How to make the dock transparent in Mountain Lion?

Question

When I log in as a Guest user on Mountain Lion, i get a transparent dock with no background 'surface': Guest user's dock

I can seem to find the settings that would make the dock in my own users' desktop look like this. Is it even possible for non-guest users?

Maybe that look is to show you visually that as a guest you can't make changes to the dock. Interesting, I wish there were a way to get that look, the "surface" is definitely not my thing either.

R.E · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-11 23:32:15Z

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To make the dock transparent in Mountain Lion type the following two commands in a terminal:

defaults write com.apple.dock hide-mirror -bool yes

killall Dock

answered Mar 11 at 23:32

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ekaj · Answer 2 · 2012-12-10 03:57:48Z

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You could try a program called Mirage, which should make the dock transparent.

answered Dec 10 '12 at 3:57

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