Why is the Dock in Mavericks so friggin UGLY ?

When you set the dock in Mavericks to be vertical on the left or right side of the screen, it's got a solid blurring white background. It looks like s*****.
How could anyone have approved this? How do we change it back to the way it was in Mountain Lion? These UI changes with iOS7 and MacOSX really concern me. The whole idea of having a Mac or iPhone was that it was a thing of beauty that designers spent time designing. I can just see that MacOSX is going to copy the iPad iOS7 Dock and just blur the whole screen. That is not design. I don't want a Mac or iPhone to look like windows 95 with 8 bit icons, and no sense of taste or aesthetics. Please tell me there is a way to turn off this ugly dock background?

There were some third party apps (and terminal commands) that removed the dock shelf in ML but these don't work in Mavericks.
Venting about this here might make one feel better, but otherwise won't do much good. This is a user-to-user forum and is not monitored by Apple for feedback purposes. You can give feedback to Apple here: Apple - Mac OS X - Feedback
If enough people give feedback about a particular issue then Apple may make the change.

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I work with a dual monitor set-up. The screen on my 15" powerbook functions as a palette monitor to my larger display. Everything is set up in the system preferences for the dock to be on the larger display. But since I upgraded to Maverick a few days ago, the dock sometimes moves to my palette monitor. I "think" it happens when I've got a few windows open and I'm writing an email to a client and have to pull up information from various files. So I'm moving around on both displays at that point. I also have the radio streaming from the palette monitor.
The first time this happened, I just went into System Preferences and re-selected the main monitor under the display icon and the dock moved back over.
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Clearly this is disruptive to my workflow. How can I lock my dock into place on my main monitor.
Thanks in advance. Sandra

Hey Sandra MacPherson!
Here’s an article for you that may enlighten you about the functionality of the Dock in Mavericks:
OS X: Using multiple displays in Mavericks
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5891
Working with the Dock
When the Dock is configured to appear at the bottom of your screen, it's available on whichever screen you’re working on. Just move your pointer to the bottom of either display. When the Dock is configured for the left or right position, it appears on the leftmost or rightmost display edge.
Tip: If you don't see your dock because it's set to hidden or there's a full screen app on the display, move your pointer to the location of the Dock. If the Dock still doesn't appear, swipe your pointer towards the Dock again to unhide it.
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
Braden

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Since upgrading, I click on the icon, the file opens with a number following the file name (version number I assume) but before docx or xlsx. I edit and save, but get a "save as" box. Now I have to edit the file's name, find the original and replace the original with the new version. Not so simple.
Since I open and close my daily billing log many times a day, this has slowed me down (and irritated me).
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Your Mac will generate a new .plist file automatically after restart.
Deleting the .plist file shouldn't delete any app icons from the dock.
Check the startup disk just in case.
Launch Disk Utility located in HD > Applications > Utilities
Select the startup disk on the left then select the First Aid tab.
Click: Verify Disk (not Verify Disk Permissions)
If DU reports errors, restart your Mac while holding down the Command + R keys.
From there you can access the built-in utilities to repair the disk using OS X Recovery

Solution to the issue of summoning the dock in Mavericks - dual monitor setups

Have you noticed that the dock doesn't appear on the second screen as prompted? I've contact apple and was told that the dock is actually being transferred. Refusing to believe that it takes that long, I ventured on finding a solution. Atlas, I found one and one that works.
Whenever you want to summon the dock on your secondary or primary monitor and it's not appearing. With yoru cursor already at the hotspot, keep dragging your mouse down, and it will show up.
This method is alot faster than waiting, or dragging your mouse up and down again to hover over the dock.
Cheers!

Nice find. It works great!
I noticed this feature when I upgraded to Mavericks a couple months ago, but could not find how to control it. My two displays are set up vertically, with one on top of the other. I prefer the dock on the larger 24" display sitting above the native MBP screen. The system typically defaults to the dock on the lower screen, but now I'm able to command it to the top screen.
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What does this icon look like - can you describe it, or take a screenshot?
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http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/13/change-customize-the-dock-in-mac-os-x-lion-with-d ocker/
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Have you tried restarting the computer? Also,
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Hmmm, I've not seen this!???
Long shot, but...
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