Many have ask how I got the spaces on my dock in Mac OS X. While I got mine using MacPilot, I figured others may want it too so I did a little research. I found a way to add real separators to the dock, instead of adding dummy applications with empty or decorative icons, as indicated by many websites I found.
This works only in Leopard (OSX 10.5):
- Run the following commands from the Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add ‘{ “tile-type” = “spacer-tile”; }’killall Dock
- Once the dock restarts, you should see a blank space after the last application that is permanently in the Dock (before the icons for applications that are currently running but not always in the Dock).
- You can now drag the empty spaces to where you want them, or right-click on them and select “Remove from Dock” if you no longer need them.
Note: you can run the “defaults” command several times in sequence before the “killall” command, to add multiple separators in one go and then just rearrange them as needed.
I also included an Automator Workflow to accomplish this task by double-clicking it.
Add Spacer to Dock zip