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Quit the Dock
Authored by: JB Cheong on May 19, '02 09:51:02PM

How do we quit the dock, and subsequently turn it back on?



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process
Authored by: SeanAhern on May 21, '02 01:52:37PM

Just "kill -9" the process ID. It will restart automatically.



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process
Authored by: eno on May 22, '02 08:39:29AM

No need for a "kill -9". A "kill -HUP" will do. No point in bringing out the big guns for a little job.



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Quit the Dock
Authored by: Stereo on May 21, '02 11:53:43PM

In Terminal.app:

ps ax | grep /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/MacOS/Dock | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}' | xargs kill -1



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Quit the Dock
Authored by: Gwenhiver on May 23, '02 02:49:22AM

Or a nice AppleScript made with Script Editor :

tell application "Dock" to quit



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