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Enable the 2D Dock

September 10, 2012September 10, 2012 by Mr.W

If the 3D Dock isn’t your taste, you can use Terminal to switch to the 2D visual implementation.

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Categories Dock Tags 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 1 Comment

Enable hidden Stacks list view in OS X Dock

September 7, 2012September 7, 2012 by Mr.W

This terminal tweak will enable a hidden list view for your stacks that is way better then the default one that comes with OS X. Enable hidden Stacks list view with the following command:

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Categories Dock Tags 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 1 Comment

Stop icons from bouncing in OS X Dock

September 6, 2012 by Mr.W

When applications first open or need to alert the user of some new update, the icons in the dock bounce. Very helpful when you are multitasking, but some users find it distracting. Use following command to stop the icons from bouncing.

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Categories Dock Tags 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 5 Comments

Display only active application in the Mac OS X Dock

September 11, 2012August 28, 2012 by Mr.W

If you prefer a minimalist Mac OS X Dock, set the Dock to only display active running apps.

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Categories Dock Tags 10.6, 10.7, 10.8

Remove the Dock Auto-Hide & Show Delay

August 27, 2012 by Mr.R

If you use the hidden Dock feature in Mac OS X, you can speed up the time it takes to show the Dock. The command removes this delay.

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Categories Dock Tags 10.6, 10.7, 10.8

Enable highlight hover effect for grid view stacks

May 7, 2013August 26, 2012 by Mr.R

Enable a hover effect for stack folders in grid view. When you moving over an item in a Stack in grid view, the item will be highlighted, making it easy to see.

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Categories Dock Tags 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 2 Comments

Show icons from hidden application translucent in OS X Dock

September 10, 2012August 15, 2012 by Mr.R

In Mac OS X you can hide an application with the key combination cmd⌘ + H. That the application is hidden you can not see directly in the Dock. Using this command, hidden applications are displayed with a translucent icon in the Dock:

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Categories Dock Tags 10.6, 10.7, 10.8
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