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Leopard Dock issue...
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:32 pm
by com1
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?
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:31 pm
by Bobalandi
eww... Mac...
EDIT: I know this isn't helpful, but I had to state my opinion.
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:12 pm
by Colonel Kernel
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.