iMessage in menu bar

[Mac7]

Anyone else have this? Haven't seen it being mentioned anywhere and didn't notice it in Mavericks either.

Can it be removed?

 

[VanillaCrackerC]

Anyone else have this? Haven't seen it being mentioned anywhere and didn't notice it in Mavericks either.

Can it be removed?

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Yes it can, hold cmd and drag it down

 

[bbfc]

Anyone else have this? Haven't seen it being mentioned anywhere and didn't notice it in Mavericks either.

Can it be removed?

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Go into Messages > Preferences > Show Status in Menu Bar.

I had it in Mavericks.

 

[AppleFanatic10]

Anyone else have this? Haven't seen it being mentioned anywhere and didn't notice it in Mavericks either.

Can it be removed?

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That's been there since 10.5 I believe (Before they had Messages).

 

[hamis92]

Far earlier, at least 10.3 Panther.

 

[philMBP]

Go into Messages > Preferences > Show Status Bar in Menu.

I had it in Mavericks.

There is no such option. Did you actually verify this in 10.10b1?

 

[Mac7]

There is no such option. Did you actually verify this in 10.10b1?

I don't see an option either but holding CMD and dragging it off works.

 

[bbfc]

I don't see an option either but holding CMD and dragging it off works.

You'll find there is an option. Did you actually look??

There is no such option. Did you actually verify this in 10.10b1?

No, I just made it up!

And there is no 10.10b1, it's a Developer Preview.

 

[imacken]

You'll find there is an option. Did you actually look??

Probably no need for rudeness there. The options you are talking about (in your screen grab) only show when you have Bonjour active. If it's not, then they don't, so philMBP is probably correct.

 

[Rudy69]

Probably no need for rudeness there. The options you are talking about (in your screen grab) only show when you have Bonjour active. If it's not, then they don't, so philMBP is probably correct.

I don't have Bonjour enabled and there's no option for the menubar. I did manage to get rid of it with cmd, but if I wanted it back I guess I would need to enable Bonjour

 

[imacken]

I don't have Bonjour enabled and there's no option for the menubar.

That's what I said!

 

[0000757]

It seems as though the current iMessage build as a bug that always displays the status icon, regardless of what accounts are enabled. I too had that icon, with iMessage as the only activated account. It's not a big deal though, just hold command and drag the icon off.

 

[bbfc]

It seems as though the current iMessage build as a bug that always displays the status icon, regardless of what accounts are enabled. I too had that icon, with iMessage as the only activated account. It's not a big deal though, just hold command and drag the icon off.

I can turn the icon on/off with the option in preferences.

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Probably no need for rudeness there. The options you are talking about (in your screen grab) only show when you have Bonjour active. If it's not, then they don't, so philMBP is probably correct.

Well i didn't know you had Bonjour disabled. The option is usually there and someone as me if I had actually tested it with 10.10, which I had.

I apologise if it was a rude response.