It's never been a good idea to manipulate the .plist file directly (for instance you can't be sure that the Dock process will not save its settings when it quits). I would suggest to check with dockutil (https://code.google.com/p/dockutil/) or emmett (http://s.sudre.free.fr/Software/DevPotPourri.html) whether this works more reliably. On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 6:46 AM, Vikram Singh <email@hidden> wrote: > Hi Conor, > I tried by using both sudo and without sudo. Both of them don't work in > Mavericks. > Earlier, the logic was to delete the icon entry from the > com.apple.dock.plist file using plistbuddy and to kill the dock. After the > dock restarted, it had the icons for which an entry was present in that > plist. > Now, even if the entry gets deleted from that plist, after restarting dock, > changes are not reflected. Is dock referring to some other place as well, > some cache or any other file? > > Thanks, > Vikram > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Conor Schutzman <email@hidden> wrote: >> >> sudo to the console user for the code to remove the dock icon? >> >> On Oct 22, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Vikram Singh <email@hidden> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > Does anybody know any way to remove an icon from the dock on new OSX >> > Mavericks? >> > I have been doing this so far (till 10.8) by removing the icon entry >> > from the com.apple.dock.plist and then killing the dock. However, it doesn't >> > work on Mavericks. >> > I was able to remove the icon using NSUserDefaults however, but it also >> > fails when my app (uninstaller) runs with elevated privileges. >> > Any other idea/solution would be helpful. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Vikram >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> > Installer-dev mailing list (email@hidden) >> > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> > >> > This email sent to email@hidden >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Installer-dev mailing list (email@hidden) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > This email sent to email@hidden -- Packaging Resources - http://s.sudre.free.fr/Packaging.html _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (email@hidden) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: This email sent to email@hidden _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (email@hidden) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: This email sent to email@hidden References: >Removing a dock icon in OSX Mavericks (From: Vikram Singh <email@hidden>) >Re: Removing a dock icon in OSX Mavericks (From: Conor Schutzman <email@hidden>) >Re: Removing a dock icon in OSX Mavericks (From: Vikram Singh <email@hidden>) >Re: Removing a dock icon in OSX Mavericks (From: Stephane Sudre <email@hidden>) Prev by Date: Re: Signing Installer Package Previous by thread: Re: Removing a dock icon in OSX Mavericks Next by thread: String truncated a bit on installation successful screen for Spanish, if on Mac OS 10.9 Index(es): Date Thread
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