10.5: Change the 'active app' dock indicators

Nov 06, '07 07:30:07AM

Contributed by: meckardt

If you don't like the new golwing blobs under a running application's icon you might want to change this sooner or later. Choose Finder » Go » Go to Folder, type the following, and click Go or press Return:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/
This will navigate you right into the resources of the Dock. We are interested in these files: Here's what to do: [robg adds: If you're using the 2D dock everywhere, you only need to change the "_simple" indicators. I would also suggest running Disk Utility's Repair Permissions when you're done, as your modified files will have different settings than the defaults. It's not necessary, though, as the Dock will work just fine without doing so.]

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