Groovy Dock Tweaks in OSX Lion

I found these tips on the web at Ask.com and they're great.

How to create Dock icons for Recent Applications, Documents and Favourite Volumes and Items:

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }'

killall Dock

Enter that big long command all on one line.

Here's how it looks:

Try it! You'll like it!

How to make Dock icons be Translucent for Hidden Applications:

defaults write com.apple.Dock showhidden -bool YES

killall Dock

Here's how this looks:

Follow the links to read Tom Nelson's posts in full:

http://macs.about.com/od/usingyourmac/qt/dockrecentitem.htm

http://macs.about.com/od/usingyourmac/qt/Translucent-Dock-Icons.htm

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