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I have a MacBook Pro with a second monitor. On occasion the Dock unexpectidly moves from the bottom of the laptop screen to the bottom of the second screen. It has been doing this since I upgraded to Mavericks. I have figured out when this happens and I can reproduce it at will.
If I take my mouse and move it to the top of the second monitor and move it straight down to the bottom the Dock will move. I then have to move it back. It does not happen when I use the trackpad and it does not happen when I do it on the laptop screen.
Any suggestions?

CF,
This did seem to work. It did also remove the Menu Bar from the second display.
However, when the setting is turned on I can ove the doc by swiping down with the mouse only. Using the trackpad does not do it. And once the dock is on the second monitor, it can't be moved back to the laptop display by swiping down.
So it would seem to me that the feature was poorly implemented and still remains a issue for Apple in my opinion.

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