01-10-2010, 12:43 AM

A long time ago, I had installed missing sync on my Mac. I have since gotten rid of it, but the icon is still in my toolbar. I am unable to drag it while holding the command key to delete it. Can anyone tell me another way to get rid of it? When I click on the icon, I am still able to see Missing Sync options, but it is unable to open the actual application when I click "Open Missing Sync".

01-10-2010, 12:55 AM

What does right clicking it do?

01-10-2010, 12:58 AM

You can try looking in user>library>preferences, search for com.apple.missing sync.plist, and if it is there, delete it.
Also, you can try this dowhileloop.com : Reset menu bar on Leopard Mac OS X

01-10-2010, 01:07 AM

Originally Posted by CrimsonRequiem

What does right clicking it do?

It does the exact same thing as just clicking on it.

Originally Posted by 6string

You can try looking in user>library>preferences, search for com.apple.missing sync.plist, and if it is there, delete it.
Also, you can try this dowhileloop.com : Reset menu bar on Leopard Mac OS X

Thanks! I'll give this a try right now.

01-10-2010, 01:15 AM

Well I couldn't find it under preferences, so I tried to go through the steps in the link you provided. It said to do this:

Reset menu bar to only have Airport, Volume, Battery and Clock

defaults write com.apple.systemuiserver menuExtras\
'( "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/AirPort.menu",
"/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Volume.menu",
"/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Battery.menu",
"/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Clock.menu")'

Restart UI Server

killall -HUP SystemUIServer

If SystemUIServer is not running, open terminal and run /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app

Everything was working until I got to the "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Clock.menu")' command. When I try to run that, it says '-bash: defaults: command not found. Any ideas?

What is the -bash part?

01-10-2010, 01:18 AM

Nvm. >_>" Seriously not thinking. >_<"

01-10-2010, 01:18 AM

Have you checked the Accounts preference pane. Look in your Login Items. My installation has two items there (Missing Sync Monitor, Missing Sync Menubar). Also look in your User/Library/Application Support/. You may find a Missing Synch folder there with a preference file inside named something like device list.

01-10-2010, 01:28 AM

I'm not sure as to the clock command not working, but thinking that if all the rest is working, leave the clock command out, and then go to system preferences, and date and time, and put the clock back in from there.... maybe that'll do the trick, and if not, I'm sure someone with good terminal knowledge will pop into the thread to get it sorted.
Was also curious if you looked in system preferences, accounts, login items or... in other at the bottom of system prefs, as to whether there are left overs from missing sync.
Another option could be to reinstall it and use AppCleaner to remove it and see if that solves it!

01-10-2010, 01:31 AM

Well I found a few Missing Sync files floating around and have moved them to the trash. When I try to empty the trash, it says it can't because Missing Sync is in use. Is it possible to force the file to be deleted?

01-10-2010, 01:35 AM

this suggests that you haven't uninstalled it properly... I would restart your mac, reinstall it, and use AppCleaner to delete it. AppCleaner

01-10-2010, 01:36 AM

Nevermind, I got it! Thanks for everyone's help. That thing has been bothering me for about a year now.

01-10-2010, 01:50 AM

Let me guess. After moving the items that you found to the trash you had to log out of your user account then log back in? If either of the items found were those mentioned in my earlier post they were loaded during login and are technically "in use".