Mavericks Dock: Change color

G369 wrote:

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

Yeah, that ._.

I'll ad myself to this discussion to get the topic bumped. I search the web every day to find a solution. Also waiting for Onyx to hopefully solve this. Already gave feedback to Apple, but not expacting an update within a few days. Until then, I'll have to look VERY hard to see which apps are open... 😠

jrebergen wrote:

...I'll have to look VERY hard to see which apps are open... 😠

I found it useful to remove all the apps from the dock, so the only things that are ever there are, in fact, the apps I have open. On a related note I also have the indicator lights turned off because, obviously, that's useless with my setup.

It's a shame they did that to the dock. It almost seems they sometimes try to see how far they can push their base before they jump ship. I'll keep mine hidden until some good person comes forward with a crack to make it transparent like I've always had it. I couldn't really find where Apple has addressed this issue at all. There have been hundreds, probably thousands of comments on the new Apple Dock's ugliness. Arrogance goes before a stock fall.

I also would highly recommend to resubmit the abilities to modify the dock. This is a personalization and accessibility issue with a majority vote IMHO.

I have a new theory: Apple wants us all to really really hate the Dock, so they can tell us how great they are, when they completely replace it with the Launchpad... 😟 ... not amused ... :-( ...

zabbarob wrote:

I have a new theory: Apple wants us all to really really hate the Dock, so they can tell us how great they are, when they completely replace it with the Launchpad.

Hooray, everyone loves a conspiracy theory.

On a side note, I've found launchpad easier to use than the dock, at least, when I have a trackpad.

I think I have a temporary solution for everybody that has his Dock connected to the bottom. I just replaced the 'shimmers' (is that the right word?!) with my own design! At least it's more visible which apps are open.

Bar:

Triangle:

1. It's very easy. Download the Bar or the Triangle. (2 png's)
2. Go to the System folder -> Library -> CoreServices -> Dock.
3. On Docks right mouseclick "Show package contents" and navigate to Contents -> Resources.
4. Make a copy of the 'indicator_medium.png' and 'indicator_medium@2x.png' to a different location.
5. Copy the 2 png files to that location (identity controle window pops up)
6. DONE!

The indicator isn't the biggest issue IMO, but the bright background.

My temporary fix is the line of code I posted before and a modified desktop background image (just drawing a simple black rectangle behind the dock.

This helped a lot. Here is how it looks now.

Agreed, the bright background is a *****! But like everybody else, I still didn't find a solution. And with the 61 apps in my dock, stacking it to the left or right isn't an option for me. So for now I'm stuck with this horrible bright 3D dock...

Thanks for the tip to add the black triangles

Somone wanted me to post my dock after the command line solution I posted earlier in this thread. Here is is (click to view larger). Note that after doing the transparent dock change, and a dark background, I can see the open app icons quite well. I'm not saying I don't want the dock returned to it's previous state, but at least this works for me right now.

Here's the same, with it on the side for me. http://i.imgur.com/Y4eyOw7.png

Also, I downloaded TinkerTool and used it to pop my dock from the center to the bottom, which makes it a bit less intrusive as well.

Message was edited by: Stryker295 (fixed image link)

Me too think that the background in a vertically placed dock looks horrible. One option would have been to turn the hiding of the dock on (not having to stare in the ugly white). However, the speed with what the dock show when moving the mouse pointer on the left of the screen is... well, super slow. If there was an option to remove the sliding animation I might consider having the dock hidden and show itself when I needed an app's attention.

And yes, I've tried Quicksilver/Alfred/etc. Not working for me. I'm a visual guy who need the iconography to quickly start an app.

Have anyone tried DragThing under Maverick? I used that extensively in the MacOS 8/9-days.

markusn wrote:

[T]he speed with what the dock show when moving the mouse pointer on the left of the screen is... well, super slow. If there was an option to remove the sliding animation I might consider having the dock hidden and show itself when I needed an app's attention.

TinkerTool does this. I have the dock on auto-hide, no animation (snaps in/out immediately) and in the lower-left.