Comments on: Disable the Dock in Apple OS X Tiger http://blandname.com/2007/02/07/disable-the-dock-in-os-x-tiger/ we're here to help Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:07:30 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: T http://blandname.com/2007/02/07/disable-the-dock-in-os-x-tiger/comment-page-1/#comment-30953 T Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:44:45 +0000 http://blandname.com/2007/02/07/disable-the-dock-in-os-x-tiger/#comment-30953 Why isn't there an application that allows me to disable the dock via shortcut, instead of hiding it, so I can turn it on and off, only it doesn't reappear. DockBlock does this, but I don't want to run an app for everything whenever I use the Mac. There should be an app that changes the bahaviour of the dock permanently from show/sit-in-ambush to a real show/hide (and stay hidden until I tell you to come back). Why isn’t there an application that allows me to disable the dock via shortcut, instead of hiding it, so I can turn it on and off, only it doesn’t reappear.

DockBlock does this, but I don’t want to run an app for everything whenever I use the Mac. There should be an app that changes the bahaviour of the dock permanently from show/sit-in-ambush to a real show/hide (and stay hidden until I tell you to come back).

]]> By: Xander http://blandname.com/2007/02/07/disable-the-dock-in-os-x-tiger/comment-page-1/#comment-20744 Xander Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:09:03 +0000 http://blandname.com/2007/02/07/disable-the-dock-in-os-x-tiger/#comment-20744 you can move the dock to the top through terminal quicker than you can download Onyx and get it running that way typing defaults com.apple.dock orientation -string top defaults com.apple.dock pinning end relaunch the dock through activity monitor change your dock preferences (shrink the dock and turn on hiding and make sure magnification is off) this will almost completely disable the dock in order to get your dock to appear you have to hold the mouse just under the the menubar for a few seconds you can fix the settings through system preferences (except for the pinning) and is completely reversible you can move the dock to the top through terminal quicker than you can download Onyx and get it running that way

typing

defaults com.apple.dock orientation -string top
defaults com.apple.dock pinning end

relaunch the dock through activity monitor
change your dock preferences (shrink the dock and turn on hiding and make sure magnification is off)

this will almost completely disable the dock
in order to get your dock to appear you have to hold the mouse just under the the menubar for a few seconds
you can fix the settings through system preferences (except for the pinning)
and is completely reversible

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