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om2c0de/remove_sl_icon.sh

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Created March 1, 2020 10:40
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Remove spotlight icon from menu bar.
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remove_sl_icon.sh
cd /System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app/Contents/MacOS
sudo cp Spotlight Spotlight.bak
sudo perl -pi -e 's|(\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x47\x40\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00)\x42\x40(\x00\x00\x80\x3f\x00\x00\x70\x42)|$1\x00\x00$2|sg' Spotlight
cmp -l Spotlight Spotlight.bak
sudo codesign -f -s - Spotlight
sudo killall Spotlight
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aviadcye commented Apr 27, 2020 •
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Hello.
If you could add to the very top:
sudo mount -uw / killall Finder
That would make the script work on Catalina (when SIP is disabled).

As you're the one that google points to, I feel that you should make the commit, instead of me forking this gist.
Thank you, Aviad.

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