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Deactivate the Dock...?
Authored by: S on Mar 01, '08 08:50:27AM
No way to deactivate the Dock? I like it, but if I ever need to stop it running for a while I make a backup of my system then use

sudo mv /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app ~/System/Dock.app
killall Dock
and to change it back:

sudo mv ~/System/Dock.app /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app
open /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app
You could put this in a script for one-click access.
(Of course, you need a folder called "System" in your home folder.)

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Deactivate the Dock...?
Authored by: S on Mar 01, '08 08:52:56AM

...sorry, I know this is rather late...



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Deactivate the Dock...?
Authored by: S on Mar 01, '08 09:43:23AM

set dockActive to false
set dockPath to ":System:Library:CoreServices:Dock.app"

try
	dockPath as alias
	set dockActive to true
on error
	set dockActive to false
end try

if dockActive = false then
	do shell script "mv ~/System/Dock.app /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app; open /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app" user name "*" password "*" with administrator privileges
else
	do shell script "mv /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app ~/System/Dock.app; killall Dock" user name "*" password "*" with administrator privileges
end if


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