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How to work in OS X without using the Dock
Authored by: syko on Mar 19, '04 01:36:58PM

I will pay good $ for someone to write a program to MOVE the Dock to the '2nd' monitor! It's a huge waste of screen real estate to have it on the main monitor and would be more welcomed on my 2nd monitor..

please, someone, do it for me! (:



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you can... kinda
Authored by: DrAutomata on Mar 19, '04 01:48:51PM

Actually, it can be done already but it's not obvious how. In the arrange monitors setting you can move the dock to another monitor by dragging the sliver of the menu bar to the other monitor. Of course, you have to move the menu bar too. Maybe you already knew that and just want to move the dock.



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not what we're looking for...
Authored by: jiclark on Mar 19, '04 03:10:39PM

You're right, those of us that are looking for a way to move it to the second monitor, don't want to move the menubar as well. I've found that it can be moved to the far SIDE of the second monitor, but would love to have it on the bottom...

Oh well, we can hope that it'll be possible someday!



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Built in
Authored by: sinjin on Mar 19, '04 02:32:00PM

You can also move it to the "second monitor" by attaching your dock to the side of your main monitor that the second monitor happens to be on. E.g. if your second monitor sits to the right of the main, set the Dock's position to the right (in System Preferences).



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second menu bar?
Authored by: sjk on Mar 19, '04 04:37:33PM

Two monitors and you're complaining of wasted screen space? ;-)

I'd pay $ to have a second menu bar ("control strip") for menu extras to live on. It's rare having all their icons visible on my 1024x768 iBook display since the current application menu usually covers a few of 'em.

Seems like such a potentially useful utility for anyone using small displays that I'm surprised it hasn't been written yet (by Unsanity, for instance). Or have I just missed some way of doing this?



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second menu bar? - menu bar font size?
Authored by: jeep4stv on Mar 20, '04 09:01:52AM

well, what about changing the menu bar's font size? Anyone know how to do that?



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Use Tinkertool
Authored by: powerbookg3user0 on Mar 21, '04 09:26:08PM
Tinkertool can do this... and also change all of the system's fonts.

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