OS X Icon Thingy

JonB · 20 May 2007 at 19:06

OS X Icon Thingy : DockTop!

Hi,

When you goto the apple store and have a play about with the luurrverrrley macs instore some of them have these set of four or so icons in the middle of the desktop. What is that and how do I enable it?

Thanks.

AdWright · 20 May 2007 at 21:05

Front Row?

JonB · 20 May 2007 at 21:11

Arf, no. They were always sat in the middle of the desktop like this:

chex · 20 May 2007 at 21:18

cmd+tab?

JonB · 20 May 2007 at 21:19

No, it's permanently there on the desktop.

AdWright · 20 May 2007 at 21:21

take a screenshot of the relevant apple.com page and show it to us

Founder_film · 20 May 2007 at 21:32

They are part of a program that is set up in the Apple stores. They are used to call an assistant to you or let you set up a appointment with a Mac Genius etc etc. You cannot get it for your Mac at home (as far as I know). It is just installed on the computers in the stores.

JonB · 20 May 2007 at 22:02

Is it really? I'm sure they had like shortcuts to the address book and calender and stuff, could have been wrong. Meh. It's not on the apple site. Will have to take another trek to the apple store to see it again for myself.

WotDa · 20 May 2007 at 23:43

I'll have a peep in the Bluewater store when I go in Sunday.

toosepin · 21 May 2007 at 03:55

Yep, it's an Apple Store thing only I'm afraid.

It's basically a quick menu for the Store's Concierge (appointment system), Store events and other things - you can't download it / buy it.

JonB · 23 May 2007 at 15:11

I found it, DockTop!

It's a bit pointless, but still:

AdWright · 23 May 2007 at 15:13

Does it do anything that a shortcut in the Dock can't do?

JonB · 23 May 2007 at 15:14

Not that I have noticed yet, I will be having a further play but not really expecting anything amazing.

J1234 · 23 May 2007 at 15:17

AdWright said:
Does it do anything that a shortcut in the Dock can't do?

Exactly what I was thinking, do you like it?

JonB · 23 May 2007 at 15:19

Not really, I was just intrigued and wanted a play. I think I prefer my dock by a country mile.

It does have some placement options though. It doesn't just sit there and not move.

Have a play with it!

Click Here

J1234 · 23 May 2007 at 15:23

JonB said:
Not really, I was just intrigued and wanted a play. I think I prefer my dock by a country mile.

It does have some placement options though. It doesn't just sit there and not move.

Have a play with it!

Click Here

I don't have a Mc yet

not long until WWDC though

JonB · 23 May 2007 at 15:24

Ahhh, Yeah. Just read the little bit about new MBP's and iMacs!

I'll be tempted by an iMac to go with my MacBook if they're worth it!

WotDa · 23 May 2007 at 15:29

JonB said:
Ahhh, Yeah. Just read the little bit about new MBP's and iMacs!

I'll be tempted by an iMac to go with my MacBook if they're worth it!

MacBook Pros and iMacs

"While there may be rumors of an iPhone launch at WWDC, we expect Apple will host a separate event in late June to launch the device. But Apple will not fail to deliver new products at WWDC," he wrote. "Apple has announced that a full-featured version of OSX 10.5 Leopard will be demonstrated and handed out at the event. This means that we will finally see how Apple will integrate Windows operability into Leopard."

Munster added that he "expects" new MacBook Pros (1, 2) to make a showing at the developer conference and that it's "also possible" that Apple will introduce a redesigned iMac. He notes that on average, the Cupertino-based company has updated its professional notebooks every 182 days, with the most recent generation having launched 209 days ago. Similarly, he said, iMacs have traditionally seen updates every 168 days but the current generation is now a whopping 257 days old.