Disable "Search For" Sidebar menu in Finder

Sorry, but no way to do that I know of.



-mj

macjack, on this topic I recall a post by Terence Devlin concerning photos in iPhoto,
the post is here, where he shows an image of a Finder window with "media" in the sidebar.

I just could not figure out how he got that there.
Do you have this in your version of Leopard?

If this can be added, then that would open up the possibility of rearranging the headings in the sidebar.

roam2 wrote:
macjack, on this topic I recall a post by Terence Devlin concerning photos in iPhoto,
the post is here, where he shows an image of a Finder window with "media" in the sidebar.

I really don't know. "Media" looks familiar, but I don't have it. Perhaps in an earlier version of 10.5 or carried over from 10.4 migration? Page 14 of the Leopard Manual shows the default sidebar.

I'm almost positive you cannot remove "Search For" but every time I say something like that I'm proven wrong 😉

btw roam - what happened, did you lose your original identity here?



-mj

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Yes, of course!! As soon as I connect to one of my other Macs, "Shared" pops up in the sidebar!





-mj

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Gayver,

I was able to hack this to some extent.



The file;
/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Localiz ableCore.strings

has an entry
"SD7" = "SEARCH FOR";
and changed it to
"SD7" = "";

killall Finder

Which still leaves it there, just that the string has no content. The grey triangle is still there and opens of course, but it is a work around of sorts.

I was unable to add a new entry heading, so that is still to be explored.

macjack,
Yes, my old identity was vaporised last Christmas, +disabled for security reasons+, though I never learned why or what caused it. So I had a break from AD, got on with other things, but now have a new Mac and new questions.

regards roam

roam2 wrote:
Yes, my old identity was vaporised last Christmas, +disabled for security reasons+, though I never learned why or what caused it. So I had a break from AD, got on with other things, but now have a new Mac and new questions.

Kudos on that hack and congrats on the new iMac! Tough break with AD. If it happened to me, I'd be tempted to take an ID no one ever heard of and have some fun 😉



-mj

Have you tryed to delete the entire string?

That can't be done because Finder expects to find an object there called SD7 and if it is removed Finder will replace it.

roam

Hi Roam 🙂
Did you ever try your original one again?

I've had the same thing before, and also frequently get told I don't exist, or cannot login until I create a new account!

Sometimes it helps to have a tail wind... or something else!?

Update, in that thread, it was clarified it was an Open Dialog box with the Media heading. It wasn't a Finder window. Hmmm.

Ivan

I don't have an answer to the initial question, but want to clarify a detail.

roam2, you overlooked that in [his post|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7387162#7387162] Terence refers to

any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue

If you have Safari open at this moment then just try File > Open File and a window will show up where you can see the entry Media.

floba

PS: OK, I should have scrolled to the end of this thread before posting. ivan54 already made the observation I mention above. Shame on me 😉

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Hi BDAqua,

I got an email from the hosts and we sorted out the old account which had a problem, so roam lives on!
Whoever drew the host's attention to my 6 months in Siberia, has my sincere thanks.

regards roam

Thanks for the update ivan. I realised that a few days later.
QuickTime is the only one I can get it from but there are others that have this I believe.
Still I thought it would be a good thing to have in Finder.