Change the minimize effect in Mac OS X
When you click the yellow minimize button in Mac OS X, the snazzy Genie effect pulls the window into the Dock. Although you can change between the Genie and Scale effect from within the Dock preference pane, there is a third hidden effect that Apple has chosen to keep out of the preference pane. The hidden effect is named ‘Suck’, it’s more attractive than the Scale effect, and speedier than the Genie effect, here’s how to activate it:
To change the minimize effect to any of the three options, type or paste one of the following commands into the Terminal:
Suck effect (hidden from users)
defaults write com.apple.dock mineffect -string suck
Scale effect
defaults write com.apple.dock mineffect -string scale
Genie effect (Mac OS X Default)
defaults write com.apple.dock mineffect -string genie
Finally, to activate any of the above settings, you’ll need to reload the Dock by killing it:
killall Dock
Your Dock will momentarily disappear and reappear, with the new minimize effect activated.
I’ve been using SUck for a long time pretty much for the exact reasons you stated. Personally though I think it’s better looking than Genie, plus the performance increase makes it well worth using.
I think the only reason Apple didn’t include it in the options is because the name is SUCK
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Please stop generalizing, not all spanish speaking people are from Mexico. He used the word “vosotros” which is very uncommon in Latin America. This word, However, is widely used in Spain and suggests that he himself is from Spain.
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And if you get bored, hold the shift-key when you minimize to watch it in slow motion.
I get bored easily.
haha.. me too.. i’m new to mac and i wan to know more about the tips and trick.
… and if you get bored of that, hold down SHIFT and CTRL(control) to make it go even slower (it only works for minimizing, not restoring)
how do i even egt to the terminal wat is it?
Terminal is under utilities in your app folder, when i launch terminal and put in the script for the suck effect it does absolutely nothing different, this is what i do i type it this in defaults write com.apple.dock mineffect -string suck then i hit enter then i type in killall dock and nothing happens what am i doing wrong can someone help
You need to hit enter after each script is typed; this executes the script killall Dock, which quits the process Dock.app. It restarts automatically, and then you should be able to see the Suck effect. What version of OS X are you running?
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NEO, did youi capitalize ‘Dock’ in the line ‘killall Dock’? If not, try it, that should work.
For mac impossibile is nothing
people for whom the ‘killall dock’ command does not work, simply go into activity minitor, select Dock and click ‘Force Quit’ and it will restart.
U LOT ARE ABSOLUTE LEGENDDDS!!! i’ve had my mac just under a month…it just gets better and better!
Thanks ALOT!!!
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Is there any command than can disable the minimize animation all together? Sometimes if I’m using too many resources the animation just doesn’t run smoothly which is worse than no animation at all. Id love for the window to just disapear from the desktop and pop up in my dock. Any ideas?
Not that I know of. You’d probably have to make a more complex app to do that.
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it’s not “killall dock” capitalization applies, the process is “Dock” so it is “killall Dock”
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Has anyone ever found a way to turn off these very annoying animations completely? The scale effect is the quickest, but why can’t I just turn this rubbish, irritating feature off entirely? The ‘amusing’ see it slowly option is there, where’s the ‘not see it at all’. Sorry to be grumpy.
Thanks for the share. Does anyone know where to a find a list of all the plist settings? If you ever “Remote Desktop” you Mac from remote – there are too many effects for a slow Hotel connection. I want to bang out a simple “Tweak-UI” for my Mac when I am out.
Ozz
Thanks for the tip on this – I really like suck and the holding down shift command is ledge!