Mavericks Dock: Change color

i did sent fieedback directly to Apple too

but looking for a solution found that vidéo

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dont know how, but this guy sems to have a solution

if you look at his dock, it's not silver bright but blue and he add a line before the trash

hi,

will try this out but independent of the result, thanks for posting possible solutions.

i'm using "dragthing" right now it's 99% identical with all tweaks one likes possible

http://www.dragthing.com

of course i'm still looking for a in-os solution since i try to keep the

amount of software as low as possible, already have around 100 apps

which i need for my work :-)

regards

hi,

no, that's nothing :-)

the dock is slightly transparent thus adapts to some degree to the background.

see me screenshot to get an idea what most here are talking about, key point is

that the dock background should be dark as an option and the transparency should

be able to ajust to one's liking.

however, if the the dock is dark, even the default transparency might be ok, just not greyish.

regards

This video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15fxZ988ZfE show the solution.

Good Luck

enzo

thanks for the try but this is pre-mavericks ( 2011 ) and does not work under mavericks.

Thanks for the black triangles open app indicator. As I'm one of the side dock users, I have changed the png (with Preview) to vertical ones and they work a charm. The black indicators on washed background are really standing out! One problem solved, but still with the incredibly ugly backgound, though.

Thanks

Alex

Only one sensible thing to do. I moved it to Bottom and invoked auto hide for first time ever. Dont know why I didnt do it before.

Yes, but the ugly grey is still there when you mouse over. And as well in the Top Sites page.

God, this is the first time ever I hate Apple. And Mavericks even more. Seriously considering doing a complete erase and going back to Mountain Lion 10.8. Seriously.

peter_watt wrote:

Only one sensible thing to do. I moved it to Bottom and invoked auto hide for first time ever. Dont know why I didnt do it before.

I tried this and I don't like it. Apple needs to fix the Dock background color or someone needs to find a hack to do it without Apple's assistance. For me having the Dock on the side is the only acceptable location so I will wait for a solution. In the mean time I have increased the size of the Dock to make up for the low contrast. Also I have changed my desktop bacground to be grey linen to compensate for the low visibility of the new tags (was labels) scheme (I just can't see a little green dot next to a file name when the background is a green wave).

IrishMurph1 wrote:

Yes, but the ugly grey is still there when you mouse over. And as well in the Top Sites page.

God, this is the first time ever I hate Apple. And Mavericks even more. Seriously considering doing a complete erase and going back to Mountain Lion 10.8. Seriously.

I was also thinking that this is the first time in my memory (and I have been using the Mac sinc 1985) that I thought a new Mac OS update had a change or feature that was outright bad. Mavericks has a few features that just seem to be bad implementations (the new label/tag scheme is not well thought-out or implement in my opinion). It occured to me that this is the first full release of OS X in a post-Jobs errra. So perhaps this is what we have to look forward to.

I was thinking along the same lines myself, Apple post-SJ.

There is no question that Mavericks has some improved features, but from a purely aesthetic standpoint, which let's face it, most people are attracted to the whole Apple/MacBook thing to begin with, it's awful. Truly awful. And not just "well, it's ok, I'll live with it". No, it's nothing like the calssy and sophisticated look that Apple are known for. This is such a departure. I feel like I'm back in Windows.......

Photoale wrote:

Thanks for the black triangles open app indicator. As I'm one of the side dock users, I have changed the png (with Preview) to vertical ones and they work a charm. The black indicators on washed background are really standing out! One problem solved, but still with the incredibly ugly backgound, though.

Thanks

Alex

How do you do this? Where are these .png files? Is this explained in one of the video links that was posted?

See my post in page 5 "Go to the System folder -> Library -> CoreServices -> Dock. On Dock right mouseclick "Show package contents" and navigate to Contents -> Resources. 'indicator_' files.

Oh and Rumboogy22, please delete images from posts you quote! ;-)

Will it change the dull grey dock colour back to the cool black one I had before Mavericks?