Remove Spotlight icon from manu bar
There is no way in the system preference to remove the spotlight icon/functionality from the menu bar. But there is a quick terminal hack that allows you to get rid of it. Open up a terminal window and type the following:
an hit Enter. You'll need root access to your machine, and you'll be asked for a password. Once this command runs, enter this in the terminal:
and hit Enter again. Once you do this, spotlight will be gone from your menu bar. To get spotlight back, enter these commands in the terminal window
and then
When you re-enable spotlight, you might get a warning like this:
but don't worry, after a couple of seconds your spotlight icon will show up again in your menu bar.
sudo chmod 0 /System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app
an hit Enter. You'll need root access to your machine, and you'll be asked for a password. Once this command runs, enter this in the terminal:
killall Spotlight
and hit Enter again. Once you do this, spotlight will be gone from your menu bar. To get spotlight back, enter these commands in the terminal window
sudo chmod 755 /System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app
and then
killall Spotlight
When you re-enable spotlight, you might get a warning like this:
No matching processes belonging to you were found
but don't worry, after a couple of seconds your spotlight icon will show up again in your menu bar.
| Rating: | 50% positive, 2 total Votes |
| Categories: | Spotlight menu bar customization Mac |
| Added: | on Jun 30, 2008 at 5:54 am |
| Added By: | an anonymous user |
