Wow- I can't believe I've never thought of that- great idea!
This is easy, even if it sounds hard. First do you have the developer tools installed- if not I'll give you other instructions...
If you have Dev Tools
1. Go to
/Users/Your Name/Library/Preferences/
2. Open com.apple.dock.plist (It should open in Property List Editor)
3. In the Editor disclose
Root >> persistent-apps >> 0 >> Tile Data
4. You'll see the
file-label for the first dock item. The value for this property is the name you see in the dock (in my case
Firefox. Double click the value (in my case Firefox) to edit it to whatever you want, including leaving it blank.
5. Rinse and Repeat (steps 3 & 4) for other persistent-app >> (numbers).
6. Rinse and Repeat for
persistant-others
7. Save/Quit.
8. Logout and back in (or just
quit the dock via Utilities/Activity Monitor).
If you don't have Dev Tools
1. Read the Dev Tools instructions (it's help you understand this)
2. Drag com.apple.dock.plist to TextEdit or an equivalent app.
3. Find the
file-labels key
4. The string right after the is file label to edit if you want it to be blank the lines should looks something like:
<key>file-label</key>
<string></string>
5. Rinse, lather, repeat.
6. There is no step six!
7. Save/Quit.
8. Logout and back in (or just quit the dock via Utilities/Activity Monitor).
Hope that helps- it's not quite ideal but it works for me. Thanks for the idea.
Ed
iMac G5 20" Mac OS X (10.4.6) 1.5GB, Logic Pro, Firepod 10x10
