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Ok so I HAVE A PROBLEM!!
i just got sick of the other look so i went back to the normal one and my DOCK app is in my dock...i cant kill it - i cant shut it off. and I am at a complete loss.
any idea folks?
--- also this is in the thread because i did this that caused it haha
osx 10.6 snow leopard btw
i just got sick of the other look so i went back to the normal one and my DOCK app is in my dock...i cant kill it - i cant shut it off. and I am at a complete loss.
any idea folks?
--- also this is in the thread because i did this that caused it haha
osx 10.6 snow leopard btw
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I'm guessing to get there you double-clicked on Dock.app instead of right clicking and selecting Show Package Contents?
Have you tried logging out then in again? Or restarting?
Yeah - i had to uninstall the dock - which was a PITA then i had to restart and create a new user - it was a PAIN
Hi, sorry for the lack of reply. I'm a bit swamped with work at the moment...
It takes quite a while to make an easy to follow and good quality guide (with screen shots etc), so I don't want to rush it, especially as the instructions involve changing system files! I'll hopefully get around to it at the weekend, if not then definitely on Monday!
Excellent Guide
Great work and thanks for all your hard work put into it. For now I'm really just 10-12days green on OS X almost fully @ home so I'm going to wait until system wide themes are available for OS X Snow Leopard.
BTW, has ANYONE created quality system wide SL themes, if not then whats the hold-up?
Great work and thanks for all your hard work put into it. For now I'm really just 10-12days green on OS X almost fully @ home so I'm going to wait until system wide themes are available for OS X Snow Leopard.
BTW, has ANYONE created quality system wide SL themes, if not then whats the hold-up?
There are plenty of system-wide SL themes out there. You just need to know where to look
Check out these forums: http://macthemes.net/forum/viewforum.php?id=2
Pretty much all system-wide themes come with installers now...so there is no fiddly copying and pasting involved.
NOTE: Make sure it's a SL theme if you are on SL, or a Leopard theme if you are on Leopard!!
No, sorry. That's why there are separate steps for Snow Leopard that don't involve Mirage.
Mirage 2 was released here.
It works for snow leopard only and saves the hassle of the manual steps. The original Mirage will still work for leopard.
Excellent, thank you! Only released 15 days ago so I hadn't seen it yet. I'll edit the original post now.
Thanks so much thats what I had seen on other sites but didnt want to risk it as on here it said only for leopard and I dont want problems on my computer. Now I have an awesome black bar dock and just need to get the rest of my stuff set to black ... haha theres always more to be done, but thanks a million wouldnt even be half as close without this guide
Yeah sorry about that. I should probably be checking MacThemes more often for updates. Glad you've got it all sorted now!
EDIT:
There's a very good guide here which explains in great detail how to install a black theme to Snow Leopard. I don't have SL, so can't really go through the step by step details with screenshots, but this guy did a very good job of it!
Check out this tutorial. Or come back in 24 hours and I'll have updated this thread with instructions.
That guide is for Snow Leopard.
Not that I know of I'm afraid. Both the Applications folder and the dock access the same file for the image. You could try changing the background colour of the Applications folder to one that better compliments the text icons.