Numberzz Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Do you want to easily recognize stacks? A Japanese user has just found out a little trick that will get some "drawers." These sit on top of the stack and tell you which stack is what. You do need to enter a few commands in Terminal, but it is well worth it. Download link and terminal commands in the Full Guide link. Full Guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 This looks great! Will try it out now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iestyn Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Works pretty well, looks cool too. Also, you don't have to do the whole terminal thing, the "date modified" is already set to 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbic Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 This hit Digg a couple days ago... it's a really cool concept. Semi-transparent icons which sit on top of a Stack. Most of them will sit on top of a stack by default, because their names begin with a space. The only time you'd need to change the Modified date with touch is for the Downloads stack, because those are sorted by date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waradmin Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 This hit Digg a couple days ago... it's a really cool concept. Semi-transparent icons which sit on top of a Stack. Most of them will sit on top of a stack by default, because their names begin with a space. The only time you'd need to change the Modified date with touch is for the Downloads stack, because those are sorted by date. Yeah works good, saw it on digg as well. Very cool looking as well as practical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Very neat. Now I just need Leopard. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killroy Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 This is awesome. I frequently click the worng Stack. No More! Thanks for the information Numberzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jabohn Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Didn't work for me. My Apps stack icon is now just a generic folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killroy Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Didn't work for me. My Apps stack icon is now just a generic folder. After you copy the Drawer icons into the Stacks, kill your Dock. Open Terminal (Applications>Utilities) and type "killall Dock" without quotation marks and press Return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbz Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Simple, effective, and pretty. What more could we possibly ask for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Simple, effective, and pretty.What more could we possibly ask for? Something like this built-in to Leopard? This works good for now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jabohn Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 After you copy the Drawer icons into the Stacks, kill your Dock. Open Terminal (Applications>Utilities) and type "killall Dock" without quotation marks and press Return. Thanks. I figured I'd have to log out or reboot or something. Now I just need a few more icon variations... maybe I can figure out how to make them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damesj Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 can someone host the zip file on another server. says its going to take over a day to download Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 What a useful feature! Thanks for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killroy Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 can someone host the zip file on another server. says its going to take over a day to download RapidShare: Archive.zip MediaFire: Archive.zip Both the exact same. Includes both DRAWERS_icon_#1 and DRAWERS_icon_#2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Just bookmarked it. Thanks Numberz. Now all I need is to get Leopard working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossarian Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Something like this built-in to Leopard? This works good for now though. I agree. The stacks are a good idea but the way it has been implemented is all wrong. I view these kinds of tweaks as a work around but not a fix. I'd like to see customizable stacks icons work within the OS as well as the ability to navigate through file structure. The behavior of the applications folder on the Tiger Dock worked much more effectively (in my opinion) than the Applications Stack of Leopard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tried Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 doesnt seem to work for me on the downloads stack. Place a new file in and the icon disappears. weirdhmmm the stack doesnt seem to sort by date modified. Rebooted, killed dock, nothing makes it works. it only works initially when you first put it it but when you drag another folder into it, it disappears.hmmm the stack doesnt seem to sort by date modified. Rebooted, killed dock, nothing makes it works. it only works initially when you first put it it but when you drag another folder into it, it disappears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I agree. The stacks are a good idea but the way it has been implemented is all wrong. I view these kinds of tweaks as a work around but not a fix. I'd like to see customizable stacks icons work within the OS as well as the ability to navigate through file structure. The behavior of the applications folder on the Tiger Dock worked much more effectively (in my opinion) than the Applications Stack of Leopard. Agreed, they do need a bit of work. I also miss the old beta behavior where when you clicked on a folder that was in a stack, it would open that folder as a new stack. Much better than opening Finder and then looking for the file/app in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 rollcage, if you're looking for the old dock behavior, create an alias of the folder you want, and put the alias in the dock. It's about time someone did this.... Only problem for me is that my dock isn't too big, and I don't really want to use magnification right now. Still a noticeable difference. Great find Numberzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iarora Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 looks so much cleaner and 1337 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xeon4j Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 i love it.. simple yet powerful little trick.. thanks for the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damesj Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 RapidShare: Archive.zipMediaFire: Archive.zip Both the exact same. Includes both DRAWERS_icon_#1 and DRAWERS_icon_#2. thanks a lot.. appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giandal Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 doesnt seem to work for me on the downloads stack. Place a new file in and the icon disappears. weirdhmmm the stack doesnt seem to sort by date modified. Rebooted, killed dock, nothing makes it works. it only works initially when you first put it it but when you drag another folder into it, it disappears.hmmm the stack doesnt seem to sort by date modified. Rebooted, killed dock, nothing makes it works. it only works initially when you first put it it but when you drag another folder into it, it disappears. You probably have the stack sorted by "date added" instead of "modified date". Change that clicking on the dock icon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tried Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 You probably have the stack sorted by "date added" instead of "modified date".Change that clicking on the dock icon... brilliant!! how dumb of me not to have noticed that. Thanks alot!! Tried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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