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Daily Trick 26. Change Dock Menu Label
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If you're feeling bored of the contextual menu of the Dock, you can always change the menu labeling. To change the menu labeling, these steps can guide you:
- Open your Finder, go to Mac HDD → System → Library → CoreServices
- Find your Dock.app icon, Ctrl-Click on it and choose Show Package Contents
- And then follow the path: Contents → Resources → English.lproj
- Search for the item DockMenus.strings and change its privilege so that you are able to modify the content
- Open it and you can see the command and respective labeling, e.g. QUIT = "Quit";.
If you want to change the labeling, just edit the right hand side (under the quote) - After you save the file, you can see the changes immediately from your Dock menu
There are many labels you can change apart from the given example. The part that you can change is shown in the highlighted part as shown in the screenshot below.
Just try this little trick and have fun!
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5 Comments
Kevin
I'm new to Mac. Can you tell me what app you open it with in order to make the change?
Sajjad
Yes, please, mess with internal system files like this. I'm sure there'll be no downside, no possible corruption, or system failures. *rolls eyes*
John
Sajjad - That's why you back-up your computer. If you aren't confident enough in your own abilities to "mess with internal system files", then don't, and let those of us who know what we're doing play around and have fun. If you don't like what's being posted, then don't read the post.
haynk
I changed my language to pirate!
"Empty Trash" → "Feed The Sharks!"
"Quit" → "Walk The Plank!"
"Force Quit" → "Kick Thou Off The Plank!"
"Open At Login" → "Have Aboard For Departure"
"Remove From Dock" → "Bannish From Ship!" ... and more
I plan to do the same for Finder, if the procedure is similar enough.
Claudio
@Kevin - Right click> Open With> other...TextEdit. Cheers.
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