SCARECR0W Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I just started to not really like the dock - So, I've started hacking on it... Check it out: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Nice job, I really like how you changed the running programs mark on the the bottom of the icon, the blue light on leopard just blends to well with the background to be useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCARECR0W Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 Thanks! Yeah. that was one of my biggest gripes actually. I left some transparency in this one, but I was using one without transparency, so the icon reflections did not show - which is nice too. Just can't make up my mind which way I prefer. Only bummer is that you cannot change the shape of the dock, it is stuck as a trapezoid or whatever. I've search through all of the plists, code, etc.. and cannot find it. It must be hardcoded that way, which is a bummer as you wont be able to change the shape nor will you be able to completely remove the background and have a 100% clear dock. I'm working on the Stacks stuff now - see what can be done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turpentine Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 wanna let me know how to do this? I want to make the running app icon more easy to tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCARECR0W Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 Sure, all of the files are inside the Dock.app which can be found at: System>Library>CoreServices>Dock Select the Dock app, and show package contents. Inside the Content>Resources directory are all of the files for the Dock. The one you want is called "indicator.png" The ones for the Dock background are "scurve.png" and "frontline.png" Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DsurioN Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Hey I really like your modifications. Could you post the "skin" here so others can enjoy your great work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turpentine Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 how do i replace the images? if i drop it in from desktop it authenticates then does nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Here's one I made: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCARECR0W Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 Actually, you can do what I did.. delete the file you want to change from the terminal (sudo rm -rf and then drag the file to be deleted to the terminal window and it should autocomplete the path for you)- then drag the new file into its place in the originals spot in the resources folder which will ask you to authenticate. Then open activity viewer and find the dock process and force quit it.. the dock should quit and then immediately open back up with your changes displayed. If you try to just move the file from its spot to the trash, it doesn't seem to "take" very well... thats why I outlined the method above - it seems the fastest easiest way and doesn't require loggin out and back in a thousand times. I stress that you should have a copy of the original files before attempting any of this... and of course, the basic warning - you are altering core system files, so be careful. (there is not much danger in this unless you really muck something up but still be careful) DsruioN - I will try and put something together once I figure out how to make them into a user-installable skin - right now it's just raw files being put into the resources folder as described above. Eventually I'd like to make a little installer app that allows you to select from a variety of dock styles and then puts the files where they need to go and restarts the dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heiesuke Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 U lost me when U went to the terminal. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCARECR0W Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 Open up the terminal.app Type "sudo rm -rf " in the terminal window (be VERY careful here, if you mis-type an extra "/" at the end you will literally zero out your harddrive) - again, that is sudo[space]rm[space]-rf[space] With that typed in, drag the file you want to be deleted onto the terminal window you just typed in. This will autocomplete the path to the file that you are trying to delete into the terminal window just after the sudo rm -rf part from above. Hit return. You will be asked for your password and possibly given the standard warning about sudo commands. Then thats it.. the file should be deleted. Now just drop your new revised graphic into the resources folder which should ask you for your password again... once that is done open up the Activity Monitor application. Select "dock" which should be one of the running processes. Then click the red stop sign button. Then click "Force Quit". Voilà, you're new dock should now be visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turpentine Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 thanks, heres mine real quickly done. I'm going to do a few in perspective when I get the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCARECR0W Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 That's pretty cool - nice work. I wish that Dock was available for Tiger... - Sabr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turpentine Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 That's pretty cool - nice work. I wish that Dock was available for Tiger... - Sabr. no you don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Here are the files for mine if anyone wants them: Dock.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCARECR0W Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 lookin' good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macuser74 Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Open up the terminal.app Type "sudo rm -rf " in the terminal window (be VERY careful here, if you mis-type an extra "/" at the end you will literally zero out your harddrive) - again, that is sudo[space]rm[space]-rf[space] With that typed in, drag the file you want to be deleted onto the terminal window you just typed in. This will autocomplete the path to the file that you are trying to delete into the terminal window just after the sudo rm -rf part from above. Hit return. You will be asked for your password and possibly given the standard warning about sudo commands. Then thats it.. the file should be deleted. Now just drop your new revised graphic into the resources folder which should ask you for your password again... once that is done open up the Activity Monitor application. Select "dock" which should be one of the running processes. Then click the red stop sign button. Then click "Force Quit". Voilà, you're new dock should now be visible. It keeps saying this after I enter my password : 'rm: illegal option -- / usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ... unlink file What gives??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCARECR0W Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 No clue, maybe you didn't type things right? Not sure. Below is how it should look - sudo rm -rf /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/scurve.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macuser74 Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 No clue, maybe you didn't type things right? Not sure. Below is how it should look - sudo rm -rf /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/scurve.png Edit: I got it. Thanks man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor_C Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 I'd much rather just have the standard Tiger dock. I like it a lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turpentine Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Here are the files for mine if anyone wants them:Dock.zip that+()my indicator yields: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 That's pretty nice looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macuser74 Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 That's pretty nice looking! how about yours? will you release them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 I already did , scroll three posts up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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