Help with terminal and dock

jhimes830 · jhimes830 #1 (**permalink**)

11-18-2010, 12:42 PM

What would be the command to remove an item from the dock in terminal? I use a command to add an item but I can't find anywhere that shows you how to remove one. Any help would be appreciated. also i'm using 10.4 and 10.5 machines.

vansmith · vansmith #2 (**permalink**)

11-18-2010, 12:57 PM

Can't help you specifically right now but each item in the dock is listed as a "persistent app" in com.apple.dock.plist in ~/Library/Preferences (Root > persistent-apps). I'm sure you could develop a defaults command to rid of a dock icon. Let me see if I can come up with one. Note though that this method would require you know the position of the dock icon (although you could search through the plist for it).

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Member Since: Oct 19, 2008 Location: Ottawa Posts: 15,295 Mac Specs: 2012 13" MBP (2.5 i5, 8GB)	11-18-2010, 12:57 PM Can't help you specifically right now but each item in the dock is listed as a "persistent app" in com.apple.dock.plist in ~/Library/Preferences (Root > persistent-apps). I'm sure you could develop a defaults command to rid of a dock icon. Let me see if I can come up with one. Note though that this method would require you know the position of the dock icon (although you could search through the plist for it). Important Links: Community Guidelines : Use the reputation system if you've been helped. M-F Blog :: Write for the blog :: M-F IRC Channel - Chats every Sunday at 8PM EST.
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jhimes830 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 17, 2010 Posts: 7	11-18-2010, 12:42 PM What would be the command to remove an item from the dock in terminal? I use a command to add an item but I can't find anywhere that shows you how to remove one. Any help would be appreciated. also i'm using 10.4 and 10.5 machines.
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