{"id":18683,"date":"2013-11-21T13:01:09","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T05:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=18683"},"modified":"2022-07-13T17:32:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T09:32:56","slug":"mavericks-translucent-dock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/mavericks-translucent-dock\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Translucent Dock On OS X Mavericks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve recently installed the latest free Mac OS X upgrade, the <strong>Mac OS X Mavericks<\/strong>, you would have probably noticed a slight change in appearance of your dock. Although some users might not mind the change, others might prefer having the (more) translucent dock that came with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/clean-install-mountain-lion\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mountain Lion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a quick <strong>Terminal<\/strong> trick to get a <strong>translucent dock on OS X Mavericks<\/strong>. It\u2019s just a matter of entering a code into <strong>Terminal<\/strong> and hitting the <span class=\"key\">Enter<\/span> key; it\u2019s also easy to revert to the default settings and no restart is required.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/clean-install-mavericks\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: How to Clean Install OS X Mavericks\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Clean Install OS X Mavericks<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/clean-install-mavericks.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-18441 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/clean-install-mavericks.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">How to Clean Install OS X Mavericks<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you want to install OS X Mavericks on an existing Mac but want to start from a...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Making Mavericks Dock Translucent<\/h2>\n<p>First, open <strong>Terminal<\/strong> by launching Spotlight (<span class=\"key\">Command<\/span> + <span class=\"key\">Space<\/span>) and typing in <strong>Terminal<\/strong>. Then enter the following code into <strong>Terminal<\/strong> and hit <span class=\"key\">Enter<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p><code>defaults write com.apple.dock hide-mirror -bool true;killall Dock<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Your desktop will refresh and you\u2019ll see that the dock is slightly translucent now. As compared to Mountain Lion\u2019s dock, the icons\u2019 reflections are not as prominent and look like they are reflected off a \"frosted\" surface. The dock itself is more translucent than it used to be, allowing for your <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/category\/wallpapers\/\" rel=\"noopener\">desktop wallpaper<\/a> to pass through.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/mavericks-translucent-dock\/translucent-mavericks-dock.jpg\" alt=\"Translucent Mavericks Dock\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Restoring Original Mavericks Dock<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re not satisfied with the looks of the translucent Mavericks dock, you can turn it back to its original state by entering the following code into Terminal and hitting the <strong>Enter<\/strong> key.<\/p>\n<p><code>defaults write com.apple.dock hide-mirror -bool false;killall Dock<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Once again, your desktop will refresh and you\u2019ll see that the dock is now back to its original state.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/mavericks-translucent-dock\/original-mavericks-dock.jpg\" alt=\"Original Mavericks Dock\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve recently installed the latest free Mac OS X upgrade, the Mac OS X Mavericks, you would have probably noticed a slight change in appearance of your dock. Although some users might not mind the change, others might prefer having the (more) translucent dock that came with Mountain Lion. Here\u2019s a quick Terminal trick&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3397],"tags":[3933],"topic":[4521],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Get Translucent Dock On OS X Mavericks - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you&#039;ve recently installed the latest free Mac OS X upgrade, the Mac OS X Mavericks, you would have probably noticed a slight change in appearance of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/mavericks-translucent-dock\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Get Translucent Dock On OS X Mavericks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you&#039;ve recently installed the latest free Mac OS X upgrade, the Mac OS X Mavericks, you would have probably noticed a slight change in appearance of\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/mavericks-translucent-dock\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hongkiatcom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-11-21T05:01:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-13T09:32:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/mavericks-translucent-dock\/translucent-mavericks-dock.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Voo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brian Voo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/mavericks-translucent-dock\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/mavericks-translucent-dock\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brian Voo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc9373e4ffc8040c5ac23136dfe93557\"},\"headline\":\"How to Get Translucent Dock On OS X Mavericks\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-21T05:01:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-13T09:32:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/mavericks-translucent-dock\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":255,\"commentCount\":9,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/mavericks-translucent-dock\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assets.hongkiat.com\\\/uploads\\\/mavericks-translucent-dock\\\/translucent-mavericks-dock.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"macOS\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Desktop\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/mavericks-translucent-dock\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/mavericks-translucent-dock\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/mavericks-translucent-dock\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to Get Translucent Dock On OS X Mavericks - 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