Comments on: Lock the Dock in Mac OS X

By: Hannes

Hannes — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:30:24 +0000

I wrote a little App LockDock (should work on >=10.4 ?), which uses those commands to lock or unlock the dock.

http://oudkraut.blogspot.com/2012/02/lockdock.html

It asks for admin priveleges first.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:47:53 +0000

The dock position locking works to remove the options from the System Preferences, however the options from Apple menu (Apple > Dock > Position on Left/Bottom/Right) still work. Is there a way around this so I can completely lock the position?

By: Justin G

Justin G — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:46:17 +0000

It is only for the user that you are logged in as.

By: OSX Helper

OSX Helper — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:49:56 +0000

Try using “FALSE” instead of “NO” and it should work just fine.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:17:54 +0000

Does this lock the dock for all users? Or just the current user? If this is for all users, is there a way to do it just for a single user?

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:06:11 +0000

How would you unlock?
I have run defaults write com.apple.Dock contents-immutable -bool no (followed by killall Dock) and also defaults write com.apple.Dock contents-immutable -bool false (followed by killall Dock) but to no avail.
Any suggestions?

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Bloquear el Dock de Mac OS X | hermano_temblon — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:52:05 +0000

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By: MacGeeky

MacGeeky — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:07:45 +0000

I would recommend using Secrets – this is a tool with a GUI for hacks like this and a lot of others.

Download Secrets from: http://secrets.blacktree.com/

In the Secrets windows, go to the Dock category and mark the box pointed to in this screenshot: http://drp.ly/mKtdU