Terminal Commands: How/Where to Save

[khbizmail]

I'm trying to follow instructions in the Jan 2011 MacWorld to remove the Ping button from iTunes. I open Terminal and type in the command:
"defaults write com.apple.iTunes hide-ping-drop-down 1"
but haven't a clue what to name the file when I save it—or where to save it so it will have an effect on iTunes.

Is there someone out there who is not as clueless as me?

I've tried Apple Support, but don't get any results even close to what I'm trying to do.

Thank you.

 

[QuarterSwede]

You'll actually change the setting (which gets saved) the second you tap enter. There is no need to actually save the file manually. It's automatic.

 

[khbizmail]

Thanks, but I just tried that, entering the following three commands, pressing the Return key after each one:

defaults write com.apple.iTunes hide-ping-drop-down 1
defaults write com.apple.iTunes show-store-link-arrows 1
defaults write com.apple.iTunes invertStoreLinks 1

And I still have the damn Ping button! Not that I can't live with it, but...

 

[LPZ]

I open Terminal and type in the command:
"defaults write com.apple.iTunes hide-ping-drop-down 1"

QuarterSwede is right. As soon as you enter the command, the preference file named com.apple.iTunes.plist in ~/Library/Preferences (where ~ denotes your Home folder) is modified. The change this makes to iTunes will be seen the next time you open that app.

 

[LPZ]

Thanks, but I just tried that, entering the following three commands, pressing the Return key after each one:

defaults write com.apple.iTunes hide-ping-drop-down 1
defaults write com.apple.iTunes show-store-link-arrows 1
defaults write com.apple.iTunes invertStoreLinks 1

And I still have the damn Ping button! Not that I can't live with it, but...

Did you quit iTunes and then reopen it?

 

[QuarterSwede]

Did you quit iTunes and then reopen it?

DOH! I forgot to mention that.

 

[khbizmail]

I did. I quit it before I entered the information. Then restarted iTunes.

 

[QuarterSwede]

I did. I quit it before I entered the information. Then restarted iTunes.

You've got the commands wrong. For example, it's
defaults write com.apple.iTunes hide-ping-dropdown -bool TRUE

[EDIT] On second look, there are conflicting reports everywhere. some say use "-bool TRUE/FALSE" and some say use "1" Hmmm. I wonder if Apple changed the settings in 10.1.

 

[khbizmail]

Never mind. I found an AppleScript on dougscripts.com that does the deed.

Thank you for your help.

 

[LPZ]

You've got the commands wrong. For example, it's
defaults write com.apple.iTunes hide-ping-dropdown -bool TRUE

[EDIT] On second look, there are conflicting reports everywhere. some say use "-bool TRUE/FALSE" and some say use "1" Hmmm. I wonder if Apple changed the settings in 10.1.

The OP seems to have an extra hyphen. Should be "dropdown" not "drop-down". Can't test either right now, unfortunately.

All the Applescript does is invoke

do shell script ("defaults write 'com.apple.iTunes' 'hide-ping-dropdown' -bool YES")
		do shell script ("defaults write 'com.apple.iTunes' 'show-store-link-arrows' -bool YES")

Note it's "dropdown" not "drop-down".