Removing an OSX dock icon

[Scott Morrow]

With the following I'm able to add an icon to the OSX dock.  I'm  
wondering if anyone knows (or would care to guess) how to remove an  
icon from the dock... besides dragging it off  :  )

-- line 1 is really long
put "defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add  
'<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</
key><dict><key>_CFURLString</key><string>/Applications/
MyRevStandalone.app/</string><key>_CFURLStringType</key><integer>0</
integer></dict></dict></dict>';" into tCmd


-- line 2
put shell(tCmd)

-- line 3
  get shell("killall Dock")


Scott Morrow

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[Ken Ray]

> With the following I'm able to add an icon to the OSX dock.  I'm
> wondering if anyone knows (or would care to guess) how to remove an
> icon from the dock... besides dragging it off  :  )

Take a look at the "PlistBuddy" command line file that ships in the bundles
of a lot of software on the Mac. Under Leopard, there should be one at
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy.

If you run it with the -h parameter, you can get the list of what you can do
with it. Then you can use it with the Dock's plist file
(~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist).

For example, to delete the item in the 13th app slot on the dock (you'd need
to run PlistBuddy with other configs to determine the slot number), you can
execute this:

 /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Delete persistent-apps:13"
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist

And then reload the dock with "killall Dock"). It's a real PITA, but it
works pretty well.

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
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Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/


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[Scott Morrow]

Hello Ken,

Thanks a bunch.  I didn't know about PlistBuddy.  I've got it working  
now!

Scott Morrow

Elementary Software
(Now with 20% less chalk dust!)
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email     scott@...


On Jul 22, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Ken Ray wrote:

>
>> With the following I'm able to add an icon to the OSX dock.  I'm
>> wondering if anyone knows (or would care to guess) how to remove an
>> icon from the dock... besides dragging it off  :  )
>
> Take a look at the "PlistBuddy" command line file that ships in the  
> bundles
> of a lot of software on the Mac. Under Leopard, there should be one at
> /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy.
>
> If you run it with the -h parameter, you can get the list of what  
> you can do
> with it. Then you can use it with the Dock's plist file
> (~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist).
>
> For example, to delete the item in the 13th app slot on the dock  
> (you'd need
> to run PlistBuddy with other configs to determine the slot number),  
> you can
> execute this:
>
> /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Delete persistent-apps:13"
> ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist
>
> And then reload the dock with "killall Dock"). It's a real PITA, but  
> it
> works pretty well.
>
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
> Email: kray@...
> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
>
>
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[Ken Ray]

> Thanks a bunch.  I didn't know about PlistBuddy.  I've got it working
> now!

BTW: If this is going to be a commercial app, you may want to insure against
the possibility that PlistBuddy isn't in the place you think it is (I've had
that happen when going from Tiger (where it was in the
AdditionalEssentials.pkg receipt file) to Leopard (where it ended up in
/usr/libexec)). Here's a handy handler I wrote just in case... feel free to
use any or all of it (watch line wraps):


function stsFindPListBuddy
   -- Attempts to locate PlistBuddy by some known paths first, and
   -- then uses "locate" if it can't find it. PlistBuddy is installed with a
   -- lot of software so it should always be there.
   put "/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy" & cr & "/Library/Receipts/
AdditionalEssentials.pkg/Contents/Resources/PlistBuddy" into tKnownLocs
   repeat for each line tLoc in tKnownLocs
     if there is a file tLoc then return tLoc
   end repeat
   put shell("/usr/bin/locate PlistBuddy | sed 2,10000d") into tLoc
   put word 1 to -1 of tLoc into tLoc
   return fixPath(tLoc)  -- Just in case of spaces, etc.
end stsFindPListBuddy

function fixPath pPath
  put "\" & space & quote & "'`<>!;()[]?#$^&*=" into tSpecialChars
  repeat for each char tChar in tSpecialChars
    replace tChar with ("\" & tChar) in pPath
  end repeat
  return pPath
end fixPath

Enjoy!

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
Email: kray@...
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/


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[Scott Morrow]

Hello Ken and thanks again.  I am already using a script to locate  
copies of FileBuddy and so far it seems to work on the few machines  
I've tested. But thanks for suggesting it because it was dumb luck I  
ran across this script.

   put "find /Library/Receipts -name *PlistBuddy" into tFindScript
   put shell(tFindScript) into tPlistBuddyList


  I then figure out which has the most recent creation date and go  
with that one.

My fixPath() routine doesn't take all the same characters into  
account.... I'll be using yours!

Scott Morrow

Elementary Software
(Now with 20% less chalk dust!)
web       http://elementarysoftware.com/
email     scott@...


On Jul 23, 2008, at 9:31 AM, Ken Ray wrote:

>
>
>> Thanks a bunch.  I didn't know about PlistBuddy.  I've got it working
>> now!
>
> BTW: If this is going to be a commercial app, you may want to insure  
> against
> the possibility that PlistBuddy isn't in the place you think it is  
> (I've had
> that happen when going from Tiger (where it was in the
> AdditionalEssentials.pkg receipt file) to Leopard (where it ended up  
> in
> /usr/libexec)). Here's a handy handler I wrote just in case... feel  
> free to
> use any or all of it (watch line wraps):
>
>
> function stsFindPListBuddy
>   -- Attempts to locate PlistBuddy by some known paths first, and
>   -- then uses "locate" if it can't find it. PlistBuddy is installed  
> with a
>   -- lot of software so it should always be there.
>   put "/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy" & cr & "/Library/Receipts/
> AdditionalEssentials.pkg/Contents/Resources/PlistBuddy" into  
> tKnownLocs
>   repeat for each line tLoc in tKnownLocs
>     if there is a file tLoc then return tLoc
>   end repeat
>   put shell("/usr/bin/locate PlistBuddy | sed 2,10000d") into tLoc
>   put word 1 to -1 of tLoc into tLoc
>   return fixPath(tLoc)  -- Just in case of spaces, etc.
> end stsFindPListBuddy
>
> function fixPath pPath
>  put "\" & space & quote & "'`<>!;()[]?#$^&*=" into tSpecialChars
>  repeat for each char tChar in tSpecialChars
>    replace tChar with ("\" & tChar) in pPath
>  end repeat
>  return pPath
> end fixPath
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
> Email: kray@...
> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
>
>
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[david bovill]

2008/7/22 Ken Ray <kray@...>:

>
> And then reload the dock with "killall Dock"). It's a real PITA, but it
> works pretty well.


PITA? - when I google for that I get:  Immoral Traffic in Persons
Act<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immoral_Traffic_in_Persons_Act>,
legislation passed in India in 1956 abbreviated as PITA
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[Terry Judd]

On 24/7/08 8:39 PM, "David Bovill" <david@...> wrote:

> 2008/7/22 Ken Ray <kray@...>:
>
>>
>> And then reload the dock with "killall Dock"). It's a real PITA, but it
>> works pretty well.
>
>
> PITA? - when I google for that I get:  Immoral Traffic in Persons
> Act<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immoral_Traffic_in_Persons_Act>,
> legislation passed in India in 1956 abbreviated as PITA

I thought it was a type of flat bread that goes well with hummus ;)
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[Luis-24]

Close... Pain In The Axx

Cheers,

Luis.


On 24 Jul 2008, at 11:45, Terry Judd wrote:

> On 24/7/08 8:39 PM, "David Bovill" <david@...> wrote:
>
>> 2008/7/22 Ken Ray <kray@...>:
>>
>>>
>>> And then reload the dock with "killall Dock"). It's a real PITA,  
>>> but it
>>> works pretty well.
>>
>>
>> PITA? - when I google for that I get:  Immoral Traffic in Persons
>> Act<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immoral_Traffic_in_Persons_Act>,
>> legislation passed in India in 1956 abbreviated as PITA
>
> I thought it was a type of flat bread that goes well with hummus ;)
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