Dock won't magnify

my dock randomly stopped magnifying. it's set to magnify. i turned mag off then back on. i turned hiding on and then off. i rebooted. i logged out and back in. i uninstalled app enhancer (i had ClearDock installed bu tnot running). still nothing. i repaired permissions. i unplugged my USB mouse. still nothing. all of the other dock functions are fine-- i can open apps; i can resize it. just no magnification. what gives?

I have the same problem occasionally. The dock just "freezes" in place. You can still click on it to open stuff but the auto-hide/show stops working and the magnification stops. I found an easy way to fix it though when this happens.
I created an applescript, an extremely simple applescript:
tell application "Dock"
quit
end tell
Saved it as an executable, changed the icon of it to the "Dock.app" icon to make it look pretty, and then placed it in the dock. Anytime the dock "freezes", click on it, the script will quit the dock and the finder will automatically relaunch a working dock instantly.
-Juxel

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