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OS X Different Docks For Different Desktops
Is there anyway or is there any software out there that will allow me to have a different dock for each desktop...
Meaning, I would like to only see the windows open on that desktop for that dock...
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Being Careful with my new Hard Drive Docking Station
I feel weird with plug-and-play HDD's. It just seems unnatural to be turning the thing on and off, switching the USB over, etc.
I'm using it in a fairly variable environment - it will be connecting ...
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mac: change icon of app launched with arguments?
I launched firefox from the Terminal with some command line arguments. It appears in the doc and now I want to change the icon from the firefox icon to something else and keep it in the dock. How do I ...
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Dock Disappearing Suddenly / Activity Monitor Flashes And Then Disappears
I have an problem with my MacBook. The Dock disappears suddenly / Activity Monitor flashes and then disappears.
I have tried to setup a new user login, it does't work.
Downloads and documents are ...
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Is there any way to enable 'right click' context menu over each item in dock folder?
So I have a beautiful screenshot folder in my dock. (I have no sufficient reputation, so image is a link)
Dock folder
The question is, where is context menu, which available by default in Finder by ...
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Why do apps appear in force quit but not the dock?
Why do apps appear in force quit but not the dock?
Text edit is not open on my dock or Cmd+Tab but I see it Text Edit open on Force Quit. Why would it be open in Force Quit but not Cmd+Tab or the ...
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Where is the dock background image located in OSX?
Just so you know, I have seen the other similar posts, like this. Anyway, do you know where the background image is located in OSX Mountain Lion? Or at least a way to change the dock background ...
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How to detect and run custom scripts on docking / un-docking of ThinkPad?
I'd like to run custom scripts on docking or un-docking my ThinkPad X220.
Obvious place is some udev rule, but what events or attributes should I use? Another option is acpi. Is it better option? ...
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OS X (10.7) display issue: force dock to top display when they're stacked
I can't post an image because I don't have rep, which would have helped a lot.
My primary display is sitting on top. I've done countless searches on Google but they were either irrelevant or ...
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Mac dock suddenly changed appearance
Randomly my Mac OSX dock just dropped down, then when it came back up it had changed from the default 3D dock to this:
I have searched google for hours and no one else seems to have this issue? Is ...
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How to fade away the icon in the dock when close the program in Mac OSX [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Getting Mac OS X applications to close after last window closed
I'm using Mac OSX Mountain Lion.
But some program in the dock confusing me.
When I close some ...
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remove Mouse Over events to hide/unhide dock
I have been googling around to find a way to remove the dock on a Mac OSX Lion. However, I understand that there could be complications in retrieving minimized windows. So disabling it completely is ...
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When in VMWare Fusion (Unity view) how do you place shortcuts to Windows apps on the Mac Dock or Desktop?
Running VMWare Fusion 5 under OS X 10.7. When in Unity view how do you place shortcuts to Windows apps on the Mac Dock or Desktop? As shown here previous versions of VMWare Fusion appeared had an ...
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Adding App icon to Dock with Packagemaker?
I wrote application using pyqt4. I made .app using py2app and .pkg using Package Maker 2. It is only 1 problem. How to automatically add my application icon to Dock after installation? (allow ...
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Disable unread count in the Skype dock icon
Is there anyway to disable the unread count in the Skype dock icon? I don't want want to use the Mark unread messages as read immediately option, since I want to see what I missed when I switch back ...
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Way to Stack Application Instances in OSX Dock?
I run OSX with tons and tons of application instances; so I am looking for a way to tell OSX to stack application instances in the dock the same way Windows 7 does. (blasphemy, I know) Is there a way ...
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On a Mac, can I close windows from the dock?
It is such a pain to open the window from the dock, just so I can close it. Surely there is a way to close it without opening it, and I am just missing the trick. Any help appreciated.
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Headphones override usb dock speakers
I recently needed to re-install Windows 7 (x64 pro), and everything is working great now except for one feature relating to sound.
I have a USB dock which has speakers plugged into it, which I use ...
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How to move Macintosh bottom dock bar from one screen to another?
On a MacBook Air running OS X Lion, I have a dock bar at the bottom of the built in screen, how can I move this to my external screen? I've already got the menu bar moved, but the screen system ...
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any way to assign hotkeys to open minimized windows? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Cycling through minimized windows
I usually have 3-4 firefox windows, 1 macvim and adium in OSX 10.7. I like to keep only one or two windows open at a time with the rest ...
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Selecting whether to dock or quit an app
In OSX is it possible to set a preference for a program for whether it fully quits or stays running in the dock on closure of the last window? e.g. Netbeans for MAC defaults to completely quitting, so ...
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A nice program to show system temperatures in a dock bar?
Is there any nice application that shows the system temperatures in a somekind of dockbar or similar? (Windows)
Preferably with this features:
Real temperature (I've tried programs that shows wrong ...
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Can the Mac OSX Lion dock automatically unhide when an application icon notification bounces?
I'm surprised not to find any related questions here. I'm a first time Mac OSX Lion user at a new job, and I'm wondering if there is an internal or third-party method of causing a hidden dock to ...
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Dock takes up 4GB of memory in Lion OS
I recently purchased an iMac, and upgraded the memory to 8GB, however, my iMac has been really laggy these days, so today, I checked the memory usage. It turned out that Dock took up 3.9G of memory, ...
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Looking for Windows 7 task bar style win+number key to activate apps, for Mac
I was looking around for a utility that emulates the Windows 7 effect of Win + a number key to activate an application from the position on the TaskBar matching the number.
Spotlight, Quicksilver ...
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Replacement For Mac OS X Dock
I have been using Mac OS X Loin since two months and feel that I can't tweak the Dock much.
For Example, I am unable to stretch the Dock to 100% width of the screen.
My Idea is something similar to ...
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I want to “tab dock” any app to side (or top) of Desktop (in Windows 7)?
I am looking for something a bit different than any "dock" style app I have tried.
What I am looking for is something a bit like the awesome "stick" application
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Sometimes, Lion apps all refuse to quit and dock freezes
I'm running OS X and recently upgraded to Lion. Since then, every so often (maybe once every three days or so), my computer gets into a state where every app refuses to quit.
I can open new apps no ...
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Disable Preview in Stacks in Snow Leopard (MAC OS X 10.6)
I have the following problem: in Snow Leopard, when you click on a stack or pile in the dock the system will display previews for the files in there. But for small text files, all you get in a preview ...
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How to disable OSX dock [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I remove the Dock in Mac OS X?
After installing quicksilver I rarely need to use the OSX (snow leopard) dock. I would like to disable the OSX dock from showing ...
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what is com.apple.dock.agent?
I would like to know some details about com.apple.dock.agent?
What is this process? is it so important? does it has anyhting to do with UI?
I would really appreciate if one can share as many details ...
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Are there any SATA HDD to PATA Docks?
I have an oldish laptop (Acer Aspire 4710) with a SATA HDD. I wanted to extend the life of the laptop by adding an SSD drive. But I don't want to keep my data on the SDD (since it will wear out the ...
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Make a dock icon always open a new window in OS X?
In OS X (Snow Leopard), I find that for web browsers and terminals, whenever I click the dock icon, it opens the existing window, not open a new one.
Is there any way to modify the behaviour so that ...
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Disappearing Dock in OS X
I have Parallels desktop for my Windows programs. Yesterday when closing Windows (XP) my dock disappeared from the bottom of my screen. I've tried various remedies including two different modification ...
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How can I remove the Dock in Mac OS X?
Does anyone know how to remove the Dock in Mac OS X?
I was also wondering if I could move that bar to the right side of the screen.
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How do I move the dock to the left side of the middle screen in a 3 monitor setup?
I can only move it to the far left or far right.
I found a third party program that will create a new dock and place it on the inside edges of monitors, but it only handles shortcuts, applications ...
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How do I pass command line arguments to Dock items?
I'm attempting to follow the instructions for pinning startup tabs in Chrome. On OS X how do I add command line arguments to items that persist in my dock?
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How do I make X11 windows play nice with the Dock on OS X?
My dock is on the left side of my screen & by default X11 Window Manager (wants to start at the uppermost left corner & it's always behind the dock. The X11 terminal app itself doesn't do ...
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OSX: Add Dock icon for dedicated Terminal command
I use Mutt. I want a dock icon to launch it. Is such a thing possible?
I'm looking for a way to add a second Terminal icon to the Dock which lets me launch a specific command, "mutt" in this ...
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RocketDock System Tray Docklet
Not sure if this belongs here, but...
I'm looking for either a download location or a how-to on making an executable that toggles the system tray.
All I need to do is create a small .exe or download ...
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Mac OS X Sub Folders of Applications?
Quite a hard question to phrase but I know there is an Applications folder in the Dock, above that being programs pinned to the dock, with a dot showing that they are open.
Is there a way to organise ...
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Dock displays low-resolution icons
Recently, I've noticed that the dock has been starting to display low-resolution icons in place of the former high-resolution icons for common apps like Stickies, Word, iTunes and Preview. Looking at ...
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Customize the icons of folder on the dock
How can I customize the icons of the folders that are in the dock in Snow Leopard?
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Remove apps from upper menu bar permanently [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Hide system tray icons on OS X
Hi, I have an iMac with Leopard 10.6.6 and I'd like to remove some app from upper menu bar permanently, but I don't know how to do it.
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Pin the Dock to the top or disable it
I wonder if it is possible to pin the Mac OS X Dock to the top in Snow Leopard? I see lets of ideas on how to do this when I google for it, and Secrets (the tweaking app) also provide it as an option, ...
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Enabling DockbarX
I installed DockbarX on ubuntu 10.04 using following command:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dockbar-main/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install dockbarx
but dockbar is not ...
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Unable to Dock “MyComputer” in desktop in Windows7
I was trying to dock "mycomputer" by dragging the "mycomputer" icon to any edge of the screen just as I use to do in Windows XP. But Iam unable to do it . How is it done in Windows7.
Attached the ...
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Can you resize all mac windows at once? (e.g. when docking)
I've recently bought a Henge Dock, and like the ability to plug my MacBook in and instantly reconnect to all my peripherals (external monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc.).
The only problem is that when I ...
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Hide an application's dock icon [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Show/Hide Application Icon in Dock
Is there any way to keep an application from displaying an icon in the dock on Mac OS X?
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How to I get window drop functionality on Mac OS X? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to I get window drop functionality on Mac OS X?
I really like using the drag-n-drop feature on Windows 7. (Drag a window to the edge of your screen to auto-fill half ...
