Comments on: Mac Tip: How to Make Dock Icons of Hidden Mac Apps Translucent http://www.lifespy.com/2007/mac-tip-how-to-make-dock-icons-of-hidden-mac-apps-translucent/ analyzing lifestyles Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:39:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: hugo http://www.lifespy.com/2007/mac-tip-how-to-make-dock-icons-of-hidden-mac-apps-translucent/#comment-60043 hugo Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:15:43 +0000 http://www.lifespy.com/2007/mac-tip-how-to-make-dock-icons-of-hidden-mac-apps-translucent/#comment-60043 where do i write this code? Sorry, I'm kinda new to it so I don't know... where do i write this code? Sorry, I’m kinda new to it so I don’t know…

]]> By: Alex http://www.lifespy.com/2007/mac-tip-how-to-make-dock-icons-of-hidden-mac-apps-translucent/#comment-12644 Alex Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:42:12 +0000 http://www.lifespy.com/2007/mac-tip-how-to-make-dock-icons-of-hidden-mac-apps-translucent/#comment-12644 Thanks, Angelo. Thanks, Angelo.

]]> By: jangelo http://www.lifespy.com/2007/mac-tip-how-to-make-dock-icons-of-hidden-mac-apps-translucent/#comment-12643 jangelo Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:23:01 +0000 http://www.lifespy.com/2007/mac-tip-how-to-make-dock-icons-of-hidden-mac-apps-translucent/#comment-12643 You forgot to add that you have to enter this command after that one: killall Dock This turns Dock off and on again, so you can see the effect of your recently-changed default. Also, if you want to save on system resources, you might want to turn off Dashboard. Widgets are real memory hogs. Even the simplest widget can take up to 25MB of real memory (and more virtual memory). And that's even if they're hidden in the background. defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES Then killall Dock If you want Dashboard again, change YES to NO. Of course, if you don't press F12 ever Dashboard won't get activated. This just makes sure Dashboard never gets activated even if you accidentally hit F12. You forgot to add that you have to enter this command after that one:

killall Dock

This turns Dock off and on again, so you can see the effect of your recently-changed default.

Also, if you want to save on system resources, you might want to turn off Dashboard. Widgets are real memory hogs. Even the simplest widget can take up to 25MB of real memory (and more virtual memory). And that’s even if they’re hidden in the background.

defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES

Then

killall Dock

If you want Dashboard again, change YES to NO.

Of course, if you don’t press F12 ever Dashboard won’t get activated. This just makes sure Dashboard never gets activated even if you accidentally hit F12.

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