Any way to make the Dock transparent or black again?

Dockmod and other apps are no solution.

There is no easy way to change the look of the maverick dock like in previous OSX versions. Dockmod and similar apps are system hacks that can cause system errors. They should not be used on productive systems.

It is horrible that apple ignores the complaints about the dock and offer no solution. The new iOS7 look is similar horrible with its low contrast look. I have lost my confidence in the apple designers.

I made a free app for this

http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdock/

I also just tried it--and yes, works as advertised--transparent dock is back, regardless of where I place it, and stays transparent after reboot (and the program kicks in.) Much better looking than what Apple was giving us--thanks for coming up with an answer!

Hi, w0lfschild,

Thanks for the app! It's really awesome! But I have one request. Can you make it that cDock is like a tab in system preferences? That would make it easier to acces ^^.

I was using cDock for quite a while, with gratitude, and then recently updated Safari and iTunes from Apple's software update. Those updates apparently voided cDock's function and the frosty background to the dock has returned.

I've downloaded and installed the most recent cDock version 8.2, yet when I change the dock theme to "Transparent" or to "Custom" with 0 in the alpha setting, there's no change. In fact, there's no change when I select any option in the dock theme menu.

There's a checkbox (currently unchecked) in cDock info for "open in 32-bit mode." Would checking that box help?

MacBook Pro, OSX Mavericks 10.9.5

I contacted w0lfschild at aguywithlonghair (at) gmail (d0t) com and he gave me the workaround, which truly works. Excellent!