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Old (10.5) Exposé in Snow Leopard [Solution]
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This is awesome. The new expose is my biggest complaint with SL.
I actually prefer the standard dock appearance. How do we switch back? I couldn't easily tell which image(s) you modified.
I actually prefer the standard dock appearance. How do we switch back? I couldn't easily tell which image(s) you modified.
how can i revert bac to the SL dock?
I cant seem to find the SL dock app anymore as I think it has been replaced no?
Edit: anyone have a link to the SL dock.app??
I cant seem to find the SL dock app anymore as I think it has been replaced no?
Edit: anyone have a link to the SL dock.app??
To change dock skin to original state, just download the attached zip file and follow the instructions.
Problem with Stacks "Back Arrows"
Hey,
This is a great little trick to get back to the Old Expose. One thing I noticed is that when I open a folder in a stack, the "Back Arrow" now contains the name of that folder and is weirdly greyed out. Take a look.
Anybody else have this problem after reverting to this dock?
Mandingo2010
Hey,
This is a great little trick to get back to the Old Expose. One thing I noticed is that when I open a folder in a stack, the "Back Arrow" now contains the name of that folder and is weirdly greyed out. Take a look.
Anybody else have this problem after reverting to this dock?
Mandingo2010
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Why not type this into Terminal?
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES; killall Dock
2D Dock.. not quite the Tiger Dock, but 2D nevertheless.
I'd like to vouch for this fix. It works just fine on my machine. Only noticeable thing is the the frame rate isn't quite as silky smooth as I remember it being in regular Leopard, but its not a usability problem at all, as its plenty smooth (I suspect it may be because the window's drop shadows don't turn off when exposé is activated like they used to).
I'd like to thank all those involved in making exposé usable again
I'd like to thank all those involved in making exposé usable again
Had a bit of a scare applying this to my newly Hackintoshed Dell Mini (had NO dock for a few minutes), but I got it all sorted! Great timing for this hack, new Exposé would have been brutal on that tiny screen.
I know the 2-D Leopard/Snow Leopard dock..I meant the OLD 2-D Dock. With a faint white background...and also the other useless stuff: videos play minimized in the Dock, old Expose.
Actually I think you're wrong on both counts. It's just a few Dock files, not like it's the whole beta DVD image or anything. It's certainly not piracy, and not against forum rules. Certainly not if discussing hackintoshes is not against forum rules. I swear some people on here just complain for the sake of complaining. And to be honest, it's Apple's fault that we even have to resort to this. If they offered more options to the end user in the first place we wouldn't even need to bother with this. If Apple doesn't want to offer us choice anymore, then fine, we will just do it ourselves.
Yes, of all the injustices in the world, this is definitely the one worth spending time on. I'll alert the President, you alert the Red Cross.
What are the primary features that people liked in the Leopard Expose vs Snow Leopard Expose? I see a few differences, but nothing that seems to be that different. Not having scrollable stacks seems like a total killer for me.
HELP : Moving Files Manually
Hello all you Mac pro's !
I haven't been able to get the Terminal Commands to work because I have my HOME FOLDER on a separate drive from my SYSTEM folder...
I'm typing in the same command with proper Directory Structure -
and it repeatedly says : NO SUCH FILE OR DIRECTORY FOUND...
my HOME folder is on a hard drive named BASE ... so I am typing in :
sudo chown -R root BASE/USER/Desktop/Dock.app
it won't do anything
I really really really would love to fix this as I find the fact that SL EXPOSE shows minimized and hidden windows ( which is absolutely ridiculous and asinine to me )
Please help and advise - many thanks !
Hello all you Mac pro's !
I haven't been able to get the Terminal Commands to work because I have my HOME FOLDER on a separate drive from my SYSTEM folder...
I'm typing in the same command with proper Directory Structure -
and it repeatedly says : NO SUCH FILE OR DIRECTORY FOUND...
my HOME folder is on a hard drive named BASE ... so I am typing in :
sudo chown -R root BASE/USER/Desktop/Dock.app
it won't do anything
I really really really would love to fix this as I find the fact that SL EXPOSE shows minimized and hidden windows ( which is absolutely ridiculous and asinine to me )
Please help and advise - many thanks !
relative window size is key for me
piracy? lol
want to get anal on technicalities? then why do you jailbreak your iphone as you have mentioned in countless threads?
wow thanks miknos! and this previous Dock.app version also has assign apps to a space which i wanted in the SL release. minoks' steps are ok and work fine, but here are the steps that i took which are a bit more advanced, but i find easier:
Download the Fixed Dock zip and unarchive then
then to get Snow Leopard's release Dock back simply delete Dock.app in CoreServices using rm -r Dock.app and rename Dock.bak.app back to Dock.app then just relaunch the Dock.
OR in one easy command enter cd /System/Library/CoreServices/ && sudo rm -r Dock.app && sudo mv Dock.bak.app Dock.app && killall Dock
Download the Fixed Dock zip and unarchive then
- Open Terminal and enter cd /System/Library/CoreServices/
- Backup Dock.app by entering sudo mv Dock.app Dock.bak.app
- copy the fixed Dock.app to CoreServices by typing sudo cp -RH and dragging Dock.app from Downloads into the Terminal window and then type a period followed by enter.
- enter sudo chown root:wheel Dock.app to change the user to root and group to wheel
- enter killall Dock to relaunch the Dock
then to get Snow Leopard's release Dock back simply delete Dock.app in CoreServices using rm -r Dock.app and rename Dock.bak.app back to Dock.app then just relaunch the Dock.
OR in one easy command enter cd /System/Library/CoreServices/ && sudo rm -r Dock.app && sudo mv Dock.bak.app Dock.app && killall Dock
RICHTHOMAS - great post!
I wanted to ask if there is a way to supplant the TERMINAL method and simply "MANUALLY" back-up and replace the DOCK.app in CORE SERVICES through the finder ?
I'm personally having trouble getting the TERMINAL commands to work as my directory structure is a-typical... I have my SYSTEM and DATA separated and thus the directories aren't matching up... I can't seem to get them to work no matter what I try
thanks all !
I wanted to ask if there is a way to supplant the TERMINAL method and simply "MANUALLY" back-up and replace the DOCK.app in CORE SERVICES through the finder ?
I'm personally having trouble getting the TERMINAL commands to work as my directory structure is a-typical... I have my SYSTEM and DATA separated and thus the directories aren't matching up... I can't seem to get them to work no matter what I try
thanks all !
EDIT: i previously had an answer here, but it was wrong as i did not understand aerolex's question properly.
aerolex try replacing ~/Downloads in the first 'one easy command' above with /Volumes/VolumeName/Downloads (change VolumeName to your data disk's name) or however your data disk is structured. in my commands i am assuming the Downloads folder is on the boot disk.
aerolex try replacing ~/Downloads in the first 'one easy command' above with /Volumes/VolumeName/Downloads (change VolumeName to your data disk's name) or however your data disk is structured. in my commands i am assuming the Downloads folder is on the boot disk.