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DEFAULTS WRITE COM.APPLE.DOCK SPRINGBOARD-PAGE-DURATION -INT 0;KILLALL DOCK
The changes take effect immediately. To revert to the default, open a Terminal
window, and type the following:
DEFAULTS DELETE COM.APPLE.DOCK SPRINGBOARD-PAGE-DURATION;KILLALL DOCK
Dock
The Dock can be hidden so that it slides off the screen when not being used.
This saves a little screen space. Nudging the cursor against the edge of the
screen where the Dock is normally positioned will make it slide back into view
again. To turn this feature on or off, right-click the dashed lines between the
main Dock icons and the stacks, and select Turn Hiding On or Turn Hiding
Off.
To make the Dock instantly leap back into view when it's needed (which is to
say, when your mouse touches the bottom of the screen), rather than slide,
open a Terminal window, and type the following two lines:
DEFAULTS WRITE COM.APPLE.DOCK AUTOHIDE-DELAY -FLOAT 0
DEFAULTS WRITE COM.APPLE.DOCK AUTOHIDE-TIME-MODIFIER -INT 0;KILLALL DOCK
To revert to the default sliding effect, open a Terminal window, and type the
following two lines:
DEFAULTS DELETE COM.APPLE.DOCK AUTOHIDE-DELAY
DEFAULTS DELETE COM.APPLE.DOCK AUTOHIDE-TIME-MODIFIER;KILLALL DOCK
Tip 98
Start Apps Without the Mouse
A quick way to start an app that you don't have in the Dock is to hit
COMMAND
+
SPACE
and begin typing its name.
COMMAND
+
SPACE
activates the Spot-
light search tool, and this will autocomplete the program name after just a
few letters, selecting it automatically. All you need to do is hit
RETURN
to run
the app. I often use this to start programs I already have in the Dock if I don't
want to take my hands off the keyboard.
You can open Launchpad instead of Spotlight and do the same thing—as
soon as you open Launchpad, the cursor is placed in its search field where
you can start to type the name of an app, before hitting
RETURN
to open it.
