Manually Change the Color of Your Dock in Mac Os X Leopard
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Are you a little sick of the default grey Dock? Look no further...
Steps
- Go to Macintosh HD > System > Library > CoreServices > Dock.
- Right click, and click on Show Package Contents.
- Go to Contents > Resources.
- Find the four S curve files and drag them to your desktop.
- Make a folder for them called 'Default'.
- Copy and Paste the folder, and rename it to 'Modified'.
- Open the first file in your 'Modified' folder in Preview. Go to Tools > Adjust Color.
- Drag the sliders around until you like the color. Remember the positions of all of the sliders (taking a screenshot may help).
- Save the file.
- Modify the other three files in the same way.
- Copy and paste your 'Modified' folder and rename it 'Files to Use'
- Go back to the Dock's Resources folder in Finder. Delete the original Scurve files by dragging them to the Trash (this will require an Administrator password).
- Drag the files from your 'Files to Use' folder into the Resources folder (this will require an Administrator password)
- Delete your now-empty 'Files to Use' folder.
- Close all of your Finder windows and Restart your computer.
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Tips
- Make sure that your Dock's position is set to horizontal, as the vertical position will not show up your colored Dock.
- If you are trying out lots of different colors and don't want to restart all the time, try opening Terminal, then clicking Shell > New Command and then write 'killall Dock' (without the quotations) to relaunch the Dock.
- There are lots of replacement Dock designs available on the Internet, so have a look around if you are after something more dramatic.
- There are quite a few applications available that do this process automatically, so have a look at them if you want a quick Dock change.
- You can try this process on the Trash can picture, or any other pictures on any application if you want a color change.
Warnings
- Make sure you save the default files, you never know when you will want or need the default style back.
Things You'll Need
- A Macintosh computer running Mac OS X 10.5.0 or later (Leopard)
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