Secret Stack List View Mod

September 26, 2009 · 10 comments

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As it turns out there is a secret stack view in Snow Leopard that modifies the list view option for stacks. Below is a video showing the before and after. It also shows the transitions in slow motion.

To apply this view enter the following into Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.dock use-new-list-stack -bool YES

Than:

killall Dock

This will change the view and restart the dock.

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Aypeus September 26, 2009 at 10:09 am

“$ defaults write com.apple.dock use-new-list-stack -bool YES$ killall Dock” is maybe incorrect? Because when copy this line and put it into Terminal an error message is all i get: “-bash: $: command not found”

Please update this post with the correct code for this magical list view mode! :)

Caleb (Author) September 26, 2009 at 10:56 am

I re-entered it. Give it a shot, should work. Looks like it was all on one line but it should be two like so:

$ defaults write com.apple.dock use-new-list-stack -bool YES
$ killall Dock

Just be careful you paste it correctly without space etc.
Thanks for letting me know!

Aypeus September 26, 2009 at 7:08 pm

Can Terminal be run with other permissions or so? Doesn’t matter what I do write word for word or do a simple copy and paste, the commands are still unknown! :/ Maybe it’s just me? Thanks for the update though, I hope someone else gives this a try and report back!

Caleb (Author) September 26, 2009 at 9:08 pm

You are running Snow Leopard right?
You might also try just putting the following in:

defaults write com.apple.dock use-new-list-stack -bool YES

Now hit enter. Next just type in:

killall Dock

and hit enter again. Does it work?

Aypeus September 26, 2009 at 9:36 pm

The problem was with the Terminal of mine, after restoring the file from my time machine it worked! :D

Thank you for your help!

Loris April 29, 2010 at 9:01 am

Thanks it worked fine for me except the list is white not black!

Matt May 10, 2010 at 11:09 pm

I have tried this many times now and thing has changed why?

Caleb Pike May 15, 2010 at 7:56 am

Are you running Snow Leopard? I would restart then try again.

Tim May 19, 2010 at 1:43 pm

Hi Caleb, how do I reset the stack list view to Snow Leopards default? The command in this article worked fine for me but I’de like to get it back to normal.

Tim May 19, 2010 at 2:01 pm

Nevermind, I just needed to change the YES part of the command to NO.

Now I’m back to normal list view.

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