I still haven’t figured out WHY the darn thing keeps doing it but if like me you’ve been gradually been driven crazy but a Mac dock that seems to freeze regularly while the rest of the your programs continue to run fine – for no apparent reason – I have found the answer to your prayers. Maybe I’m just a slow naive mac user, but I couldn’t figure out the solution.
Of course – turns out it’s crazy simple obvious mate init.
1. Go to Spotlight
2. Search for the Terminal
3. Type (case sensitive) killall Dock
4. Breathe huge sigh of relief as your frozen dock restarts and all is well with the world again.
Over and out.
Search Marketer, analyticator, lover of pandas, comics, martial arts, fashion, music, London-dweller & all-round girl geek sorta
lis // May 1, 2011 at 19:53
arrrghhh
. sadly your trick didn’t work for me. this is the first time my dock has frozen so fingers crossed it’ll be the last
thanks for the tip anyway!
AnnabelH // May 3, 2011 at 10:35
Ah drats – still works for me although my dock seems to have gotten over its need to crash every 5 seconds recently. Hope you’ve had some luck!