Kill Leopard’s Glass Dock
I’ve never really liked the look of the glass 3-D dock in OSX Leopard. However, I really like the look of the Dock if you pin it to the left or right of your screen. I prefer my Dock at the bottom of my screen so I have been stuck with the glass dock. Until now!
To rid yourself of the glass Dock, open Terminal and type (press return at the end of each line):
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES
killall Dock
Once your Dock has been restarted, you will see that glass has been replaced with this new style:
If you’d like to go back to glass, simply reopen Terminal and type:
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean NO
killall Dock
Ah, much better. I dislike the glass dock, too. I keep my dock hidden, so I don’t have the need to skin it, but I prefer the non-glass look for when I do need it.
Thanks for the tip.
Christian