Change the minimize effect in Mac OS X
April 12th, 2007 - Mac OS X, Tips & Tricks, Command Line, Customize
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.
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Comments: 16
Comment from anon
Time: April 12, 2007, 12:25 am
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
LOL
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Comment from Marc
Time: May 6, 2007, 11:33 am
And if you get bored, hold the shift-key when you minimize to watch it in slow motion.
I get bored easily. 
Comment from Ishaan
Time: May 10, 2007, 3:28 pm
… 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)
Comment from Adolfo
Time: June 21, 2007, 3:01 pm
how do i even egt to the terminal wat is it?
Comment from NEO
Time: June 25, 2007, 1:53 pm
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
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Comment from Danrel
Time: July 25, 2007, 7:47 am
NEO, did youi capitalize ‘Dock’ in the line ‘killall Dock’? If not, try it, that should work.
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Comment from erboristeria
Time: November 30, 2007, 12:45 pm
For mac impossibile is nothing
Comment from doug
Time: January 4, 2008, 4:15 am
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.
Comment from Zaf
Time: February 16, 2008, 4:08 pm
U LOT ARE ABSOLUTE LEGENDDDS!!! i’ve had my mac just under a month…it just gets better and better!
Thanks ALOT!!!
Zaf
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