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Autohide animation time ​

Change the Dock opening and closing animation times.

  • Tested on macOS:
    • Sonoma
    • Ventura
    • Monterey
    • Big Sur
    • Catalina
    • Mojave
  • Parameter type: float

Requirements ​

Set to 0.5 (default value) ​

By default, the Dock opening and closing animations take 0.5 seconds

bash
defaults write com.apple.dock "autohide-time-modifier" -float "0.5" && killall Dock

Set to 2 ​

Increase the Dock animation time

bash
defaults write com.apple.dock "autohide-time-modifier" -float "2" && killall Dock

Set to 0 ​

Remove the Dock autohide animation

bash
defaults write com.apple.dock "autohide-time-modifier" -float "0" && killall Dock

Read current value ​

bash
defaults read com.apple.dock "autohide-time-modifier"

Reset to default value ​

bash
defaults delete com.apple.dock "autohide-time-modifier" && killall Dock