for the best. If it all works out, the results will work out like you wanted, if something terrible happens, attempt to replace the system files with the backup copies you made to restore it to it's original structure.


IF you are unable to restore it, you may have to re-install the OS. That is why you should backup everything and use caution before messing with system files.