1. pin the doc
the doc can be pinned to
a comer, to do this use defaults right com Apple dock
pinning start kill all dock and it moves to the left or top
use end instead of start to move the doc to the right
or bottom middle is the default
2.
Adjust Dock transparency
bring back mountain lions transparency with
defaults write com Apple dock hide mirror
dash bool true killall dock to make
hiding aps icons semi-transparent use
defaults write com Apple dock show hidden
dash bool true killall Dock
in both cases switching true for false
reverts to default settings
3 activate
single app mode
OS X have a single
App mode which means if you click a dock icon
every other app is hidden activate using
defaults write com Apple dock single app
dash bool true kill all Dock
again false reverts the setting to the defaults
4. Change the
hiding delay
remove the show/hide animation with defaults write
com Apple dock auto hide time modifier
dash int 0 kill all dock
revert by using defaults write com Apple dock
auto hide time modifier dash float one
kill all dock,or Adjust one to experiment with different animation
speeds
0.5 is faster half the time
into a slower twice the time
5.
adding App spacers
invisible spacers can be added to group apps icons
each time you use this command a new spacer is added
type defaults write com Apple dock
persistent apps dash array add apostrophe
open curly brace tile data equals
opening closing curly braces semi-colon
tile type equals open parenthesis
spacer tile close parenthesis semi-colon
close curly brace apostrophe semi-colon
kill all dark
replace persistent apps with persistent others
to place a spacer on the right hand side the dock
to get rid of one spacer right click it and select
removed from Doc
6. define custom
Dock Stacks
stacks are folders added
to the right side of the dock, displayed as a fan grid or list
OS X are also has hidden in custom stacks
for recent items
each time you use this instruction a stack is added
right click and you can adjust a stack to show documents
servers or favorite volumes items
remove from dock deletes the stack
and persistent apps instead of persistent others puts it on the other side of the doc
the idea of this
tutorial is to update the doc and also familiarize yourself with terminal
however if you want doc changes but don't want to do any of that pesky
typing
you can download and install tinkertool from
bresink dot com OS X tinkertool.html
and use the various options found within its stock section
but also and just in case followed the three step back up advice
before using the application