Q: Unidentified arrow icon in menu bar (10.8.4)

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atm1991

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Q: Unidentified arrow icon in menu bar (10.8.4)

Hi,

For almost as long as I've had the computer there has been this little diagonal arrow in the menu bar from a program which I cannot identify. Whether I right or left click on it, all it does is highlight blue so I am unable to identify it this way. Does anyone have any idea what program has left it there and how I might proceed to get rid of it? So long as someone can identify it, a reinstall/uninstall would probably remove it I am guessing?

Thanks!

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4), 8GB RAM, 2 GHz i7, 256GB SSD

Posted on Jun 14, 2013 4:06 PM

I have this question too

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CT

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Do you have vmware helper in your startup items? If so, try taking it out of there.

Posted on Jun 14, 2013 4:33 PM

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by William Lloyd,

William Lloyd Jun 14, 2013 4:19 PM in response to atm1991
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Jun 14, 2013 4:19 PM in response to atm1991

That is VMware Fusion. You should be able to just drag it out of the menu bar, or option drag it out.
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macjack Jun 14, 2013 4:19 PM in response to atm1991
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Jun 14, 2013 4:19 PM in response to atm1991

If you don't use it you can just cmd-drag it off.
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atm1991 Jun 14, 2013 4:25 PM in response to atm1991
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Jun 14, 2013 4:25 PM in response to atm1991

Thanks for the replies so far

@William Lloyd: I do have VMware Fusion 5.0.3 installed. The icon remains in the menu bar regardless of whether VMware Fusion is open though.

@macjack: cmd-drag only seems to work with non-3rd party app icons (such as Bluetooth, Time Machine etc.)
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~Bee Jun 14, 2013 4:34 PM in response to atm1991
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Jun 14, 2013 4:34 PM in response to atm1991

When you open up System Preferences, do you see the VMware icon down at the bottom, under "Other?"

If so, click on the icon, and deselect "Show in menu bar."
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CT Jun 14, 2013 4:38 PM in response to ~Bee
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Jun 14, 2013 4:38 PM in response to ~Bee

Even better.
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atm1991 Jun 14, 2013 4:51 PM in response to atm1991
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Jun 14, 2013 4:51 PM in response to atm1991

@~Bee: Unfortunately, VMware is not under other in my System Preferences.

@CT: Your soluton worked! Under Users & Groups --> Login Items was the VMware Helper. I had it checked to hide, but actually removing it saw the icon disappear from the menu bar after a restart. Thanks heaps

Thanks to all for your assistance!
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CT Jun 14, 2013 4:49 PM in response to atm1991
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Jun 14, 2013 4:49 PM in response to atm1991

Good!
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by Pen Pineapple Apple Pen,

Pen Pineapple Apple Pen Sep 25, 2016 12:02 PM in response to atm1991
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Sep 25, 2016 12:02 PM in response to atm1991

When there are no VMs it looks like some completely useless menu:

But it's the VMware Logo:

After creating a VM:
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CT

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Jun 14, 2013 4:33 PM in response to atm1991

Do you have vmware helper in your startup items? If so, try taking it out of there.

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