Addicts of endless customization, rejoice! SuperDocker is a free program designed for Mac OS X Leopard that gives you the ability to customize your Leopard dock and more, all in a very easy to use package.
It seems like everything you'd want to change about the dock can be done in SuperDocker: you can change the dock from 3-D to 2-D, add icon transparency, and add customized separators in the dock.
Also, when you edit the dock background, separator, and active application indicator (the blue glowing thing at the bottom of running applications), the SuperDocker interface gives you a real-time preview, so you can perfect the dock inside SuperDocker before you apply the changes to your system.
SuperDocker also has a few preferences for items outside of the dock. You can modify the menu bar, the default screen capture format, the boot screen, and more. And thankfully, all of these customizations can be undone with a single click.
SuperDocker is free, and Leopard only.
[via Cool OSX Apps]
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3-10-2008 @ 6:09PM
Big John said...
Cool, thanks for this! I like this a lot better than the traditional command line approach.
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3-10-2008 @ 7:48PM
Josh said...
Or you could get Candybar and customize every icon imaginable and your dock. Granted, it's...$20, I think but.. it's worth it.
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3-15-2008 @ 10:21PM
GrossGreg said...
Don't bother with this application. It screwed up my dock. Now, I have large gaps on both sides of the resize bar. I've tried everything within my knowledge in order to get rid of them, but nothing seems to work. Also, there is no documentation on the website. Grr...
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3-15-2008 @ 10:45PM
GrossGreg said...
Ok, I finally got it figured out...if you end up with these screwy unexplainable spaces in your dock after using superdocker, you *may* need to download a program like docker and restore Apple's defaults. After you do this, you can drag the blank spaces to the desktop and they'll disappear just like if you were getting rid of a link.
I'm usually pretty Mac-savvy, but it took me a little while to figure this out. I'd suggest that you simply stay away from SuperDocker. Obviously, it needs some work and has absolutely no documentation. There are much better freeware programs out there that you can use to customize the dock.
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