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    How do I remove the eject button?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by passive101, Aug 13, 2008.

  1. passive101

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    I added an eject button to my menu bar on top by following this. How do I remove it?

    There are many hidden features inside of Mac OS X that require some good “detective skills” to find. One of which is adding an eject button to the menubar. In apps such as: TinkerTool or OnyX, there are options to add an eject button to the menubar, but I like to figure these “hacks” out myself rather than use an application. So, to add an eject button to your menubar:

    1. Go to the Menu Extras folder, which is located in
    System–>Library–>CoreServices.
    2. Once you find the Menu Extras folder, look for a file called Eject.menu.
    3. Double click on it, and it will immediately show up in the menubar.
     
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    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    How about holding the Command/Apple button and just drag it off?
     
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    That worked. Thanks :)
     
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    Cool. Learned that with iStat Menus. Of course you can turn everything off in the System Prefs, but you can also drag with the Command button down :D
     
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