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How can I stop my dock from rearranging…: Apple Support Communities

How can I stop my dock from rearranging…: Apple Support Communities. This is a good answer and one that worked for the poster. thanks X4!

This solved my question by X423424X  on May 3, 2012 1:39 AM

Lion hides your Library folder.  You can get to it via the Finder Go menu, Go To Folder, and

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entering ~/Library or ~/Library/Preferences depending on where you want to go.

As for the dock thing, I realize you have a new system, but have you installed any third party additions at this point?  Or is this still a “pristine”, as-shipped version of Lion?

The plist you may want to remove is,

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist

i.e., that plist in your home directory Preferences.  Log out and back in after you remove that plist.

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Stories from my Past: Is it possible to make monthly payments?

Photo of an Apple Macintosh Quadra 840AV. Take...
Photo of an Apple Macintosh Quadra 840AV. Taken by Silversword31. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I had a customer once who worked in a humble job in a restaurant. He was a person with special abilities, and probably it was the best job that he could get. He had a desire to learn and grow however, and I really respected him for that.

Anyway it was obvious that his income was limited, and that wasn’t going to change. He had managed to save enough for a small home and very humble things. I was impressed because even people with good jobs are not able to do this. He wasn’t dumb, and he generally made helpful decisions.

He came to my place of business one day when I was teaching him things, and he saw my Apple 6400. It looks similar to the computer on the left. It was love at first site for him. He had never seen an Apple before, and he thought that the OS 9 interface and features were fantastic. I liked it too because besides the Apple II it was my first real Macintosh. Anyway he asked me “Is it possible to make monthly payments to own it?”

The question kind of stunned me. I didn’t offer monthly payments for several reasons. One is that I couldn’t afford it, and secondly I wasn’t ready to give up the 6400. I had only had it a short time and bought it for a steal from a friend. I felt lucky to have it myself. However, as much as I enjoyed it, it was clear that he would enjoy it more. I was being paid to help Apple users fix their computer so I frequently got to use a mac. Since there were no close mac stores yet where we lived, if I didn’t sell him this, he probably would never get a chance to have one. I agreed to sell it to him for monthly payments.

He kept his word and was one of my best customers. Best not in that I made money from him (I broke even on purpose), but that he learned the most from me. I really respect people who learn, and when you have a desire to learn you will find a way. There is an old saying I believe. When the student is ready, the teacher appears.

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Review: Bad Apple – Technology Review – StumbleUpon

 

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Apple fruit (Photo credit: @Doug88888)

Review: Bad Apple – Technology Review – StumbleUpon. I don’t think this is a fair review. Apple can’t do everything correct. For example, he complains about the mail reader, calendar and PDF preview. There are good options for all of those, and Apple didn’t invent PDF. The fact that the company that invented PDF can’t make a decent reader shows it is difficult.

You often see these kind of articles when Apple gets popular. Yes, it is true that as things get complex, it is more difficult to keep the ease of use that Apple is known for. I think for the most part Apple does great with its OS. It slips, but its clear that they care about quality. Certain segments will always be displeased by the majorities needs. Almost always third-party options are available. More complex, yes. Impossible, no.

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In Preview are your last images being opened?

 

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In \. This would be very irrating for photographers or anyone who deals with lots of photos. Good work Dreaz!

In case anyone else has noticed this issue, I found the answer. It’s a Lion issue, so delete the following plist:

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/

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