I know that I have been posting a lot about Front Row lately, but I promise this is my last one. A reader, JW explained in the comments on another post, how to hide the Front Row icons from your dock. Here are the instructions:

1. If you’ve already setup Front Row, you’ll have to redo the Launch Front Row script. Take this code:

   tell application “System Events”

   tell application “Front Row” to activate

   key code 53 using {command down}

   delay 0.0

   key code 53

   end tell
   

   and save it as an Application Bundle, not an Application in your /Applications folder.

2. Go into your /Applications, control-click on the script’s icon in finder, and click “Show Package Contents”. Then, open the Contents folder, and edit Info.plist. Right after the <dict> tag, place this code in:
   

   <key>LSUIElement</key>

   <string>1</string>

3. Open the same file in the “Front Row” package, and change the already existing property of LSUIElement from 0 to 1.
4. Open up the Terminal in /Applications/Utilities and run the following commands:
   

   touch “/Applications/Front Row.app”

   touch “/Applications/Launch Front Row.app”

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Run Front Row on Any Mac
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Mac OSX Panther Maintenance Tips
Use your Sony Ericsson as a Front Row remote

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