Mavericks Dock: Change color

When Dimmone wrote: "I expect a formal decision..." and MadMacs0 took it literally, I do not think that Dimmone knew what he/she was saying, so I was just pointing out that I didn't think Dimmone expected anyone here to come out with a "formal decision."

'tis all.

terriblewithcomputers wrote:

When Dimmone wrote: "I expect a formal decision..." and MadMacs0 took it literally, I do not think that Dimmone knew what he/she was saying, so I was just pointing out that I didn't think Dimmone expected anyone here to come out with a "formal decision."

'tis all.

I understand.

Cheers

Pete

>I will never express my opinions in this thread again.

Good, because Ronzue is completely correct.

I use an app called, "Docker" it is free and works well.

https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/26343/docker

That dock doesn't look any different than the stock one?

The problem with putting the dock to the bottom is that most displays are horizontally oriented, so if you really need your screen space to run complex programs such as photoshop, quarkexpress etc, the dock on the bottom is more in the way.

We all have different workflow needs and preferences. All the Macs in my studio run with dock at bottom, and I prefer not to use third party hacks just for cosmetic reasons, so it really is an individual choice.

Pete

sorry but 😟 Docker is no use on Maverick …Docker v1.6.7 work for OS X 10.7 Lion (maybe Mountain Lion) but not Maverick…

I don't believe that Docker works with Mavericks.

Korkyk,

if I undo the above terminal command line,

defaults write com.apple.dock hide-mirror -bool true;killall Dock

keep us posted... 🙂

destiny71w

desimy;

I am surmising you would just change the -bool true to -bool false. Honestly on my Mac there's no difference that I can see on the sides, but it does make a difference on the bottom.

From everything that I've gleaned, the dock is now rendered differently than in the past, so, it will take all those "dock modifier developers" out there some time to figure out what's going on and possibly provide a tweak.

Apple, of course, in unresponsive. I've been a little discouraged lately with them in that I'm not seeing that level of innovation that I've seen in the past, either. They seem to be going into "Microsoft" mode... defend the base apps but don't offer anything of substance. IOS7 was a flop with regard to innovation. So has Mavericks. Aesthetics ONLY, no substance. If they continued to go this way, it won't be long before other, hungry companies will eat away at their base and once that starts, we know what happened in the past!

Well, that not what i was looking for, but looking for a colored finder, fund that tuto :http://http://lemagtechno.com/ajouter-des-couleurs-au-finder-de-mavericks/

it's in french, i'm french … following the link to SIMBL :https://github.com/norio-nomura/EasySIMBL (in inglish 😉) fund in the end of the page: "Black Dock" http://cooviewerzoom.web.fc2.com/blackdock.html(😕 in japanese)

The script in the .dmg dont work as it need, but following step by step all the explination for SIMBL, using the script, and……… a restart… my dock is black on left, right and bottom

For me it's not optimum, i want a 3D bottom dock transparent in 50 % , DockMod 'not perfect, but i'll use it waiting for better

Is it safe to use the program from the Japanese developer?? Never used SIMBL before, and I am weary of using plugins for the core applications on my computer... Otherwise this seems like a solution to the 2d dock problem!

terriblewithcomputers wrote:

Is it safe to use the program from the Japanese developer?? Never used SIMBL before, and I am weary of using plugins for the core applications on my computer... Otherwise this seems like a solution to the 2d dock problem!

SIMBL has been around for ten years or so and was updated to EasySIMBL around the time that Lion was released and I don't know why a Japanese developer makes any difference, so it's generally safe. That being said, I am fairly certain that it uses undocumented API's to do what it does, so it's a bit of a hack and has caused issues for a few users in the past. I don't make extensive use of it, but have used it in the past without any problems.

I already have EasySIMBL installed, but... BlackDock just doesn't work; unless you followed some different protocol? If so, can you describe it, step by step? You can do so in french if you prefer, as I can read it pretty well.