September 2004
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
9h 26m
English
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Altering the Dock
I personally dislike the default Dock. It sits at the bottom of the screen, right where I need extra screen space for my work. It’s too big and it’s ugly. Fortunately, the System Preferences application provides a great starting place for customizing the Dock. Choose
→ Dock → Dock Preferences to get started. The Dock Preferences pane (Figure 1-14) lets you set the size, position, and other attributes of your Dock to better integrate it into your workflow.
Adjustable features in the Dock Preferences pane include:
Figure 1-14. The Dock’s preferences pane.
- Dock Size
Use this slider to your Dock icons larger or smaller.
- Magnification
Add a fisheye effect to your Dock by magnifying the icons closest to the cursor. I leave this option unchecked. It gives me motion sickness.
- Position on screen
Choose one of these radio buttons to set the Dock’s position to the left, bottom, or right. Note that if you use more than one screen, the left position may be on a different screen than the right position, depending on how you have the displays arranged.
- Minimize using
Dock Preferences offers access to two animations for minimizing your windows. You can scale your windows down proportionally or use the Genie effect to suck your windows into the Dock.
- Animate opening applications
When checked, ...
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