10.7.4 URL Spring Fix

Annoyed about the spring loose in 10.7.4? Want to see that lovely spring icon in your dock when you drag a URL there? Here’s how to copy to all your machines using Apple Remote Desktop:

1. On a Mac not running 10.7.4, the missing icon lives in /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/url.png. Use Finder to navigate to it (se Go > Go to Folder…).

2. On Apple Remote Desktop, select the Macs you want to fix the problem on, click the ‘Copy’ icon and then drag that file into the ‘Items to Copy’ box.

3. Choose ‘Same relative location’ in the ‘Place items in:’ box.

4. Set ownership to ‘Inherit from destination folder’.

5. Copy!

Marvellous.

10.7.4 has a spring loose

Whilst imaging the Mac minis, I’ve discovered a rather annoying bug in Lion’s 10.7.4 update that makes the URL icons in the dock disappear. Instead of being a natty ‘@’ spring, they now just appear as a blank space. We make use of the fact you can put URLs into the dock via Workgroup Manager to allow children to automatically log into Purple Mash, and so this is rather annoying. It’s also annoying because I’ve imaged several Macs already and don’t want to have to go and fix them. Some people have suggested a fix for the problem, but I’ll probably just wait until an official fix comes through Software Update.