macdock

Ansible Role: Dockutil

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Install Dockutil and remove, add and and rotate items on OSX's dock on macOS.

During the roles execution, icon cache will also be cleared however may require a restart if there are continuing problems.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Administration

# The URL to the physical file where dockutil is available.
dockutil_url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kcrawford/dockutil/master/scripts/dockutil
# The installation path the above URL will be downloaded to.
dockutil_install_path: /usr/local/bin/dockutil

Removal of dock items

Dock items to remove:

dockitems_disabled:
  - Launchpad
  - Mail
  - Safari
  - Contacts
  - Notes
  - Reminders
  - Maps
  - Photos
  - Messages
  - FaceTime
  - iTunes
  - iBooks
  - App Store
  - System Preferences
  - Calendar
  - Terminal

Remove all: Preferred method

dockitems_remove_all: true

Remove all: Alternative method:

dockitems_disabled:
  - all

Adding dock items

Dock items to add, including name, path and weight/position:

dockitems_enabled:
  - name: Google Chrome
    path: "/Applications/Google Chrome.app"
    pos: 1
  - name: Tower
    path: "/Applications/Tower.app"
    pos: 2
  - name: FirefoxDeveloperEdition
    path: "/Applications/FirefoxDeveloperEdition.app"
    pos: 3
  - name: Sublime Text
    path: "/Applications/Sublime Text.app"
    pos: 4
  - name: iTerm
    path: "/Applications/iTerm.app"
    pos: 5
  - name: TeamViewer
    path: "/Applications/TeamViewer.app"
    pos: 6

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

    - hosts: localhost
      roles:
        - fubarhouse.macdock

License

MIT / BSD

Author Information

This role was created in 2016 by Karl Hepworth.

About

Installs and uses dockutil to remove, add and rearrange dock items

Install
ansible-galaxy install fubarhouse/ansible-role-macdock
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Lover of all things open source and computers - both hardware and software. My opinions are my own.