light under icon's on dock

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light under icon's on dock

I was wondering how you can get rid of the little light under the icon's on the dock without removing the icon itself. I understand the light indicates the program is running. Thanks for any help

mbp, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Feb 3, 2011 5:28 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 6, 2017 12:56 PM in response to steve Dorman

1- Go to system preferences

2- Click on dock

3- Uncheck "show indicator for open applications", you'll notice that the white/blue light will disapear under the icons on dock.

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Answer 2

Niel

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Feb 3, 2011 5:33 PM in response to steve Dorman

Control-click the icon and choose Quit.

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Answer 3

thomas_r.

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Feb 3, 2011 5:35 PM in response to steve Dorman

You don't, as long as the app is running. Why do you want to?

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Answer 4

Feb 3, 2011 5:50 PM in response to steve Dorman

Steve,

Do you have your Dock on the bottom of your screen?

The reason that I ask, is that you'll find if you move it to the right or left side you'll find that it may be less distracting as there's no reflection of the app icons and the "lights" are more like white dots.

Just a thought...

Matt

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Answer 5

andyBall_uk

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Feb 3, 2011 6:07 PM in response to steve Dorman

There's no simple setting to stop it, but if you were determined to be rid, and modified/replaced/System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/indic ator_large.png and the medium one too... you could make it transparent or anything you like.

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