Users have two default options for the effect used when a window is minimized to the Dock: Scale and Genie.
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Use the Hidden “Suck” Animation to Minimize Windows It’s frankly puzzling why Apple doesn’t enable this feature by default. This allows users to easily see which apps are hidden without compromising the usefulness of the Dock. In the second screenshot, below, Safari and Terminal are hidden after implementing this feature, and their icons are dimmed compared to the default setting.
To change this, enter the following Terminal command, which will dim the icons of hidden applications: defaults write showhidden -bool true This option is great for users who wish to use the Dock primarily as a tool for managing open applications while using another means, such as Spotlight, to actually launch applications.
Finder, Mail, TweetBot, Safari, Pages, Activity Monitor, and Terminal are open, but all the other applications are still displayed.Īfter entering the Terminal command the Dock is much smaller, and only those open applications are displayed. In the following screenshots, the first image shows the Dock before entering the Terminal command. Once the change takes effect, you’ll notice that your Dock is likely much smaller now, with only open applications displayed. To do this, head back to Terminal and enter the following command: defaults write static-only -bool TRUE Some users, however, may wish to limit the Dock to displaying only open and active applications. Show Only Active Applicationsīy default, OS X’s Dock displays all active applications as well as inactive applications and folders that the user wants to keep handy. If you don’t like the new look and want to change back to the default 3D Dock, simply retype the Terminal commands above and replace “YES” at the end with “NO” (again, remember to type “killall Dock” afterwards to force the change to take effect). Although the 2D Dock looks a bit different than its predecessors in earlier versions of OS X, the change still gives user the general look they were missing.
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