Awesome - thanks to Jerry Freeman for asking the question, Schoun Regan for supplying the answer and Jerry Yeager for clarifying the answer.
Harry Tuesday, June 14, 20055:45 PMJerry Yeagerjerry at browseryshop.com >This is turned off by default, that is to say it only shows if the dock >is not on the bottom. Open System Preferences, change the placement to, >oh say the left side and close the Dock Preferences. Now open the file >in your PList Editor and you will see the "orientation" key there. > > Jerry > >On Jun 14, 2005, at 5:05 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I wanted to try this and I'm running 10.3.9. I went to version tracker >> and downloaded Property List Editor Pro. I made a copy of >> com.apple.dock.plist and used property list editor to open the file. >> Nowhere in the file can I find "key orientation" or the words bottom, >> right, or left. I even copied the text to an appleworks document and >> did >> the search with in appleworks. >> >> What am I missing? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Harry >> >> >> Saturday, June 11, 20059:12 PMSchoun Reganschounregan at mac.com >> >>> >>> On Jun 11, 2005, at 9:37 AM, studio52 at insightbb.com wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Group! I read about Spotlight and figured it was just something >>>> else I would never use. Was I ever wrong, it has changed the way I >>>> use my Mac. Between Spotlight and CMD + Tab to navigate open Apps, >>>> I have no need for a Dock. As a full screen Photoshop user the dock >>>> is a PITA. Does anyone know or could you point me to a "reliable" >>>> method to disable dock.app? I logged in as root, put dock.app into >>>> an untitled folder, rebooted and Finder was very erratic, Photoshop >>>> crashed etc.:-) Obviously that doesn't work! TIA...Jerry Freeman >>>> >>> >>> Do this: >>> >>> Navigate to your home folder and then inside your Library folder in >>> your home folder. Inside your Library folder you will find a folder >>> called Preferences. Inside that folder you will find a file called >>> com.apple.dock.plist which in Tiger is a binary file, so you must use >>> Property List Editor to open it (there is another way using a command >>> line utility called plutil, but stick to the app instead). Once you >>> open it, locate the key orientation and change it from bottom (it >>> could say right or left too) to top. Save the file. >>> Now log out and log back in. Your Dock will be on the top. Now go to >>> your Dock preferences and Hide the Dock. It will still be there but >>> out of your way. >>> I have sent you Property List Editor separately so you won't have to >>> download the Developer Tools. >>> >>> Schoun >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> >----------------------------------- >Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if >I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. > > > >| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >| be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >| List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >| List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
