Leopard Dock issue...

com1 · Post by **com1** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:32 pm

i just got a Macbook Pro and am having trouble removing icons from the dock. i drag it out to the desktop, but there isn't any 'poof' or anything, it just drags itself back down there. i can remove all the icons that were there when i first installed Leopard, but all the icons that i put there, i cant remove. can anyone help me on this?

Bobalandi · Post by **Bobalandi** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:31 pm

eww... Mac...

EDIT: I know this isn't helpful, but I had to state my opinion.

Colonel Kernel · Post by **Colonel Kernel** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:12 pm

Bobalandi wrote:eww... Mac...

That was not helpful.

@com1:
Just off the top of my head I'd guess it's a problem with file permissions. Did your Mac come with Leopard pre-installed, or did you upgrade it from Tiger? I upgraded and had a problem with the groups not transferring over properly. If you're *nix-savvy enough, I'd suggest opening up Terminal and checking the permissions in /Users/<yourusername>/Library/Preferences using ls -l and fix them using chown if they're not owned by <yourusername>:staff. If you upgraded from Leopard, you might have to create the staff group first. I think its gid is supposed to be 20.

Before going ahead and doing any of this, I would suggest first reading this thread.