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DockChanger has been discontinued. The company is no longer in business (as of 9/16/09).
DESCRIPTION
DockChanger... Change the appearance of your Mac OS X 10.5 dock from 3D to 2D and back again. Plus, change the dock to any theme to customize your Mac OS X experience. DockChanger ships with 90 different backgrounds and themes, plus mix and match the separator image and the application indicator image to your own liking.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.8.3:
  • Minor tweaks due to OS updates
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

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Developer:Whimsplucky.com
Downloads:16,660
  - Version d/l:1,288
Utilities:System
License:Free
Date:17 Sep 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
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Sep 19 2009

SMTIPS  BTW I'm using 10.5.8.  
(Version 1.8.3)

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Sep 19 2009
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SMTIPS  Do not use this app. It will change your dock however you like, sure. Then after 10 tries it will stop working. Yes, the so-called "free" version is acting like a trial. After many attempts, reinstalls of the app, restarts of the system, permissions repairs, I am still unable to use it to put my dock back to default. The app LOOKS like it's working, but the only thing it will do now (after deleting prefs and reinstalling the app) is to change the app indicators to something else...NOT back to the default Mac. I emailed the dev, but do not use this because it is NOT "free" and it is BUGGED bigtime. I really don't know what I'm going to do to get the dock back where it was, at least it did change the app indicator to something I can live with and not some stupid looking carrot.  
(Version 1.8.3)

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Sep 17 2009

MACUPDATE ADMIN  From the developer's site today:

"Due to circumstances beyond our control, Whimsicaly Plucky Software has to close it’s doors. I’d ike to take this opportunity to thank al of the users of BackityMac, RadiioRocker, DochChanger and VideoVangeist for their patronage. There is a possibility we may open the doors again one day. Until then I’ve updated all the products to remove all registration requirements and they are all now FREE. Any versions previous to these listed will no longer activate. You may stil email me if you wish, however, no further support for the products will be offered.

Sincerely,

DJ MacIntosh

djmacintosh@gmail.com"  
(Version 1.8.3)

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Sep 17 2009

HARV  I have used DockChanger for years and always been quite satisfied. Indeed I am sorry to see their passing.

As for me, I will welcome their return.  
(Version 1.8.3)

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Jan 28 2009

MIMOT13  Dockchanger works not too bad, even if not perfect, on my IMAC OSX 10.5.6 with last summer version 1.6.9. But impossible to get the 1.7.5 and EVEN on some sites where 1.7.5 has been stored directly.

Emails send to author came back with an automatic generated anwser :

"Thank you for your feedback. I will review it and do my best to respond to any issues within 24-48 hours depending on volume.

If you having registration issues, please be patient, often it can take between 10-15 minutes for the registration information to hit the server before the program will accept the registration.

Thank you for your support,

DJ MacIntosh

http://www.whimspluck.com"

This guy must have a problem.. and is probably not very serious. This software is NOT free ! But cheap, ok.

What a pity.  
(Version 1.7.5)

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Dec 28 2008

HARV  The download above only produces v1.6.9.

The Dl from the he developer directed us to (on VersionTracker) (http://www.smartbeginningsorangecountyva.org/media/software/DockChanger.zip) produced v1.6.1.

Has anyone been successful in obtaining v1.7.5? If so, how? Please help.

FWIW, I find it a sad commentary that after all these months the developer still cannot find a site or mirror to support his products.

Two weeks ago I wrote to the developer asking for help. As yet, no reply.

I have enjoyed DC, but as of now, I can no longer recommend it.  
(Version 1.7.5)

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Aug 13 2008

FALKNERX  Dock Library does this for free, google it.  
(Version 1.7)

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Jan 17 2008

SULEIMAN KHAN  Click here folks: http://www.macupdate.com/search.php?arch=all&keywords=dock&os=macosx

And sort by license :)  
(Version 1.3.7.2)

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Jan 9 2008

CHIFFHOBBES2  just bought it and it worked for 10 times like they said it would ,but so far 48 hours later no code to continue using it,sent emails ect..... hopefully its a error not a scam!  
(Version 1.3.7.1)

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Nov 27 2007

BILLY THE BIKER  Still looking for a transparent or clear dock. I just like the icons floating on the desktop.  
(Version 1.3.2)

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Nov 28 2007

DEREKDAVIS  try this:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/8808  
(Version 1.3.2)

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Jan 2 2008

PERSON1229  Don't use that, Application Enhancer (another Unsanity tool that Clear Dock relies on) kills Leopard.

So it won't work, and when you reboot you'll see a blue screen of apple death, which is ironicly sad. It doesn't say anything, it's just the screen before the login window, it gets stuck there and stops. Then you have to do some magical trickery to uninstall it.

So, just a sum up, you can't use that, it kills Leopard.  
(Version 1.3.7.1)

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Jan 17 2008

JSLMG  ...And even if it doesn't mess up your system--App Enhancers are benign but useless on my Leopard--you won't be able to use them. The pref panes for them just won't load.  
(Version 1.3.7.2)

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Jan 17 2008

BILLY THE BIKER  I haven't used APE's in awhile. Thanks for the warning.  
(Version 1.3.7.2)

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Mar 29 2009

ILOVEMYMAC  I have found the Mirror Leopard dock theme to do the trick. Well it's pretty darn close anyway. :)

I tried to find a link to the file, but It's been a long time since I've downloaded it. But it's called "Mirror".  
(Version 1.8.1)

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Nov 21 2007

ZEPHYRIS  The repair permissions doesn't actually fix them.  
(Version 1.3.1)

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