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ClearDock or equivalent for Intel Mac?
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I'm looking for a way to get a transparent dock again with MacOS 10.4.4 for Intel. Are there any apps out there yet?
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v2.3.7 of TransparentDock will probably be Universal and due within the next week.
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Well, 2.3.7 is not Universal but PPC only and - surprise surprise - doesn't work on Intel Macs. Are there alternatives? ClearDock doesn't work either (too old)?
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anything else besides cleardock and transparentdock that allow you to move the dock position (to the bottom right side) and allow you to set background opacity that is also intel mac capable???
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markus, tinker tools will do what you are after; its currently only ppc, but it runs fine on my mbp.
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onyx can reposition the dock as well...but alas, its only ppc.
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Just get someone on a PPC mac to apply transparentdock with the settings you want, and then copy their dock to your coreservices folder (and rename your original one) - it will be running in rosetta but then I've never particularly seen Dock.app hogging the CPU so i don't think you'd notice a speed hit. It's worth a shot anyhow.
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Originally Posted by qnxde
Just get someone on a PPC mac to apply transparentdock with the settings you want, and then copy their dock to your coreservices folder (and rename your original one) - it will be running in rosetta but then I've never particularly seen Dock.app hogging the CPU so i don't think you'd notice a speed hit. It's worth a shot anyhow.
Tried that exact same thing. Don't do it, it will mess up your Intel.
The commands for how the dock 'looks' is stored in a smaller Universal app within the CoreServices file. (the look of your dock is not stored in .PNG or PDF files anymore, mind you)
If you replace the one from your friend it will be PowerPC only and will start to flash then crash your dock on restart, constantly.
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Originally Posted by aneurysm
markus, tinker tools will do what you are after; its currently only ppc, but it runs fine on my mbp.
-aneurysm
but then i wont have intel only app's on my luv machine!!! 
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Originally Posted by markus
but then i wont have intel only app's on my luv machine!!!
I agree fully -- the suggestion to use a PPC verson of an app that's ALWAYS RUNNING is ludicrous (especially when it already exists as Intel).
Now, in the case of TinkerTool, it's a one-off. You run it, it does the settings magic, and then you uninstall it (it writes data to preference files).
In terms of Transparent Dock, where are the files that hold the background/foreground data? I assume they're embedded in the binary executable.
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