how to remove the menu option for sync in the status bar if there are no accounts set

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  1. jmwalton, Aug 6, 2011

    jmwalton macrumors newbie

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    the title says it all, i set up my gmail account to sync my contacts to turn it off on my phone then sync with my phone and address book.
    i did that all and well, but now, the sync menu option is still there and i no longer want it there!
    when i search in system prefs for sync, i find it, but its in the mobile me pref area, but you need to sign in to even change settings to turn it off!
    so my question is!
    is there another way to turn it off?
    thank you for the help?
     
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  2. Tearabite, Aug 6, 2011

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    I ran into the same issue and found no way around it (posted here, no answers).. Luckily for me I have a MM account so I can just stick the info in and get to the preference panel..
     
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  3. iL15hts, Aug 6, 2011

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    Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; CPU iPhone OS 5_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A5274d Safari/7534.48.3)

    Hold the control+cmd then drag the icon out of the menu bar
     
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  4. marc11, Aug 6, 2011

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    So if you click on the sync icon, select preferences and uncheck the show sync icon on menu bar option it still shows or asks to log in?
     
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  5. jmwalton, Aug 6, 2011

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    so, what do you suggest i do next?

     
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  6. jmwalton, Aug 6, 2011

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    thank you very very much!
    being blind it makes it hard to use the mouse to do things like this, but i worked around it!
    thank you again for that!

     
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  7. Kanunu, Aug 7, 2011

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    This seems to be the simple solution to the original post. I have no Mobile Me devices so this icon always did no harm but bugged my OCD sensibilities. :eek: I am a slob everywhere else but a neatnick with my desktop.

    Thanks
     
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  8. pknz, Oct 18, 2011

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    FYI, you only need to hold down the CMD key and drag. This works for most (if not all) optional menubar items.
     
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  9. phobox, Oct 18, 2011

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    Its little simple but helpful things like the cmd+drag trick for menubar items that made me fall in love with OSX all those years ago. It just makes life so much simpler.
     
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