How to Disable Stacks?

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How to Disable Stacks?

Hey All!

i've read a lot of talk about these stacks, but i didn't find a definite anwser into
How to disable them?

i just want my folders in the dock, to open right away in finder, istead of having click "show in Finder" on the stacks/grids. not preductive, since most my folders have more then 5 files usually + in the grid mode, u can't right click them.

I've sure one you mac wizards know how to simply do this.
is it in a obscure preference menu?

any insight would be great, thanx!

MB :: 2.2Ghz :: 4GB :: 144MB Video :: 120GB + 500GB (Ext), Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Feb 10, 2008 4:27 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 24, 2008 12:23 PM in response to danylothegreen

Hey

I've just found a workaround. Create an alias for whatever folders you want on the dock. Name them whatever you want. Then drag those aliases to the dock. For whatever reason, when an alias is dragged to the dock, when you click on it, it just opens up, without any of the stacks nonsense.

I stumbled onto it, and thought I'd share for those who aren't big fans of Stacks.

Bill

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Answer 2

xnav

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Feb 10, 2008 4:41 PM in response to danylothegreen

You could put a single folder on the dock that just contains aliases to all the folders you would like to have on the dock. The 'alias' stack folder would then fan and any folder on the fan that you click will open in a Finder window.

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Answer 3

D. Fraser

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Feb 12, 2008 2:31 PM in response to danylothegreen

10.5.2 fixes the stack behavior. After updating to 10.5.2, you can ctrl-click (right-click) the stack you want to change. There are new options to display as 'folder' and 'list'.

Brings back the hierarchical menus to folders in the right side of the dock.

Hope this helps.

D.

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Answer 4

Feb 12, 2008 2:12 PM in response to xnav

ya i guess thats true & clever
but still makes me click twice, instead of once.

isnt there any way to directly turn them off? w/out any loopholess

thx

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Answer 5

xnav

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Feb 12, 2008 2:20 PM in response to danylothegreen

10.5.2 adds a new 'List' view along with 'Fan' and 'Grid', that you may like. I do not know of a way to turn stacks all the way off.

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