Yes, a restart removed it. Sorry for the false alarm, and thanks for the reply. I still wonder about why it happened. OS 10.8.
Pat On 29/08/2012, at 7:36 PM, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Pat, > > You don't mention what OS X you are running. > > Restart in Safe Mode, then Restart normally. > <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564> > > If that doesn't fix the problem, delete com.apple.dock.plist file > /Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist > Then in Terminal: > killall Dock > > Cheers, > Ronni > > Sent from Ronni's iPad > > On 29/08/2012, at 6:45 PM, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is really strange. I suddenly noticed an unfamiliar icon down in the >> left hand corner of the dock. It looks somewhat like the Pages icon, ink >> bottle + pen posed over the top of an orange book. The tool-tip message is >> that it is Finder. >> >> Is this correct? Has the Finder icon officially morphed into something >> else? I haven't done any updating of any software for weeks. >> >> Pat >> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>

