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Permanently disable the dock in 10.2
Authored by: paulskinner on Mar 09, '03 09:22:11AM

A much safer and cleaner way to do this is to make an applescript that kills the dock and name it 'Dock'. Save it as stay-open application. Run it and the dock is gone. Quit your Dock script app and the Dock returns.

on run
   try
      set p to (path to startup disk as text) & "System:Library:CoreServices:Dock.app:"
      tell application p
         quit
      end tell
      
      tell application "Finder"
         activate
      end tell
   end try
end run

on idle
   return 60
end idle

The problem with Dock killers is that, since the Dock is the destination for all minimized windows, you can't minimize any windows while the Dock is gone. Windowshade is a possible alternative. http://unsanity.com/download.php?product=wsx No affiliation.

I personally prefer to use TinkerTool to move the Dock to the top, Since this requires you to carefully point at the pixel at the base of the menu bar to activate the Dock I rarely see it.



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