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Hi!
Once in a while, my client and I accidently drag an icon while clicking on it to make it go away. Is there a way to lock these dock icons so they won't move and vanish? Yes, our hands aren't steady since we're old. 😟
Thank you in advance. 🙂
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 2.4 Ghz; A1260 model; 15" size.
Open the Terminal in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and run:
defaults write com.apple.dock contents-immutable -bool true;killall Dock
(65547)
Open the Terminal in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and run:
defaults write com.apple.dock contents-immutable -bool true;killall Dock
(65547)
Niel wrote:
Open the Terminal in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and run:
defaults write com.apple.dock contents-immutable -bool true;killall Dock
(65547)
Is there a GUI method for my client to use? He's not a computer literate. 😟
Use the somewhat unfortunately named "Parental Controls".
In System Preferences > Users & Groups, authenticate, select the account, un-check "Allow user to administer this computer" and check "Enable Parental Controls":
Open Parental Controls and make sure "Allow User to Modify the Dock" is not selected:
Maybe do a Get Info on this file & Lock it...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist
John Galt wrote:
Use the somewhat unfortunately named "Parental Controls".
In System Preferences > Users & Groups, authenticate, select the account, un-check "Allow user to administer this computer" and check "Enable Parental Controls":
Open Parental Controls and make sure "Allow User to Modify the Dock" is not selected:
Perfect for non-administrator accounts, but it didn't give me options for administrator level accounts. 😟
No, but a Standard (or Managed) account is not a bad idea for routine use as it provides one more safeguard against unintentional system changes.
Even in a Standard account, if you need to do something requiring Admin privileges, you simply have to authenticate with an Admin name and password. No capability is lost.
antdude wrote:
John Galt wrote:
Use the somewhat unfortunately named "Parental Controls".
In System Preferences > Users & Groups, authenticate, select the account, un-check "Allow user to administer this computer" and check "Enable Parental Controls":
Open Parental Controls and make sure "Allow User to Modify the Dock" is not selected:
Perfect for non-administrator accounts, but it didn't give me options for administrator level accounts. 😟
Weird. Web browsers' secured web sites did not work like https://gmail.com, https://webmail.earthlink.net, https://google.com, etc. I don't see how that is related to Parental Controls' changes for dock modification?
Well known bug or maybe not, but https:// does not work in managed acounts,
BDAqua wrote:
Well known bug or maybe not, but https:// does not work in managed acounts,
Are you serious? What the heck? Why hasn't Apple fixed this? OK, I guess I can't use Parental Controls method just to change the dock modification! FYI, undoing this makes the standard account's access to https:// work again.
Can you clarify the steps to enable https:// in a managed account, & what OSX version you're using?
I think this is a first! 🙂
BDAqua wrote:
Can you clarify the steps to enable https:// in a managed account, & what OSX version you're using?
I think this is a first! 🙂
Huh? I never got https web connections to work under stadnard account with Parental Controls' disabled dock modifications. I had to undo the changes.
Thanks.
BDAqua wrote:
Well known bug or maybe not, but https:// does not work in managed acounts,
I tried Mac OS X 10.7.3 on a Mac Mini and I was able to reproduce it. At least Safari told me that https connections is blocked by design and that I could whitelist the specific secured web site. Too bad there's no way to allow ALL secured web sites in both versions. 😟
Agreed, sometimes I think Apple makes their money by never fixing anything in an older OS, then sell you a new one with that fix, but 42 more bugs features to be fixed in later OSes. 😟
The Snow Leopard versions of TinkerTool and Onyx can both lock the Dock content - it's in the Dock tab of TinkerTool, and the Parameters>Dock tab in Onyx.
Leopard can't run the Snow Leopard versions of these apps, and I can't run the older Leopard versions to see if they also have this feature. It's worth a look, though. The above MacUpdate pages give download links for older versions.
Lock Mac OS X 10.5.8's dock icons?
