Ditto! Marta On Jun 16, 2005, at 9:51, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > 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>
| 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>
