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Minimize animation effect

Change the Dock minimize animation.

  • Tested on macOS:
    • Sonoma
    • Ventura
    • Monterey
    • Big Sur
    • Catalina
    • Mojave
  • Parameter type: string
    • genie
    • scale
    • suck

Requirements

Set to genie (default value)

bash
defaults write com.apple.dock "mineffect" -string "genie" && killall Dock

Set to scale

bash
defaults write com.apple.dock "mineffect" -string "scale" && killall Dock

Set to suck

Suck is an secret value you can't find inside the System Preferences

bash
defaults write com.apple.dock "mineffect" -string "suck" && killall Dock

Read current value

bash
defaults read com.apple.dock "mineffect"

Reset to default value

bash
defaults delete com.apple.dock "mineffect" && killall Dock

Set value from UI

  1. Access Dock settings from macOS UI
  2. Set "Minimise window using" dropdown value