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.Mac Sync icon in Menu Bar

Zolk

Zolk

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Aug 3, 2006
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Since upgrading to Leopard, I now have a sync icon for .Mac in my menu bar. However, I do not have a .Mac account and would like to remove this icon. I can't seem to find anyway to do so, as the .Mac Preference Pane only allows me to enter .Mac account information.
 
Zolk said:
Since upgrading to Leopard, I now have a sync icon for .Mac in my menu bar. However, I do not have a .Mac account and would like to remove this icon. I can't seem to find anyway to do so, as the .Mac Preference Pane only allows me to enter .Mac account information.
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why it takes you into system prefs there is a checkbox at the bottom that says 'show status.... uncheck it.
 
As I mentioned in my original post, there are no options in the .Mac pane as I do not have an account.

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Zolk said:
Since upgrading to Leopard, I now have a sync icon for .Mac in my menu bar. However, I do not have a .Mac account and would like to remove this icon. I can't seem to find anyway to do so, as the .Mac Preference Pane only allows me to enter .Mac account information.
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Glad you found a way to get it off. For the others...

1) Go to system preferences

2) Under Internet & Network, select .Mac

3) Under SYNC (second tab) ... At the bottom of this screen, there should be an option box (checked) that reads "show status in menu bar."
UNCHECK that box.

Hope this helps.
 
yeah this was really annoying. thankfully, iSync also popped in my mind right away.

if you tried to search for it in the system preferences it always took you to the damn .Mac. it would be really ridiculous if you had to sign up just to turn the stupid icon off.

i'm pretty sure there is also a command-line utility that can do the same thing but a regular user shouldn't be forced to research how to do something like that.
 
Hello and help!!

I have a slightly different problem. Although I can get the .Mac icon off my bar, it reappears again as .Mac continues to try to sync as if I have the service. .Mac then gives me an error message that I have a certain number of date conflicts. It then has me try to resolve the conflicts and tries to sync. Of course since I do not have .Mac services, it cannot sync and gives me the error message again in a bolean loop fashion.

Any suggestions? I had thought about registering for the free trail period simply to turn off the syncing but this then gives into Apples big brother control.

Regards.
 
Not in Sys Prefs if you Don't Have .Mac

cuanurse said:
Glad you found a way to get it off. For the others...

1) Go to system preferences

2) Under Internet & Network, select .Mac

3) Under SYNC (second tab) ... At the bottom of this screen, there should be an option box (checked) that reads "show status in menu bar."
UNCHECK that box.

Hope this helps.
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Just FYI, that tab doesn't exist for me, and I don't have .Mac so I'm thinking that's why. You can see this in the screenshots posted above.
 
erikeric said:
Just FYI, that tab doesn't exist for me, and I don't have .Mac so I'm thinking that's why. You can see this in the screenshots posted above.
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I finally gave in and registered for the trial period for .Mac - - so I can have a tab to turn it off. This though has not solved the problem as I keep getting the conflict resolver problem popping up, again, even when .Mac is totally turned off. When conflict resolver does pop up, it also turns on .Mac and places the icon back on the menu bar. On other boards, there is much discussion about the conflict resolver bug.

Regards
 
Thanks for the isync and command drag tips:) don't know why the sync icon appeared today, been on 10.5 since it was available
 
I have a slightly different question regarding the iSync icon in the menu bar.
I frequently sync my phone with iCal and the address book (to do this I open iSync and press the "Sync devices" icon).

Then I discovered that you could put the sync icon in the menu bar which would make it even easier to sync. Only problem is that nothing happens! Apparently the menu bar icon only syncs to .Mac (which I don't have), not to the mobile phone -is there any way I can configure the iSync menu bar icon to sync with my phone instead?
I'm on MacOS 10.4.11
 
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