how to restore the dock

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jimmyvago71 Author

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how to restore the dock

os x 10.8.5 mac book air:

shut down computer w/ upper right power button and dock disappeared.

how can i get the dock back the way it was?

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Jun 7, 2017 12:33 PM

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Answer 1

jimmyvago71 Author

Level 1

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Oct 22, 2018 11:10 AM in response to Eric Root

The dying general gave his terminal command: "Killall dock!"

then he died for not using latin. even docktors use latin what's wrong with you.

you could be more obtuse!

define terminal command, tell us where to type with our witto bitty fingers "killall dock."

and is that two words ro three, or one?

anyway i don't want to kill my dock i just want to restore all me docs in dock.

I AM AFRAID TO KILL IT WHEN I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE HIDDEN MY VARIOUS DOCUMENTS!

no duh.

to go back like they do in microsoft, you simply find restore and go back to the minute before you lost it...

only they great MS does not have a dock, doc.

so you might be right, in some utopia but here3 on Earth no one understands you.

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Answer 2

BobHarris

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Jun 7, 2017 8:04 PM in response to jimmyvago71

Check System Preferences -> Dock

and see if the Dock is marked "Automatically hide and show Dock"

Also check that the Dock is going to be positioned at the bottom, left or right side as you prefer.

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Answer 3

Eric Root

Level 10

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Jun 8, 2017 10:28 AM in response to jimmyvago71

Try doing a Dock restart using the following Terminal command:

killall Dock

Log out/in and test. If that doesn’t work, you need to look in your user Library/Applications Support/Dock for the .db. Use the Finder “Go To Folder” command. Enter ~/Library/Applications Support/Dock. Move the .db to your desktop.

Then try a dock reset.

Applications/Utilities/Terminal enter the command

killall Dock

Log out/in test. If it works okay, delete the .db from the desktop.

If the Dock is the same, return the .db to where you got them from, overwriting the newer ones.

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Answer 4

Eric Root

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685,251 points

Jun 9, 2017 1:02 PM in response to jimmyvago71

Go to Applications/Utilities and open the Terminal application. Once that is open, copy and paste killall Dock into Terminal. Hit return.

The above resets the Dock.

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