Snow Leopard Upgrade but no stacks

[Winter84]

I have just upgraded my 15" 2007 MBP from the latest version of Tiger to Snow Leopard using the DVD in the Mac Box Set. Everything seemed to go smoothly, but the stacks have not appeared in the dock, which still has the Mac OS X icon from Tiger beside the Trash.

Any ideas how to fix this?

 

[celticpride678]

Have you tried dragging the folders into the dock?
The default stacks are Documents and Downloads.

So, go into Finder, locate your Home Folder, drag the Documents folder into
the right part of the Dock (past the divider) and it should work. Do the same for Downloads.

 

[Winter84]

Fine but Quick Look is also missing

Thank you. That is a helpful workaround. Of course the manually created stacks don't have the same look as the ones Snow Leopard should have created.

But the greater problem is that I have now realized that Quick Look is also not there. It does not show up in context menus and its icon does not appear in Finder.

 

[celticpride678]

Try removing the com.apple.finder.plist file in ~/Library/Preferences.

 

[Winter84]

Unfortunately that does not help the problem.

 

[davidlv]

Where do you have the Dock set to appear? On the Left or Right? The "Stacks" seem to work correctly only when the Dock is at the bottom.
A folder dragged to the Dock will display as a list or as a grid when my Dock is at the Left of the screen, but also as a Stack when it is at the bottom.
Not a consistent interface as you would expect .... from

 

[Winter84]

I have the Dock at the bottom of the screen.

 

[davidlv]

I have the Dock at the bottom of the screen.

Then the Stack feature should work, try option clicking the folder in the dock to make sure stacks is selected? Otherwise, I have no idea what to do.

 

[sidewinder]

The "Stacks" seem to work correctly only when the Dock is at the bottom.

That's just plain wrong.....the "Fan" option for Stacks only is available when the Dock is at the bottom.

S-

 

[davidlv]

That's just plain wrong.....the "Fan" option for Stacks only is available when the Dock is at the bottom.

S-

Thanks for the correction, you are right, I was thinking of the fan and saying "Stacks".
However, I still don't understand why the OP can't get this to work correctly. A fresh install seems like overkill, anyone with a better suggestion?

 

[interslice]

Thanks for the correction, you are right, I was thinking of the fan and saying "Stacks".
However, I still don't understand why the OP can't get this to work correctly. A fresh install seems like overkill, anyone with a better suggestion?

I have the same problem 0-0 however I do not have stacks as you said ... BUT i do have the file viewer working ... i just hit the space bar and up pops the preview -

Is there anyone out their that understands what happens when you instal 10.6 over 10.4? internally? like a geek or a nerd - we could really do with one here Thanks a lot

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OK mine is working fine now
I just deleted the plist fileS:
com.apple.finder.plist
com.appl.dock.plist

and restarted - dock reset

 

[Coheno]

Same problem!

I have the same problem, but where do I find the .plist files?

I have tried searching through spotlight but it doesn't find anything...

 

[simsaladimbamba]

I have the same problem, but where do I find the .plist files?

I have tried searching through spotlight but it doesn't find anything...

.plist files can be found in Macintosh HD / Users / YOU / Library / Preferences.
And searching for system files can be accomplished via the steps here:
Best way to FULLY DELETE a program

 

[Coheno]

.plist files can be found in Macintosh HD / Users / YOU / Library / Preferences.
And searching for system files can be accomplished via the steps here:
Best way to FULLY DELETE a program

Ahh thanks for much for the quick reply, just deleted them. Going to try and restart now to see if it worked. Will there also be a Stacks option in Preferences now?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Ahh thanks for much for the quick reply, just deleted them. Going to try and restart now to see if it worked. Will there also be a Stacks option in Preferences now?

There never was, only if you right click on a folder icon on the Dock, you will have preferences for Stacks.

Mac OS X v10.6: Mac 101 - The Dock, Dock Exposé, and Stacks

 

[Simplicated]

I have the same problem 0-0 however I do not have stacks as you said ... BUT i do have the file viewer working ... i just hit the space bar and up pops the preview -

Is there anyone out their that understands what happens when you instal 10.6 over 10.4? internally? like a geek or a nerd - we could really do with one here Thanks a lot

***
OK mine is working fine now
I just deleted the plist fileS:
com.apple.finder.plist
com.appl.dock.plist

and restarted - dock reset

Finder plist has nothing to do with Dock items.

Just run this in terminal:

rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist && killall Dock

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Finder plist has nothing to do with Dock items.

Just run this in terminal:

rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist && killall Dock

It may be enough to restart the Dock process, as Simplicated said, with the killall Dock command in the Terminal (case is important here). If that does not fix the problem then try the solution quoted above.