Is there a defaults write command to remove the dock in Lion.
I tried the steps mentioned but that does not seem to work on Lion. I can still see the dock. Are there hidden defaults that can make the dock invisible or off-screen on OS X Lion?
MacOS – Is it possible to remove the Dock in Lion
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There is no easy way to do this, but there is a little hack :)
- Navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/
- Backup DockMenus.plist
- Open DockMenus.plist in your favorite text editor with root access
Find section
finder-runningand add new sub-section<dict> <key>command</key> <integer>1004</integer> <key>name</key> <string>REMOVE_FROM_DOCK</string> </dict>or just Download my version of DockMenus.plist
In plist editor file should look like this:
Open Terminal and run
killall Dock.Right click on Finder icon in Dock - Bingo!
p.s After Dock restart (manual relaunch or mac reboot) you need manually remove Finder icon from Dock
This is actually still possible; however, a safe-guard to protect novice users has been added. There is now a minimum distance that you need to move the icon away from the Dock for it to be removed.
Once that distance is reached, the cursor will show a wrinkled paper icon.
Simply release the mouse then, and the icon will be removed from the dock normally.
Alternatively, one can still use the context menu of the icon (right-click or long-left-click the icon to make it appear) and go to Options > Remove from Dock.
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Best Answer
Yes. You can make it so you don't see the dock by adding a very long delay to the animation so that in practice, you never leave the mouse on the "expose the dock" target long enough to see it.
This is technically a "workaround" since the dock is still there, just slower to appear than we care about on our timescale.
Two steps are needed to set this up.
One, activate auto-hide in System Preferences → Dock → Autohide or type ⌘+⌥+D
Two, open the Terminal an type:
You're set up now. In this example, it takes 100 seconds for the dock to appear. Make the timer even longer if you like, this long delay eventually helps you to forget that the dock is even there.
Reset to default behavior by typing: