Dockless2.0.3

Link for Dockless 2.0 : http://homepage.mac.com/fahrenba/programs/dockless/dockless-2.0.0.dmg :-)

It's gone but you can find by searching "dockless-2.0.3.dmg" or for example here: http://iusethis.tjluoma.com/dockless/

works with mavericks

This is a fantastic app, still works smoothly under Lion. I use it, among other things, to make Notational Velocity invisible until I activate it with a hotkey. Wish the UI was updated. Otherwise excellent app and hope no updates to Lion break it. Note that it also prevents the apps menubar appearing, which may be an issue for some.

Seems to work with Lion without creating Menu Bar issues with X11 or Xquartz apps such as X-Plane

Version 2.0.3 works like a charm for me. No more crash!! :-)

Matt, version 2.0.1 is compiled only as an intel build. Could you compile it as a universal so I can run it on my PPC machine?

Update: Downloaded Version 2.0 from developer's site. It does not open for my PB. I guess I'll stay with the older version.

The best thing to do is to download Dock Dodger. It deals only with individual applications which are dragged onto it's window.

This seems to work with most of my apps. I used to use other program switchers that allowed me to exclude apps I didn't need showing up all the time. But I prefer the simple command-tab by Apple. Now I can use command-tab to have a mostly minimalist switcher for the apps I most use, and I use another program if I need to switch to something else. Thanks for updating this.

Link for Dockless 2.0 : http://homepage.mac.com/fahrenba/programs/dockless/dockless-2.0.0.dmg :-)

Excellent small utility. It let you remove easily the dock icon of applications which should never have had an icon in the Dock (HardwareGrowler [in Growl:Extras], LaunchBar, ...) But it is easy to misuse it if you are careless: WARNING 1. Dockless not only removes the dock icon, but also the menu bar. (Do read the ReadMe file!) Moreover, in some cases (when you log out...), the system could let a dockless (and menuless) application quit without warning you. Therefore, do not use Dockless with any app! WARNING 2. Hiding dock icon and menu of an application does not affect you only, but every user (you cannot hide dock & menu for one user only). WARNING 3. Dockless seems to not work properly with some apps (e.g., Preview.app, as noted in a previous review).

I advise everyone NOT to use this app. Apart from being dodgy, it crashed my entire Bluetooth Data Exchange software and it took me quite a while unitl I got it fixed.

Have some problems with this app. As a try-out, I used it to let Preview disappear. This didn't work at first try. A few days later finally, Preview disappeared from the dock without me doing anything. I found out I didn't like it that way, so I tried to reverse the transaction. Again, it didn't work. And still doesn't. It's been a week now - no result. Preview is ticked in the Dockless list and it should be in the dock, but it doesn't appear there. Please help!

works flawlessly. there are instructions in the readme file. also, all this app does is change the pref file and then clear the icon cache to complete the process. hiding the icon makes the app a "background app" to OS X and so that is what makes the menu disappear for the app. this happens when you manually hide the icon using the same method, it is OS X behavior. all Dockless does is automate the process and make it very easy, and I think it does it very well. just make sure the app you want to hide is in the Applications folder or Dockless might not see it when it does it's scan at launch.

My dock was too long and always in the way. This app made me faster and more aerodynamic. Thanks dock-doc!

Instructions would be helpful.

It doesn't work for me (10.3.2), even when I restart the Dock. Hmm. Too bad; it sounds great.

If you're dock real estate is filling up you should try this. It's great if you have a lot of apps running but don't need them in the dock such as Stickies, DragThing, etc. Does what it says and I haven't had any problems with it. I'm not sure yet if I'll find it necessary to keep using however. I'm not a big fan of a lot of add-ons that usually just break with every release of the OS. But like I mentioned, if your dock if full of apps you like to have running but don't need in the dock, you should try this out!

it doesn't seem to be working for me on 10.3.2.....then again, maybe i don't know how to use it right-but it didn't come with intructions. (??)

Doesnt seem to be working for any apps for me in Panther (10.3.2).

I love it, love it, love it! But where's the gosh durn support for 10.3?

I also hope there come a new version that work with Panther!

Doesn't work with 10.3. I hope that soon changes as this is highly valuable.

Absolutely perfect. Very easy to select which apps you want in your dock. Also note though that if you turn an app "off" to not appear in the dock, it also won't show up in apps like LiteSwitch, or the system Finder. You can do a "Force Quit" and your hidden app won't show up in the list. So if you have hidden an app selected as "dockless," the only way to make it reappear is to relaunch the application. Then the app appears again.

I installed wClock and xShelf - This program removes there icons from the dock just as I need! 100% stable - GREAT JOB! TRY IT!

I can't believe no one has commented on this WONDERFUL application. Simple, yet effective. There are just some apps that you always have on and it is so helpful to get rid of it from the dock. For instance, I use wClock which allows me to have a date & time that looks like this: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 12:51:42 PM. Well, since this clock & date are always on I needed something to get rid of the app on the dock. Dockless was PERFECT! Thank you. :D