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So that I don't have to go looking for this again next time, you can move the dock to the left, center, or right (or top, middle, or bottom, if you have it on the left or right side of the screen) using one of the following Terminal commands:

defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string start

defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string end

defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string middle

Then restart the Dock for it to take effect:

killall Dock

Update: Bryan's comment made me realize I wasn't really clear on what I was talking about here. Read more »

At some point in our lives - let's call it "college" - many of us downloaded illegal copies of software because we didn't have the money to purchase it, or because we needed the money for something else - let's call it "beer." Not that I would do such a thing, of course.

Now that I'm not flat broke, I'm more willing to pay for well-designed software that I find useful, and much less likely to spend a lot of time trying to find and figure out flaky free alternatives, or consider "other" means of acquisition. Read more »