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Snow Leopard works great! My mac's really fast after this. But sometimes the dock icons just disappear! I see the blue dot beneath when I click the empty space. So I know the item's there. But there are no icons! This happened for Safari and Downloads.

Some people responded on the Apple forums that I should try and remove the dock's plist file. But this just restores the dock to its original settings! I don't want to lose my settings.

Anyone else facing this issue with SL? Or is it a problem only I am facing?

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That has happened to me with the Mail and Address Book icons, they became invisible but the blue dot would remain when the apps were in use. It seemed odd that it would happen with the two Apple apps.

My procedure for correcting the problem affects only the app with the problem.

After quitting the app, I right clicked (I have a two-button mouse) on the invisible icon and chose 'Options - Show in Finder' then 'Options - Remove from Dock'. I rebooted the app from the Finder window then choose 'Options - Keep in Dock' and moved the icon back to its original place. That immediately corrected the problem. The icons remained after reboot.

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Thanks. will give that a go. But doesn't look like a permanent solution. Might as well file a bug report with Apple. – lostInTransit Nov 4 at 12:22
It was a permanent fix for me. Remove invisible icon from dock, restart app from Finder window, then 'Keep in Dock' option before quitting app. The previously invisible icon now remains visible in the dock. Haven't had a problem since. – Laur Hagan Nov 5 at 13:46
If that procedure doesn't work for you, cause of your problem must be different than what I had experienced. Please let us know what does resolve your problem. – Laur Hagan Nov 5 at 13:57
Deleted the dock's plist file and rebooted and I lost my dock settings. Copied the file again from trash to the Library and all icons now appear fine! Don't really know what happened :) – lostInTransit Dec 3 at 7:16
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Great Answer! Worked in like 8.2 sec, thanks!

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That would be better as a comment... welcome to Super User, BTW. – Nathaniel Dec 10 at 23:35
I guess people with 1 point are not allowed to put in comments! neways welocome to Super User curt. – lostInTransit Dec 30 at 9:42

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