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    Dock Showcase Thread - What's the Deal with your Dock?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by circa86, Jul 10, 2008.

  1. circa86

    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Simple enough, post up some images of your Dock (Cmd+Alt+4, Press Space Bar and Hover over the dock to snap a shot).

    It is always interesting to see what applications and workflows people use, so feel free to post your latest dock, icons, apps, etc.

    here's what I have been working with lately:

    [​IMG]
    click image for full size

    here's my latest, a few of my own custom apps, icons, indicators, etc. and all the apps I use on a day to day basis.

    and a little more classic finder icon, although I am really loving my laughing man one.

    [​IMG]
    click image for full size

    feel free to ask me about any of the apps I am using, or anything involving my dock.
     
    circa86, Jul 10, 2008
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  2. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    What's the right-most app on the top bar? It's a cool icon...
     
    dbam987, Jul 10, 2008
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  3. circa86

    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Maya 2008 - and if you don't know what Maya is, you should be more on the the ball! ^_^

    all these images are hosted with my .Mac/MobileMe in limbo account, so it is nice that they are still uploading correctly without having to re-connect them all.
     
    circa86, Jul 10, 2008
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  4. Robgunn

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    Pretty standard fare here...
     

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  5. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    LOL, I should get on the ball with all the graphics tools. I getting into some graphics work with Bryce and Carrera at the moment, as a hobby. I have heard of Maya, I just didn't remember its logo.
     
    dbam987, Jul 10, 2008
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  6. Chris27

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    Here is mine



    [​IMG]
     
    Chris27, Jul 10, 2008
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  7. a4 abt

    a4 abt Notebook Guru

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    my dock
    [​IMG]
     
    a4 abt, Jul 10, 2008
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  8. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    woah... look at all them apps. IE7 doesn't like long pictures like that... have to scroll the horizontal bar to see the whole picture :p
     
    dbam987, Jul 10, 2008
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  9. awes1003

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    here mine is, but I usually have it on autohide
     

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  10. cdnalsi

    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    Here's mine:

    [​IMG]

    The apps next to Transmission are Propellerheads Reason, Mainstage, Logic Pro and Wave Editor. Guess you know the rest..
     
    cdnalsi, Jul 10, 2008
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  11. t3rom

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    I don't like to put too apps in my dock:

    [​IMG]
     
    t3rom, Jul 10, 2008
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  12. r0k

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    [​IMG]
    finder-dashboard-mail-ichat-dreamweaver-address-calendar-preview-itunes-cyberduck-iphoto-iweb-prefs-imovie-spaces-firefox-keynote-pages-numbers-screensharing||stacks...trash
     
    r0k, Jul 10, 2008
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  13. Chris27

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    Am I the only one that tries to keep the dock neat and condensed? :p
     
    Chris27, Jul 10, 2008
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  14. zambie

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    could you tell me how you manage to take a snapshot of only your dock ? .. i tried with grab ... and it's been a futile exercise so far... any help would be much appreciated... :(
     
    zambie, Jul 10, 2008
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  15. Chris27

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    press command-shift-4

    your cursor should turn into a pair of cross hairs.

    then press the space bar and select the dock (it should highlight when you move the camera cursor on it).
     
    Chris27, Jul 10, 2008
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  16. a4 abt

    a4 abt Notebook Guru

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    thanks for the tip
     
    a4 abt, Jul 10, 2008
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  17. zambie

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    thanks chris! ...
    here's mine ...
    Picture 1.png
     
    zambie, Jul 10, 2008
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  18. cashmonee

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    Here's mine:
    [​IMG]
     
    cashmonee, Jul 11, 2008
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  19. sulkorp

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    heh, lots of you people have too many items in your dock ;p

    [​IMG]

    I guess I just like to keep mine empty, and its hidden. Spotlight lets me open programs quicker then clicking them. And I was seeding someinthg, so thats why Azureus was open. Otherwise its 1 less item ;p
     
    sulkorp, Jul 11, 2008
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  20. Jurisprudence

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    Heres mine. Fairly fussy about my dock so I replace most icons with ones from deviantart using candybar.
     

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  21. Arquis

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    I think mines sort of standard affair.... although there may be too much crap in it.

    [​IMG]
     
    Arquis, Jul 11, 2008
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  22. plasma.

    plasma. herpyderpy

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    ew, ie7... safari ftw
     
    plasma., Jul 12, 2008
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  23. Underpantman

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    Here is mine.
    Nothing to fancy !
    [​IMG]
     
    Underpantman, Jul 12, 2008
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  24. Arquis

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    ew safari... fire fox 3 ftw.
     
    Arquis, Jul 12, 2008
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  25. sulkorp

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    5000+ unread emails?? lol, you really should read/delete some ;p
     
    sulkorp, Jul 12, 2008
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  26. Jurisprudence

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    I wondered when someone was gonna pick up on that. I work for one of those companies that prefers to send 200 emails about a problem than just tapping someone on the shoulder and asking them about it in person. Kinda like Office Space and the TPS reports. It may end just like the movie did. Does anyone have a red stapler icon. :)
     
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  27. passive101

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    I see people here are saying they have IE7? Where can I get IE 7 for the mac? There are a few websites that require IE.
     
    passive101, Jul 12, 2008
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  29. Arquis

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    They discontinued IE for Mac a long time ago. So you can't. They are probably using Windows.

    Also, whoever designs a website to only work on IE should be slapped.
     
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  30. Acidman

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    [​IMG]

    Gotta keep it simple.
     
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  31. count_schemula

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    [​IMG]
     
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  32. dancebabe9008

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    [​IMG]
     
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  33. count_schemula

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    I can see GA Tech out my window... [​IMG]
     
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  34. dancebabe9008

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    haha. I didn't even notice that I had the folder highlighted. Whoops! I'll be a freshman there in the fall. I'm nervous!
     
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  35. ATC

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    Heh, I just learnt the command-shift-4 and spacebar to take a snap shot of just the dock (pretty cool). Anyhow, here's mine:


    [​IMG]
     
    ATC, Jul 13, 2008
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  36. circa86

    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    here is my dock with just custom icons, for the most part:

    [​IMG]
    click image for full size

    Finder, Automator, Firefox, Safari Copy (that open's up school animation Wiki), Preview, My own app (to open Screen sharing on my Fujitsu N6210), another of my own apps " fn", another one " hide" (to show/hide hidden files), Software Update, System Preferences (standard), Home Folder Icon/Stack, Projects Folder Icon/Stack, Content Library Icon/Stack, Apple Icon/Stack (that is all I can tell you without killing you), Frame Sexer, an automator workflow I made and use to adjust large amounts of scanned in hand drawn frames, Airport Disk (and Timemachine) volume icon/stack, Networked Fujitsu Icon/Stack, Stack Drawers, I think that is all, this is never really what my dock looks like, it usually resembles my original post, but it is cool to see all of this stuff together.

    all icons were created or developed from an existing icon, by me.
     
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  37. i3urtongirl

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    Ok I want to show off too!
     

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  38. circa86

    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    updated mine a little bit:

    [​IMG]
    click for full image

    darkened up the dock color to better suit the rest of my system, and my new indicators, and honestly now that I have done it, I really think apple should consider doing this system wide, just darkening it a hair really helps clear up exactly what is going on with each icon.

    oh! also made some new iChat and iTunes icons to better suit my overall theme I have been working on.
     
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  39. ironicall

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    Here's mine :)

    [​IMG]
     
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  40. dolfan32323

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    Could anyone tell me where to get custom dock background and icons? You all have such awesome combinations!
     
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  41. Arquis

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    http://leoparddocks.net/
     
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    Jurisprudence, Jul 17, 2008
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  43. circa86

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    circa86, Jul 18, 2008
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  44. i3urtongirl

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    What's the slushie icon? lol
     
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  45. Arquis

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    It's obviously for the new Apple USB Slushie Dispenser.... DUH.
     
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  46. dolfan32323

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    thanks for the responses all!!!
     
    dolfan32323, Jul 18, 2008
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  47. trueintentions

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    Being the girl I am, a small, miniscule, and completely minimized dock when not in use....

    [​IMG]

    And magnification at half size when I hover on it. :)
     
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  48. i3urtongirl

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    Humm thx I guess
     
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  49. dolfan32323

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    was reading on the leopard dock site about changing the dock...

    how do you go back to the original? i am worried i will mess up my laptop if i dont do this right lol
     
    dolfan32323, Jul 18, 2008
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  50. diggy

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    My guess would be to restore the original files from the backup that the site suggests you make
     
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