My Exposé Blue Blob is Beyond My Screen

[isonoise]

I'm quite new to Mac, but so far glad I made the switch (new MBP unibody). At work, I hook my MBP up to a 24" monitor; at home, I just use the MBP's own display (until the new 24" screen I just ordered arrives).

At work today--while in 24" (1920 x 1200) mode--I must have dragged the blue Exposé blob down to the bottom-right. Now, back at home (in 1440 x 900), my blue blob is outside of reach of the screen. When I activate the Spaces select screen, I can briefly see it during the transition between the spaces view and normal view.

I tried deactivating it and then activating it again, but it hasn't restored it's position.

Do any of you have any suggestions on just how I might get my blue blob back when this happens, short of waiting until I'm back on my 24" monitor?

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[EricNau]

Have you tried restarting?

 

[isonoise]

Yes, I should have mentioned that, but I did try restarting it.

 

[BlueRevolution]

Wait, blue blob?

 

[EricNau]

Wait, blue blob?

Blue blob.

 

[Les Kern]

Try turning off Spaces.
Beyond that I know of no pref file name that might help. Dock.plist? Finder? OR just disable it and assign a keyboard shortcut.

Blue blob.

Not Leopard. No wonder I couldn't find it. Maybe look for com.apple.expose.plist and toss it. I guess.

Wait... how is that blob activated on a new MBP?

Confused.

 

[BlueRevolution]

Nope. I just did some poking around, and it still works in Leopard, and you can reset the position using

defaults delete com.apple.dock wvous-floater-pos
sudo killall Dock

Edit: That blob sure is ugly, though.

 

[Les Kern]

Nope. I just did some poking around, and it still works in Leopard, and you can reset the position using

defaults delete com.apple.dock wvous-floater-pos
sudo killall Dock

Edit: That blob sure is ugly, though.

Not confused any more. I still like F13-14-15.

 

[isonoise]

....and you can reset the position using

defaults delete com.apple.dock wvous-floater-pos
sudo killall Dock
....

Brilliant, man! Thank you. My blue blob is restored....by BlueRevolution. How apt.

....Edit: That blob sure is ugly, though.

Whoah, hey, them is fightin' words.

I find the blue blob very useful, though. I know I can assign a hot corner to do that, but my hot corners are all taken up by other things.

Thanks for the help, BlueRevolution--you've just made my Evernote Mac tips archive.

 

[BlueRevolution]

I like hot corners, personally. Since the following command (selecting a window) will likely take place with a mouse, it's more efficient to use the same device rather than switching back and forth. That's why I like the Abracadabra plugin for Quicksilver, too. Schmooth.

Thanks for the help, BlueRevolution--you've just made my Evernote Mac tips archive.