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Reverting to Default
If you should ever want to reverse the fix in the future (perhaps if you work
in an office full of Macs, where it won't be an issue), open a Terminal window,
and type the following:
DEFAULTS DELETE COM.APPLE.DESKTOPSERVICES DSDONTWRITENETWORKSTORES
Then log out and back in again.
Tip 313
Access a Secret Dock Visual Effect
You probably know that you can change the visual effect you see when you
minimize a window by opening System Preferences (Apple menu→System
Preferences), clicking the Dock icon, and selecting from the Minimize Windows
Using drop-down list. Two are available: Genie and Scale. Genie is the default
effect, while Scale simply reduces the scaling of the window as it moves down
to be stored in the Dock.
Activating the Suck
However, there's a third effect not on the list: Suck. As its name suggests,
this is rather like the window is being sucked into the Dock by a powerful
vacuum cleaner!
To activate the effect, open a Terminal window (open Finder, select the
Applications list, and then in the list of applications double-click Terminal
within the
UTILITIES
folder), and type the following:
DEFAULTS WRITE COM.APPLE.DOCK MINEFFECT -STRING SUCK;KILLALL DOCK
The changes will take effect immediately, so give it a try by minimizing a
window.
Reverting to Default Visual Effects
To restore things to normal, choose one of the two default minimize effects
within System Preferences or open a Terminal window, and type the following:
DEFAULTS DELETE COM.APPLE.DOCK MINEFFECT;KILLALL DOCK
