Some windows on your Mac display a row of icons at the top of the window, known as a toolbar. While the toolbar gives you one-click access to commonly used commands, such as saving or printing a file, you may want to hide your Mac’s toolbar so that it doesn’t clutter up the appearance of a window.
Do you want a Windows 7 Dock Toolbar Gadget, just like the MAC dock? There are some freeware and shareware solutions that you might want to try. Why do you want a Windows 7 Dock Gadget? Actually, you could say that the new Windows 7 taskbar is almost a dock, because all of the desktop icons can be pinned to the taskbar. So, the question is, why would you want a dock toolbar for Windows 7? A) If you want to turn Windows 7 into a MAC, using our b) The dock gadget simply looks better c) You can add separators to group dock icons (this is also possible in Windows 7 with a few hacks) Freeware: XWindows Dock 2.0 The XWindows Dock supports Windows Vista and Windows 7 and can be customized via drag & drop.
Here’s a demonstration how the Windows 7 dock gadget could look on your desktop: So, download the dock toolbar, install it and then you’ll already have a couple of icons on that new dock. Unfortunately, XWindows Dock 2.0 is not able to auto-recognize the icons associated with a shortcut, therefore you have to manually assign each dock icon via drag & drop. It’s really simple, just takes some time.
Drag an icon onto your new dock toolbar and you will see that it’s a blank placeholder. (Btw, dragging an icon onto the dock can be a little tricky, just keep trying). Right-click on the blank icon and click “Properties”: You can now drag & drop any.ico files and even.png files to replace the blank icon: Beautiful Token Dock Icons But where to get some beautiful dock icons in the first place?
At DeviantArt, I found some really cool Dock Icons, that you can also use for our Windows 7 dock bar! Brsev created this amazing set of dock icons, you can download them. Freeware Solution: Stardock’s Object Dock Stardock’s Object Dock is available for free. If you like, you can even upgrade to Object Dock Plus for $19.99, which allows you to create dock tabs (to organize many dock icons) and even colorize your dock toolbar. The great advantage of Object Dock is that it will auto-recognize your icons and simply use the default icon; this seems not to work in XWindows Dock 2.0. XWindows Dock + Object Dock = Compatible If you feel like it, you can simply install both and use two object dock toolbars.
If you own the plus edition of Object Dock, you can have multiple docks anyway, but if you don’t this might be a handy track. I’m not sure if this works on dual-monitors, but it will work at least on 1 monitor. Multi-Monitor Taskbar As suggest, you can buy Object Dock Plus for only $19.99 (I own a copy and I’m pretty satisfied) or you might want to check out our post. What about RK Launcher – my favourite on win(esp. With kkmenu) YzDock Rocket Dock Aqua Dock Cairo Dock – Xserver am sure there are some more even on other platforms I have dock on my Nokia6300 too, as well as dock on my debian workstation simply I love docks, but none of them had original mac usage (some of them with some tweaking are close but still not 100%). I can compare with OSX10.4 and 10.5.
Reason is Native implementation. Win 7 taskmenu is best M$ guys could copy with keeping win style,but hey original is original, copy even the best one is still just another copy – newer as good.;). I’m using a 64-bit Lenovo laptop and version 2.0.3 and having no issues. However, if you allow the email access for the Gmail plug-in, then Norton might think its a security risk. I disallowed that feature as I don’t care how many millions of unopened mail I have.;) Thanks for the great Dock! I found it easy to switch out the icons to what I prefer to see. As much as I LOVE Freeplane, I HATE their stupid bee picture.
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LOL I now see the Maraud Map pic.:D I even have a cute little mouse substituting for the silly bright yellow icon with TweetDeck.
. Apple menu () - Access Software Update, System Preferences, Sleep, Shut Down, and more.
Application menu - Contains menus for the application you're currently using. The name of the application appears in bold next to the Apple menu. Menu bar - Contains the Apple menu, active application menu, status menus, menu bar extras, Spotlight icon, and Notification Center icon (OS X Mountain Lion). Status menu - Shows the date and time, status of your computer, or gives you quick access to certain features—for example, you can quickly turn on Wi-Fi, turn off Bluetooth, or mute your computer's volume.
Spotlight icon - Click it to bring up the Spotlight search field, where you can search for anything on your Mac. Notification Center icon - Click it to view Notification Center, which consolidates your notifications from Messages, Calendar, Mail, Reminders, and third-party apps.
Desktop - This is where your applications' windows will appear. You can add more desktops using Mission Control. If you're using Mac OS X v10.6 or later, you can use.
The Dock - Quick access to your most frequently used applications, folders, and files. With a single click the application, folder, or file opens. You can change the picture that's displayed on your Mac's desktop. You can choose one of the desktop pictures that comes with your Mac, a solid color, or one of your own pictures. Click the Launchpad icon in the Dock, and then click System Preferences. If you're using Mac OS X v10.6 or later, click the System Preferences icon in the Dock. Click Desktop & Screen Saver, and then click Desktop.
To select the kind of desktop picture you want to use, do one of the following:. To use an image that come with your Mac, select a folder under the Apple section. To use a solid color, select 'Solid Colors' under the Apple section.
To use your own picture, select the Picture folder under 'Folders,' if the picture you want is stored in your Pictures folder. If your image is in another folder, click the Add button (+), then find and select the folder that your picture is in. Then, click Choose. Select the picture you want in the box on the right.