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    dock disappearing?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sepandee, May 3, 2008.

  1. sepandee

    sepandee Notebook Deity

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    This is the 2nd time this had happened. All of a sudden, I can't bring up my dock anymore. So I'm left dock-less, and the only way to bring it back is to restart.

    WHy/how do you think this happens?
     
    sepandee, May 3, 2008
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    asmallchild Notebook Consultant

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    I'm interested in hearing this as well. I've had it happen once and it really freaked me out.

    Everything else was running. No crashing. But the dock just suddenly disappeared. I even tried altering the dock settings (Quicksilver was still operational) but nothing could bring the dock back. Except a reboot.

    What gives?
     
    asmallchild, May 3, 2008
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    niemassacre Notebook Evangelist

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    Try typing killall Dock into Terminal to reboot the dock - though I have no idea why it's crashing in the first place.
     
    niemassacre, May 3, 2008
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    sepandee Notebook Deity

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    yeah that worked... but I'd still like to know why this happened. My brother tells me he ran into the same problem once as well.
     
    sepandee, May 3, 2008
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    I finally recreated it. The two bugs that are driving me insane.

    1) When running a busload of programs, switching from the DVD Player to iCal causes my entire system to crash. Solution: stop using DVD Player. (What can I say? I'm simple. :p)

    2) When streaming online video, should my screensaver pop on and I immediately jiggle the mouse to make it disappear, the desktop reappears but the dock does not!! (I believe I was in fullscreen mode during the streaming video)

    Sure enough, I bring up Terminal via Quicksilver, type in killall Dock (yes, the D must be capitalized), and everything reappears with no issues at all.

    Weird.
     
    asmallchild, May 11, 2008
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