Defaults command to disable the new 10.5.2 Time Machine Menu Extra??????

[cashxx]

10.5.2 was just released and again this issue is probably a good thing for Home Users but for a network admin it could lead to a nightmare.

Does anyone know if there is a defaults command to disable the new Time Machine Menu Extra in 10.5.2 for everyone and keep it disabled globally??

Thanks,

Dan

[khiltd]

Defaults probably isn’t going to be able to get to it very easily, but that’s in com.apple.systemuiserver.plist if you want to muck around with the array. You could also just delete /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/TimeMachine.menu from the drive.

[cashxx]

Yea I noticed that is the file being touched…….someone else on the lists was having the same issue and I suggested messing with that file and he said he had no luck and that the menu extra gets created no matter what. I haven’t gotten to mess with it yet. I’ll probably do that tonight when I get to work. Seems to go along the lines as the external drive message always pesting you when you plugin a new drive and AFP548 was able to get the defaults command for that and post I was hoping for the same for this nuisance….lol…..nice menu extra option for the home user, but not for network admins.

Thanks,

-Dan

[khiltd]

Defaults cannot descend into the property list hierarchy, so it probably isn’t ever going to work for anybody. You either have to do it manually through the scripting language of your choice or throw plistbuddy on there and use that.

[khiltd]

[QUOTE][u]Quote by: macshome[/u][p]1. PlistBuddy is a default install on 10.5 now.[/p][/QUOTE]

Ah, hiding in /usr/libexec/ I see.

[dsiercks]

Check your ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost

the com.apple.systemuiserver.MACADDRESS.plist will contain a dontAutoLoad key for time machine as soon as you turn it off. So far all of my testing leads me to believe that this is the only location to prevent the TimeMachine menubar item, and requires the mac address, which obviously makes it tough for deployment or user templates unless login scripts change the MAC on login.

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