Show Status Bar under View

[macboy]

Is there a way for me to use Managed preferences or Configuration profiles for the "Show Status Bar" option under the view menu to be default for everyone? I can't seem to find a setting for that.

Thanks.

[macboy]

OK I found that the command "defaults write com.apple.finder ShowStatusBar -bool true" will work. Is there a way to incorporate that into a configuration profile? I am not real familiar with them but imagine there has to be way to do that.

Ideas anyone?

[spraguga]

@macboy You'll need to do a Configuration Profile Custom Setting using the com.finder.apple domain. You can just include the setting(s) you want to adjust.

[macboy]

@spraguga What do you mean just include the setting you want to adjust? I see an upload for a plist file. Not sure what i need to do.

I am not very familiar with Configuration Profiles and don't use them often but would really like to start getting a handle on them.

Thanks for the input so far.

[spraguga]

@macboy 1. Copy the com.apple.finder.plist to your desktop
2. Convert to XML using: sudo plutil -convert xml1 /path/to/com.someplist.plist
3. Upload the plist and only include the arrays/keys you want to apply
4. Then test, test, test

[macboy]

@spraguga

Thanks so much! Exactly what I was needing. I will test test test for sure.