Dock Problem :/

On 10.5.8, on my iMac (see specs in profile) My dock seemed to relaunch randomly, maby every 20 minutes to an hour. I was just wondering why this happened so frequently. Also if I find that I need rollback my operating system for any reason.

Thanks in advance

willfurnell said:

My dock seemed to relaunch randomly, maby every 20 minutes to an hour.

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What does that mean?

well its a application (according to the Core Services folder) so it literally relaunches like typing the killall Dock command into terminal

willfurnell said:

well its a application (according to the Core Services folder) so it literally relaunches like typing the killall Dock command into terminal

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I've NEVER had this happen. If you know how to use "terminal" are you sure you haven't been messing around...and maybe "tweaked" something so it's not working properly?

Or do you have a bunch of applications that auto-load on startup...and maybe you're experiencing some sort of application conflict?

- Nick

No. I didn't have any applications open on startup. Oh well. Ill just hope that I dont need to revert back to 10.5.8. Thanks for your help.

Will

Try moving both of these from user/library/preferences to your desktop.

com.apple.dock.db
com.apple.dock.plst

Then reboot and repair disk permissions.

Have you customized your dock (icons, style, etc)? If so, undo those changes and see if the issue continues. Do you see any weird error messages concerning your dock if you open up Console (/Applications/Utilities)?

Thanks, ill try all your steps above.

It shouldnt matter too much as im not really using that system anymore.

So please could a admin lock this as everyones posts here have helped and ive sort of sorted the problem

Thanks

Will