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DockDisks - 1.0b5.2

preference pane to auto-mount disks in the Dock

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Current Version:	1.0b5.2
Release Date:	2004-07-01
License:	Beta
Downloads (this version):	2,323
Downloads (all versions):	9,098

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Product Description:

DockDisks is an unsupported hack that causes disks to auto-mount in the Dock. This can be handy if you want to put your dock on the right side of the screen but want to avoid the conflict for space with the disk icons on the desktop. It can also help avoid the problem of desktop icons becoming covered up by open windows.

DockDisks is an unsupported hack, and as such it is obviously not perfect. The main caveat is that the Dock is quit and relaunched when the list of disks is refreshed, because the Dock has no API for adding/removing items, and thus has to be relaunched to refresh its settings. However, DockDisks does do its job, which is to put your disks in the dock.

Current features:

Preference pane interface
Can be set to automatically launch at login
Automatically mounts disks when they are inserted
Automatically unmounts disks when they are ejected
Automatically ejects removable disks and servers when they are dragged off of the dock
Allows the user to choose whether to display fixed disks, removable disks, servers, or any combination thereof in the dock.
Allows the user to choose the area of the dock in which the disks will appear.

What's new in this version:

Removed the expiration date
DockDisks is now unsupported

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

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Reply for mdimartino - Version: 1.0b5.1, 1/4/2004 06:08AM PST

TankGrrl

The point is that it is done for you without your having to drag each disk/volume there _manually_.

Awesome... Except - Version: 1.0b5, 12/31/2003 04:28PM PST

ylon

I really think that this is marvelous! However there needs to be some changes. Number one, I wish there were a hack that would allow changes without restarting the Dock. I think the developer and all of us ought to complain to Apple so that they make the Dock completely dynamic in the upcoming release. That way we could have things like Konfabulator-like interactivity down there. Also, another idea, which I don't know if its possible, but this program should somehow store window state so as to make windows go back to their position before the dock quit, or would it be possible to do something like starting up another dock via a different thread to overlap service?... Just thoughts which I don't think have much hope except for Apple changing the dock.

I have to amend... - Version: 1.0b4.5, 6/22/2003 07:21PM PST

peterdeep

... my previous comment. I put my removable disks in the file section of the dock (as opposed to at the top of the dock) and I can browse the contents of the disk. Right on! That was my oversight. Now I seems perfect to me.