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philhoole

philhoole

philhoole

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I've been playing with Leopard for a few days and getting to grips with most things. I've used Windows for a long time (and don't have any problem with that) but I am finding there is a lot to like about OSX.

Anyway, to my question.

I can create my own 'stack' in the Dock by opening Finder and dragging and dropping the Applications folder to the right hand side of the Dock. If I click on the stack then all the applications are shown and I can click and run them.

So far so good.

If I now install a new application it appears correctly in the Finder/Application view with the expected icon but when I click on the stack, the icon for the new application looks like some default document with a sort of grey no entry sign over it. I can click this icon and the application runs/works but why doesn't the stack update correctly.

I can destroy the stack and then create the same one again (Applications) and now the new application appears in the stack with the correct icon.

Do the stacks not automatically update when the source files change or have I misunderstood something ?

I hope that makes sense.
 
Hi mate,

Had the same problem when I first switched. Try going into a terminal session and typing killall Dock. This should close and reopen the dock complete with missing icons.

Cant say i've seen this problem recently - maybe fixed with an update?

Matt
 
Don't forget, you can tell the stack to look like a folder with the 10.5.2 update.

Reason being, you can download a few .dmg files and they can look confusing in the stack, whereas if you tell the stack to display as a folder you can just see the normal "Downloads" icon.

Alternatively, go here to get some sweet overlay-goodness if you'd rather keep your icons.
 
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