Re: Resoreing dock.

2019-11-08 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Good call Dan. Although either relaunching the Finder, or killing and restarting the Dock process usually works as well. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Jamf Certified Associate Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 8, 2019, at 08:11, dan d. wrote: D

Re: Resoreing dock.

2019-11-08 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I just restarted the dock processes. Also, any idea what the difference between Preferences and Preferences/ByHost ? I was afraid that if I did a standard logout, that the Dock would save itself as part of the logout process. > On Nov 8, 2019, at 10:11 AM, dan d. wrote: > > > > Did you do

Re: Resoreing dock.

2019-11-08 Thread dan d.
Did you do a reboot? The dock info is read each time as part of it. On Thu, 7 Nov 2019, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > OK, I took the plunge and went to preferences then started up TimeMachine and > found a version from before the re-boot that messed up my dock. I then did a > restore and did a ps -

Re: Resoreing dock.

2019-11-07 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Was worth a try. I've done it before when customizing the Dock during imaging or templating Macs, but haven't done it very much on the fly like you were in need of. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Jamf Certified Associate Fort McMurray, AB Canada

Re: Resoreing dock.

2019-11-07 Thread Jonathan Cohn
OK, I took the plunge and went to preferences then started up TimeMachine and found a version from before the re-boot that messed up my dock. I then did a restore and did a ps -ef | grep doc and found that Process 733 and 734 were related to my dock. Killed those off and saw new processes for th

Re: Resoreing dock.

2019-11-07 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Technically, I guess you could The Dock related files that organize it are within your user account, Library, Preferences. If you went into Time Machine, into your Home directory, Library, Preferences and located the com.apple.Dock.plist and restored it, you might have luck. I don't belie

Resoreing dock.

2019-11-07 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, Can I use TimeMachine to restore my Dock to a former state? IT pushed a change that reset my dock. I know one can restore files but I haven’t paid attention to configurations with TimeMachine. Thanks! Jonathan Thanks -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac