Jan 20
from Klara:
Alt+Cmd+D hides the dock and pressing the same brings it back.
Nov 26
Ever get sick of the boring glass “3D” dock?
Try this simple trick to change it to 2D:
open “terminal” and type:
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES; killall Dock
Aug 30
Another small but new feature of Snow Leopard is minimising open application windows to their respective ‘application icon’ in the dock (instead of a new icon on the right hand side of the dock). Not bad!
click play above or Watch in HD
Feb 17
I found this handy little trick on macosxhints.com. Most people use Exposé quite frequently, I know I do. I have one of my hot corners set to “show desktop” which I like to do if I want to make sure something has downloaded correctly. However, all of my windows get shoved off the screen and there’s that annoying black border. So when I found this terminal command, I was delighted.
Open terminal and type in:
defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-olddesktop -bool false
Then, restart the dock by typingkillall DockThis way, when you “show desktop” (default F11) all of your windows combine into a little window on your desktop.
Feb 11
Check out http://www.blocksoft.net/docker.html and download “Docker.” It’s a great little app to change your leopard dock from 2D to 3D. The new version lets you add spaces between your docks, so you can have application groups. You can even change the color of the dock. Check it out.
Jan 27
Hold the option key while selection an application in the dock, and all other windows will be hidden automatically (though I found that it doesn’t hide Finder windows all the time).
Jan 15
Pressing Option + Command + D hides the dock. Move the mouse to the bottom of the screen to show it. It Will ide again when your mouse moves away.
Jan 03
Here’s another submission via email from Ethan:
Here are a few things I discovered about the Leopard dock. Hope they’re not repeats.
1. If you press an app or a file icon on the dock while holding down the Command key, the containing folder is opened, and not the app or file.
2. The same happens with Stacks. If you press the Command key in an expanded stack, it will open the containing folder of the item without launching it.
3. You can press the Alt key in an expanded stack and it will launch the item without collapsing the stack.
4. Finally, you can combine 2 and 3, to open the containing folder in an expanded stack without collapsing the stack.
Ethan
http://backpackingonlittlemoney.wordpress.com/
