If you have applications that you don’t want to show up in either the Dock or menu bar, with 30 spare seconds and TextWrangler, you can control their visibility on an app-by-app basis.
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The program's Dock icon will remain, but will become translucent to indicate it is hidden. To unhide a program, simply activate it again by clicking its Dock icon, or by pressing Command-Tab to. Use command, as you will not be able to see program menu bar. Use native PlistBuddy command to do it: /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Add:LSUIElement bool true' /Applications/ AppName.app/Contents/Info.plist. Don't forget to change the App Name If you wish gonna back, run command. GhostTile lets you hide running applications from Dock in multiple ways: Drag & Drop xSelect from /Applications folder Click icon on Dock Per app config to hide or add menubar item Notification for added Apps' Dock activitiesGhostTile also has multiple ways to quick switch back. The first way requires a little text file editing. Open the Appliations folder and seek out the app you want to hide from the Dock while running. Right click on it (Control-Click for those without. GhostTile lets you hide running applications from Dock in multiple ways: Drag & Drop xSelect from /Applications folder Click icon on Dock Per app config to hide or add menubar item Notification for added Apps' Dock activitiesGhostTile also has multiple ways to quick switch back.
There are two ways of doing this. The first method is more universal and fun, but slightly more manual. The second method is to use Dockless. Both methods *only* change whether an application’s Dock/Menu bar icon shows up. It does not affect how it can be run/opened, or it’s functionality.
Editing the Application’s Info.plist
Requirements: Download TextWrangler (Mac App Store, Developer’s Site)
1. In Finder, right click the Application that you want to hide. Click “Show Package Contents”
2. Finder will open a new window with a folder named “Contents”. Open the folder
3. Right click the “info.plist” file, and select “Open With”. Click on TextWrangler in the menu
4. Mac app copy paste. The info.plist will open in TextWrangler. Locate (generally on the fourth line) where it says. In a new line right under, copy and paste:
Running Mac Apps On Linux
5. Save (CMD+S)
If you ever want to undo this and make the icon(s) visible again, open the info.plist file in TextWrangler again, and change the: How to remove start up apps on a mac.
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<string>1</string>
to
<string>0</string>
Use Dockless
1. Download Dockless
2. Click the “Simple” tab
3. Drag and drop the application that you wish to hide into the Dockless box.
4. Click the application’s icon in Dockless to hide. To unhide it, click it again.
Mac Hide Running App From Dock Settings
The only reason I was initially hesitant about using Dockless is because it’s sometimes fickle in which applicactions it wants to work with. If it works for you, great! If not, try the other method.
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