# Minimize animation effect
Change the Dock minimize animation.
- Tested on macOS:
- Big Sur
- Catalina
- Mojave
- Parameter type: string
- genie
- scale
- suck
# Requirements
com.apple.dock autohide
must be set totrue
# Set to genie
(default value)
defaults write com.apple.dock mineffect -string genie && killall Dock
# Set to scale
defaults write com.apple.dock mineffect -string scale && killall Dock
# Set to suck
defaults write com.apple.dock mineffect -string suck && killall Dock
- Suck is an secret value you can't find inside the System Preferences
# Read current value
defaults read com.apple.dock mineffect
# Delete current value
defaults delete com.apple.dock mineffect && killall Dock