| Tip 297 | Supertip: Tweak the Dock’s Look and Feel |
Here’s how to adjust how the Dock looks and where it’s positioned on-screen.
Switching to a Flat, 2D Dock
The Dock is a masterpiece of engineering. In its default configuration and position, it emulates a glass platform with reflections of any nearby windows showing in it.
If that all sounds too fancy, you can switch to a flat, two-dimensional Dock quite easily. Open a Terminal window (open Finder, select the Applications list, and then in the list of applications double-click Terminal within the Utilities folder), and type the following:
| | defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -bool TRUE;killall Dock |
The changes will take effect immediately—for an example, see Figure 46, Switching the Dock to ...
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