Menu Bar Items

[#1]

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

[nessts]

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]

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

[nessts]

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

[#5]

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

[talkingmoose]

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

[gachowski]

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

C