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I find that with some wallpapers, the Dock that ships with Leopard can be way too bright and stand out more than desired. Is there some sort of application out there can can theme or skin the Dock for me, without me having to manually change settings and files?

What application is recommended/the best?

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Wiki since it's subjective... – bjtitus Aug 20 '09 at 2:19
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Subjective? I want a program that will change the dock image. There is nothing subjective about that! – David Pearce Aug 20 '09 at 3:28
Considering there are 5 or six different programs to do this, I would say it is. – bjtitus Aug 21 '09 at 19:40
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LeopardDocks is a great website that has lots and lots of different replacement dock backgrounds. To use the files the website provides, just use their LeopardDocks App.

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I downloaded one of the docks, but all i got was a folder full of .pngs. Is there a program to do it for me? – David Pearce Jul 16 '09 at 1:21
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Don't use URL shorteners where they're not needed! The first URL is.. leoparddocks.com/index.php – dbr Aug 20 '09 at 1:32
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I've also had problems with the default Leopard Dock. If you use the following commands in the terminal, you can get a different, 2-dimensional dock:

coputername:~ user$ defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES
coputername:~ user$ killall Dock

2D Dock Image

If you change your mind, you can restore the 3-dimensional dock with the following commands:

coputername:~ user$ defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean NO
coputername:~ user$ killall Dock
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I think the best combo is Candybar and various docks from MacThemes or the Iconfactory. Candybar is simple, quick, and effective.

You might want to look at this question about tweaking the UI in OS X.

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ClearDock

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"ClearDock currently does not work on Mac OS X 10.5.x. More Info." – David Pearce Jul 16 '09 at 1:20
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