10.9.2 Dock vanished

Running 10.9.2 on a Mav Mini. This morning while surfing in Safari my dock vanished. It was there the it was gone. I opened system preferences and if I chaged the size of the dock using the slider there it showed up. When I released the slider it vanished. Real odd. A log out log back in sems to have fixed it.
Anyone else seeing this and maybe have a idea whats going on?

Dock Reset
Try doing a Dock restart using the following Terminal command:
killall Dock
Log out/in and test. If that doesn’t work, you need to look in your user Library/Applications Support/Dock for the .db. Use the Finder “Go To Folder” command. Enter ~/ Library/Applications Support/Dock. Move the .db to your desktop.
Then try a dock reset.
Applications/Utilities/Terminal enter the command
killall Dock
Log out/in test. If it works okay, delete the .db from the desktop.
If the Dock is the same, return the .db to where you got them from, overwriting the newer ones.

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File or do you mean a folder named Documents? The action you took is the normal way to remove things off the Dock. If you really meant a folder, open your home folder, select the Documents folder, and drag it back to the Dock (standard way to put stuff there).

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Hardware MacBook Pro
Software Mac OS X 10.6.8
This problem followed hard on a software upgrade to 10.6.8
That may just be a coincidence but shorly after this upgrade was installed, the dock simply vanished!
I have powered off and rebooted the MacBook.
The Apple Dock commands and System Preferences Dock options are not obeyed.
It appears that the dock has somehow been corrupted and requires to somehow become reconstituted.
Just for interest I created a new account on the computer and a new default dock was created.
I would be grateful for any input from the experts out there.
All the usual means of restoring the dock do not seem not to work.
Hope someone can help.

Step one is to move all dock preference files from your user's /Library/Preferences/ to the Desktop, log out and back in, and see if that fixes the issue. If so, delete the moved files. Note that you'll have to reset the Dock.
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I get only a blue screen. How do I get my dock back? Can I unhide it if that is what I did?

Step one is to move all dock preference files from your user's /Library/Preferences/ to the Desktop, log out and back in, and see if that fixes the issue. If so, delete the moved files. Note that you'll have to reset the Dock.
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My G5 iMac has been behaving oddly for a while, but the current quirk since its last Genius Bar visit has been interesting.
The Desktop is frozen. None of the icons can be clicked on nor accessed. The Dock is inaccessible and the background image will not load. If a Finder Window is opened everything works fine but the Desktop stays frozen.
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Hi Ritz421, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Could be many things, we should start with this...
Have you booted off the Install Disk by holding the *d key* down at boot-up, (not the c key), and run the extended Apple HW Test? Some Install disks require holding the Option key at bootup to select the AHT. Some Macs came with separate AHT CDs.
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Tiger Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it finishes.
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Some people get away without Repairing Permissions for years, some for only days.
If Permissions are wrong before applying an update, you could get mixed OS versions, if Directory is the slightest messed up, who knows!
If many Permission are repaired, or any Directory errors are found, you may need to re-apply some the latest/biggest updates again, or even do an A&I if you have enough free disk space.
The combo update for PowerPC-based Macs...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10411comboupdateppc.html
The combo update for Intel-based Macs...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10411comboupdateintel.html
Repair Permissions before & after re-install, then reboot again each time.
If all the above fails, then it appears to be time for a relatively painless Archive & Install, which gives you a new/old OS, but can preserve all your files, pics, music, settings, etc., as long as you have plenty of free disk space and no Disk corruption, and is relatively quick & painless...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
Just be sure to select Preserve Users & Settings.
I only use Software Update to see what is needed, then get them for real via...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
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I TRY TO OPEN IPHOTO AND I COULD NOT. WHEN I CLICK ON THE ICON DID NOT EVEN BOUNCE. THEN I DRAGED IT ON MY DESKTOP AND NOW I CAN'T EVEN FIND THE ICON ANYWHERE, what can i do???

iOS? or OSX
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Hi guys (and ladies),
It's been a while since I last came here to pester you with questions and odd remarks, but prior to running to the nearest retail shop and buy new RAM, I'd like to run my predicament by you: I've noticed several instances of the Finder on my Mac "restarting" (the Dock vanishes, the pops back up) after right-clicking on the Application folder I've placed in the Dock for easier access. I usually do this to open an application without first opening the Applications folder, but on several occasions, my right-clicky was immediately followed by the Dock vanishing and coming back from the dead. No other symptoms, no kernel panic, no strange noise other than the fans kicking in.
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Message was edited by: ShakuZen

Thanks Niel!! I deleted the file com.apple.dock.plist from the Library/Preferences/ folder as you advised.
Can I get your cell number? I have a JavaScript/AJAX class all next week and this Terminal stuff-up does not look well for the week ahead.
Cheers!
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