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The new bright side dock in mavericks is ugly and hard for the eye. There MUST be a solution to change the white background to something more easy for the eye.
(I don't mention the new ugly calendar and contacts because I hardly use them, but the new Apple Design Team seems to think that white is a reasonable color for an app background - they are obviously wrong) 😮
OS X Mavericks (10.9)
If it alters the OSX at system level it is a hack. That doesn't mean it is not of use to some people. It just means it is a hack.
Cheers
Pete
The features I'm seeing in the beta are fairly trivial and only affect the bottom position. This app doesn't appear to do much for Mavericks. The most important feature would be to change the color and opacity on the sides, which it doesn't do at all. Second is a 2D dock for the bottom and also the color and opacity for that as well. It doesn't have that feature either.
It will totally customize the Dock for the bottom position. Better try it again and play with the options if you're seeing something different.
Mavericks version is BETA software and some features have been disabled.
This is from the developers site. It is not even out of beta format for Mavericks! In other words it is a dangerous and most likely incompatable hack. You should at least wait until the designer gets it working before posting a link to it here!!
Pete
IT does indeed work! And will change your Dock background to whatever you see fit. TRUE, it is only in the beta stage, but no other app will change the background for Mavericks. If you can find one Pete, then please, show us all here and post it. This is the best I've found yet and works for Mavericks.
I'm not looking for one, if you bother reading the posts here before sticking up a link to an admitted Beta, not fully functioning hack as you have done.😉
Cheers
Pete
Well, Beta or not, it does work for the bottom position. And I will not bother arguing further with you sir as you have clearly displayed you are not interested in supporting this application. If you're waiting for someone to come up a Terminal or other solution that does not involve a custom app, then you may benefit from reading this entire thread: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1665442&page=1
As you can see, the Dock has been entirely redesigned for Mavericks in that it is no longer a stand-alone application and has to be written from source-code level. This means any modifications to the Dock will need to be completely written from scratch and reverse-engineered. Your "Terminal" solutions are absolete and completely worthless at this point.
I am not waiting for anything. I am more than happy with the dock. There are only a tiny handful of people who are not. And if I was one of those people then I would either wait for it's return or wait for a very reliable third party program to install.
I am starting to wonder if you do have a financial interest in this?
Good luck, and if your OSX becomes corrupted, you will at least know where to start looking.😉
Cheers
Pete
axialix wrote:
Well, Beta or not, it does work for the bottom position.
And if you had been following this thread through all thirteen pages to date you would know that virtually all the major complaints are about the side dock. Unless somebody comes up with a fix there most of these folks aren't going to be interested.
Ok, totally valid point MadMacs. No, I have not read all 13 paged of this thread, but I have rather contacted the developer of DockMod and requested that a modification be made for the side-dock. I will update here as I receive notification from him. Just want everyone to know that it is no longer a question of modifying files as per Terminal and getting a result...the Dock.app has to be re-written per source-code and then recompiled. Not an easy task for most, including myself!
And no Pete, I have absolutely NO financial advantages to be gained here, only trying to make as many people aware as possible that solutions are within grasp. No, they aren't perfect, but please, design a better one if you are able. And there are more than "a tiny handful" of people that aren't satisfied...
hop1967 wrote:
Found this too:
Ah yes, I see this was already posted three weeks ago, and still no Mavericks compatability.
Pete
axialix wrote:
Ok, totally valid point MadMacs. No, I have not read all 13 paged of this thread,
You are three weeks too late, as you would have seen IF you had of read this thread properly and you woud also realise that it is not what the posters here are looking for. Please learn to read before ranting.
Cheers
Pete
axialix > Could you please provide a screen shot so we can see what the dark dock on the left or right side looks like? Thanks
I see that DockMod expires right awasy. It is not freeware and I did not see what it cost to register so did not use it.
aRKay wrote:
I see that DockMod expires right awasy. It is not freeware and I did not see what it cost to register so did not use it.
For a crippled beta it should be free, but it sounds like it isn't. If it was any good the price would be on page 1.
Someone has a financial interest then.
Mavericks Dock: Change color
