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getting rid of notification center menu bar
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I don't see why they didn't just combine spotlight and notification center. Command+Spc would then bring it up.
I just set privacy to everything in spotlight then entered this in terminal:
sudo chmod 600 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search
followed by password then:
killall SystemUIServer
No more Spotlight or icon.
Hopefully I can do the same to the notification icon, except keep functionality from the trackpad.
why would anyone want to disable spotlight, it is so useful. I use command+space every day
I prefer to go to the application itself to do whatever it is I need to do. When doing things is Spotlight it seems like it takes me more time. But that's just me.
Someone on some other forum (way to be vague 
) ... Metioned http://www.macbartender.com/ ... It's still beta but it should work ... I haven't tested it myself though.
) ... Metioned http://www.macbartender.com/ ... It's still beta but it should work ... I haven't tested it myself though.Someone on some other forum (way to be vague
It kind of works. I just downloaded it. Had to restart and add it to the application folder before the program would work. Removes the notification center icon, but adds another. There may be a way to hide them all together.. I'll play with it more and update.
Yeah you can add the notification center icon to it then set it to hide. Only downside is you're running a program to hide an icon.
Too bad I can't have this program hold normal apps (it only does menu bar ones), I only have 2 apps and 2 folders in my dock, would be nice to have them all on the menu bar and not use the dock..
Too bad I can't have this program hold normal apps (it only does menu bar ones), I only have 2 apps and 2 folders in my dock, would be nice to have them all on the menu bar and not use the dock..
Maybe you can request this feature with the makers? Since it still beta, who knows
Well the idea here is say if you have 10 menu bar apps you can consolidate them into one. I just want to add my two apps and two folders onto the menu bar. Looking into it again..so far found this program called XMenu, hopeful..
Someone on some other forum (way to be vague
Nice find. Works perfectly for me, didn't even require a restart. Now if I could just find a way to resurrect all-apps expose, I'd be a happy camper. Oh, and for those concerned about hiding an icon with an icon, there's an option to not display the bartender icon at all. Under preferences, go to advanced and uncheck the box next to "Bartender Menu Bar Icon: [] Visible".
Cool, that's sweet you can hide the bartender icon as well ... Thanks for the information, seems I will be trying it later today as well
I can live with that. I like the spotlight search in the corner.
how can I disable notifications?
To disable it: OS X Mountain Lion - Disable Notification Center
Or to hide it: Bartender | Mac Menu Bar Item Control
If an app can do it then there must be some combination of steps that a user can do to manually hide it. I'd rather not install a beta app and leave it permanently running in the background just to hide one icon... I'll keep waiting until someone figures it out.