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Author:	Topic: Lost From Dock
Anne Ring Member
	Posted: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:25AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Lost my MAC OSX icon from Dock and can't find it also my help feature on Toolbar no longer works are they related. Feel like an idiot
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Author:	Topic: Re: Lost From Dock
wetzlar Member
	Posted: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:34AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Anne Ring, Not sure which icon you mean. What did it look like and what did it do when you clicked on it?
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Author:	Topic: Re: Lost From Dock
Anne Ring Member
	Posted: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:11AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	wetzlar, It's the one that sits next to the trash with the symbol @ on it I accidently clicked on it got distracted and let go of the mouse when it was over the desktop and it disappeared into the ether. Its the Apple-Mac OSX
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Author:	Topic: Re: Lost From Dock
wetzlar Member
	Posted: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:17AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Anne Ring, I think that's just a short-cut to the Apple OSX web-site feedback page. (Someone will correct me if I'm wrong). It's so long since I trashed mine that I've forgotten all about it. It's not the sort of thing that you'll be using very often. It doesn't actually do anything important. Don't worry about it. And, no, they're not related.
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Author:	Topic: Re: Lost From Dock
Jaded Member
	Posted: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:19AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Anne Ring, This is just a web link to http://www.apple.com/macosx/ It doesn't matter if you have it or not, really! To get it back, go to the above link in Safari, then click and hold the apple icon in the address bar (next to the http and drag it down to the Dock, where it was before.
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Author:	Topic: Re: Lost From Dock
wetzlar Member
	Posted: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:23AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Jaded, It will even change to the @-on-a-spring icon.
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Author:	Topic: Re: Lost From Dock
Anne Ring Member
	Posted: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:38AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Jaded, Thanks it worked Don't suppose you know why help in the finder isn't working
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Author:	Topic: Re: Lost From Dock
wetzlar Member
	Posted: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:43AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Anne Ring, Go to Hard Disk/System/Library/CoreServices/Help Viewer Drag this to the dock and you should be fixed.
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Author:	Topic: Re: Lost From Dock
Anne Ring Member
	Posted: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:57AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	wetzlar, Had in fact tried that. Can open from the Dock but when I try from the finder it opens and then closes don't suppose it matters as there is a way round it just a bit slower. Anyway thanks.
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Author:	Topic: Re: Lost From Dock
Cynic Global Moderator
	Posted: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:23AM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Anne Ring, I know I tend to say this as a first step for just about everything, but have you tried booting the Install CD & running Disk Utility repair disk & repair permissions?
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Author:	Topic: Re: Lost From Dock
WillG4PB Member
	Posted: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:12PM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	I had this once before posted a thread: http://www.macworld.co.uk/forums/msgs.cfm?msg=32694&forum=4 Hope it helps Will
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Author:	Topic: Re: Lost From Dock
antonygarner Member
	Posted: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 04:19PM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	Cynic, this is a great suggestion, and through the help of people reading these forums, and having similar problems with the Help Viewer as Anne, running Disk Utility solved the problem
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Author:	Topic: Re: Lost From Dock
Cynic Global Moderator
	Posted: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 04:44PM	Email Print Text-only View thread
	antonygarner, WillG4PB had to go a bit deeper when he had problems, but I'm glad that some have been solved.
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