I haven’t yet re-enabled SIP but will go ahead and do so-I was only going to do that once cDock gave me the transparent dock. cDock flashes the dock, but transparancy isn’t there. Tried uninstalling (using appzapper) cDock and then reinstalled. CDock panel comes up, but the dock remained grey instead of going to my choice of transparent, even tho the dock blanks out as if it were resetting. No error message like I got when E.Cap was 1st launched, so thought all was well. Just installed El Capitan, then using the instructions, disabled system integrity protection, restarted and tried CDock. I only wish Apple thought the same.On Sep 30, 2015, at 6:40 PM, copykatz wrote: I just don't think its a good user experience. If they click the Add button in the dialog, I use dockutil to add it in, often adjacent to other related apps (Firefox after Safari if its in the Dock for example) I don't just shove the new application icon down on them whether they want it or not. The user can simply click No or Cancel and leave their Dock as is. If its an upgraded app that is already there in the Dock, it just exits. To put this another way, I understand how "individual" everyone's Dock use it that, I've put special scripts together that when an application is installed from Self Service, it checks to see if the app is in the Dock and pops up an "offer" to add it if its not there.
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After all, they can't meet everyone's needs here, so they set up a sensible default for a home user with OS X installed apps, but after the Mac has been set up and in use by someone, Apple really should keep their hands off it.
I don't have a problem with their default dock out of the box. So in this regard I definitely understand the issue some have with Apple's dockfixup process. The other issue is that the Dock tends to breed muscle memory and adding a bunch of Dock icons shifts other icons around, causing the user to need to adjust their muscle memory behavior, or go in and remove the newly added dock icons.
To some people who have been trained by Apple in this way, no app in the Dock = the app is gone and/or uninstalled. I can't even remember the number of times I've had to deal with "my application is gone!" type support calls because somehow an app was removed from the Dock and the user simply doesn't even know they can find it in, you know, the main Applications folder, or even Spotlight. (Read below for one way I handle it) We've all likely seen how this practice has led to uninformed and sometimes even dumbed down users. However, there are better UX ways of handling this situation. Generally speaking, making things simple and intuitive is a good thing and its served Apple well. Simplify (read: dumb down) the user experience as much as possible.
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So, grandma/grandpa at home doesn't need to even understand what the Finder is, or how to locate any apps, Apple feels they just have to stuff all their apps into the Dock. Apple seems to cater to the lowest common denominator as far as technical skills. The issue here is a concern I've had with Apple for years. I set it up the way I wanted it actually. No, my Dock wasn't broken thank you very much Apple. As if my Dock needs to be "fixed" by Apple because it doesn't contain their default applications or stuff they've installed after I upgraded. Even the name dock"fixup" is extremely pretentious to me. Hence the intense dislike of the dockfixup process by admins. Once I've set up my Dock the way I want, I don't feel they have the right or authority to be modifying it without my explicit consent. Obvious exceptions would be things like a) a lab environment, or b) kiosk style Macs, wherein both cases you'd probably want to ensure a consistent Dock through reboots or even make it immutable.īut this is where I think Apple gets itself into trouble of sorts. After that, my personal opinion is, its up to the user on how they want their Dock to look. As admins, generally speaking I feel we shouldn't be controlling an end user's Dock experience, other than perhaps setting up a sensible default with the most used apps for your environment during initial imaging.
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