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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ottawa, ON
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I suddenly can no longer modify the Dock in Snow Leopard. I can't add applications, remove then or move them around. I am running 10.6.7. on my 2010 MacBook Pro. I have tried the basics - repairing permission, clearing caches, and rebooting in particular. I also followed a suggestion in Apple support forums to delete the file "/users/username/library/preferences/com.apple.dock.plist" and then run the terminal command "killall Dock". No luck.
Am I missing something obvious here? I would be very grateful for any help. When there's an eel in the lake that's as long as a snake that's a moray. |
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Near Indianapolis
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Have you tried creating another user account? Is the one you're using now an administrator on the machine?
To me, it sounds like an authorization issue. It's possible to disallow a non-admin account from modifying the dock. I've never heard of at happening accidentally, but I suppose it's possible. |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ottawa, ON
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Thanks for the reply Wyatt.
My admin account does not have the problem, so, as you suggest, it is definitely an account-based problem. If it is possible that the admin account has disallowed my main (non-admin) account from modifying the dock, how can I as administrator change the setting to allow dock modification again? When there's an eel in the lake that's as long as a snake that's a moray. |
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Found the answer: through Parental Controls. Somehow the box allowing Dock modifications had become unchecked.
Thanks again Wyatt. |
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