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Menu Bar Items

  • September 14, 2011
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  • Anonymous

How can I just have the clock and the volume icon show in the menu bar for any user that logs on?

I have created a Menu Bar Item package with composer using my local admin account and then set this to fill the user template, but whenever I log on as either that local admin or any new user I still get the airport, bluetooth and time machine icons.

The curious thing is when I open the com.apple.systemuiserver.plist file located in /System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences it is only listing 2 items under the menuExtras key: Volume.menu and Clock.menu. This is the same situation with the com.apple.systemuiserver.plist file located in the ~/Library/Preferences folder.

Any help would be much appreciated,
Chris

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    • nessts
    • Valued Contributor
    • September 14, 2011

    Here is a little help
    On the MCX settings you can disable time machine menu, so maybe you can extend this to each item you don't want.

    com.apple.mcxMenuExtras

    Name

    Apply To

    Key Name

    Type

    Value

    [https://bmstudio-plb-lic.net.bms.com/images/objectInfo.png] Time Machine Menu Extra User Level Enforced TimeMachine.menu boolean false Edit<https://bmstudio-plb-lic.net.bms.com/editMCXSetting.html?setting_id=8> Delete<https://bmstudio-plb-lic.net.bms.com/deleteMCXSetting.html?setting_id=8>

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    Todd Ness
    Technology Consultant/Non-Windows Services
    Americas Regional Delivery Engineering
    HP Enterprise Services

    talkingmoose
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    • talkingmoose
    • Community Manager
    • September 14, 2011

    I have created a Menu Bar Item package with composer using my local admin account and then set this to fill the user template, but whenever I log on as either that local admin or any new user I still get the airport, bluetooth and time machine icons.
    On 9/14/11 11:08 AM, "Chris Pike" <ChrisPike at magazine-services.co.uk<mailto:ChrisPike at magazine-services.co.uk>> wrote:

    I use Casper's Managed Preferences to remove these three icons:

    Domain: com.apple.mcxMenuExtras
    Name: AirPort Menu Extra
    Apply To: User Level Enforced
    Key Name: AirPort.menu
    Type: Boolean
    Value: False

    Domain: com.apple.mcxMenuExtras
    Name: Bluetooth Menu Extra
    Apply To: User Level Enforced
    Key Name: Bluetooth.menu
    Type: Boolean
    Value: False

    Domain: com.apple.mcxMenuExtras
    Name: Time Machine Menu Extra
    Apply To: User Level Enforced
    Key Name: TimeMachine.menu
    Type: Boolean
    Value: False

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    William Smith
    Technical Analyst
    Merrill Communications LLC
    (651) 632-1492

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    • nessts
    • Valued Contributor
    • September 14, 2011

    That looks much better than what I posted :)
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    Todd Ness
    Technology Consultant/Non-Windows Services
    Americas Regional Delivery Engineering
    HP Enterprise Services

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    • Anonymous
    • September 14, 2011

    Thank you both, such a simple solution! Is the Composer package created for Menu Bar Items not working a known bug then?

    talkingmoose
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    • talkingmoose
    • Community Manager
    • September 14, 2011

    Hmm... Not sure it's a known bug but it's sure an old feature of Casper
    On 9/14/11 11:24 AM, "Chris Pike" <ChrisPike at magazine-services.co.uk> wrote:
    from the 10.3 (and earlier?) days. Seems like managing the menu bar is
    beyond what it can do now. I think newer Mac OS versions have a ByHosts
    file too now that mucks things up.

    I'll go to great lengths to make MCX work where I can. Most of the time
    I'm successful but sometimes not. Managing this is far easier than
    managing various packages on multiple distribution points.

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    William Smith
    Technical Analyst
    Merrill Communications LLC
    (651) 632-1492

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    • gachowski
    • Honored Contributor
    • September 14, 2011

    Yes on the byHost files... I had to script this to get it to work
    consistently in my environment.

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