Jan 02
I have known this for a while now, but I didn’t think of submitting it here before.
So, if you want to change the look of your Dock (eg. I think, in the default dock it isn’t very clear to see when an application is open or not) you have to change some files you can find at /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app (ctrl-click show package contents) /Contents/Resources there you can find the images that represent the indicators (indicator_… files), dock background (scurve-… files), etc. when you replaced this files you have to restart the dock by opening terminal and type ‘killall Dock’you can find a lot of premade Docks on the internet (just google for it) my favorite site is http://leoparddocks.net/ I found the tip at http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16782319
* note from James. I think we’ve covered this before, however I’ll publish this anyway as a re-cap! also be warned that you could ruin your dock by playing with these files
written by Rc
\\ tags: dock, Leopard
Dec 21
This isn’t really a “tip” or “trick,” but since it applies to numerous entries posted here, it is of valuable note: Macenstein and Macdailynews.com are reporting a rumor that will hopefully put to rest all of the complaints about Stacks since Leopard’s release.
According to those sources, the soon to be released major update of Leopard (10.5.2) will bring back hierarchical browsing to the Dock. The hierarchical view (referred to as “list” view) will be added to the view options of “fan,” “grid” and “automatic.”
In addition, there will apparently be a preference added to Stacks that will allow users to display them as simple folders instead of the rather unappealing “stack of icons” default view currently available.
Please note that these may only be rumors at the moment, so you would do well to hold off on celebrations. For more information–and screenshots–visit MacDailyNews.com.
written by rockmsockm
\\ tags: dock, Stacks
Dec 19
Over at kuragari.com they figured out that you could make application stacks in the leopard beta, but that feature seems to have been killed in the final version. Imagine having an Office stack in the apps in your dock. Or a CS3 stack. Or a games stack. Right now, the only way to do this is with a bunch of aliases in a folder. Not quite the same as dragging a group of apps to the dock. Check out the video if you don’t get my meaning.
http://kuragari.com/2007/12/03/the-way-it-was-supposed-to-be/
“…This is not a hack, this Dock was taken from one of the Leopard beta installations that was seeded to developers and beta testers before the official release. Up until the final release of Leopard, this part of the feature was not only present in the beta versions, but was also included in the description of the new Dock features on Apple’s website…”
Someone needs to figure out how to implement this hack on a massively distributed scale. Maybe someone here at LeopardTricks.com?
written by thatnimrod
\\ tags: dock, Leopard, Stacks
Dec 05
Check out this cool app that lets you hack your dock and icons with ease (and a whole lot more!).
It’s called “CandyBar”. It has a really nice interface and seems to be a whiz at not only changing your icons but organizing them as well!
No more manual hacking in your filesystem with Terminal…
Check it out here: http://www.panic.com/candybar/
written by James
\\ tags: candybar, dock, icons, Leopard
