How to pimp Mac OS X Leopard’s dock
Of all that is amazing in Leopard, I can’t have to say I’m rather disappointed with the OS’s default design.
Changing the wallpaper is easy enough, but if you’re less than happy with the new 3D dock, here’s how to change it to something better.
The dock is made up of five different PNG files:
- frontline.png
- scurve-l.png
- scurve-m.png
- scurve-sm.png
- scurve-xl.png
These files are found in:
Macintosh HD / System / Library / CoreServices / Dock
Once you’re on the dock icon, right click it and select “Show Package Contents.” Navigate to
/ Contents / Resources
and you will find the five files mentioned above among a whole host of others.
Copy those files on to your desktop and begin your mods in Photoshop. Once you’re happy with your new dock files, delete the originals from the Resources folder and replace them with your new ones.
You will be prompted for your password when you trash the files, but your system won’t crash.
If you’re not into image manipulation yourself, here’s a great dock replacement you can start out with.
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