Hello again. Only just had the chance to try it out. Unfortunately, it didn't work. Or more accurately, my dock was reconstructed into its default settings on logging back in, but after a few seconds both Safari and iMovie icons vanished.
Perplexing is a word that might be appropriate. Any other suggestions please? Thanks Russell ----------------------------------------------- www.manorparksurgery.com www.thebrownstuff.blogspot.com 2009/2/20 Russell Brown <[email protected]> > Thanks Sam, I'll give it a go > > > On 19 Feb 2009, at 21:02, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Russell > Sounds like your com.apple.dock.plist file is corrupt or is read only. > Icons at the far right of the dock that only appear when the application is > running are temporary icons that aren't fixed in the dock. It sounds like > Safari's unable to fix itself into the dock and so appears at the end of the > list. Is it just Safari that does this? > > Have a look at Macintosh HD > Users > your home folder > Library > > Preferences > com.apple.dock.plist > File menu > Get Info > Ownership & > Permissions > is it read/write for your user? > > You could try moving it to the trash, log out and then log back in again. > You'll need to reconstruct your dock as it was before but at least you'll be > able to move icons around properly. > > Regards > > Sam > [image: MacAmbulance] > providing affordable Apple & PC services > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022 > <http://www.macambulance.co.uk>http://www.macambulance.co.uk > [email protected] > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
