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The questionable Leopard dock “shelf” has been on a few mac users minds of late. Personally, I’m not a fan of the 3D glass shelf so I was quite relieved to see that there is a plist hack to fix it

Cut to the chase, here is a quick Applescript to toggle the dock from “shelf” to traditional bar and back:
Toggle Dock Appearance code

download a pre-complied Applet here