What is this? Why is it here? How do I get rid of it?

The American Flag up there just appeared out of nowhere and I can't get rid of it. I'm patriotic and everything, I just don't want it there.



That's what it says when I click on it.

If anyone could help me remove it that'd be helpful.

could you maybe take a screen shot? your images are broken.

SYSTEM PREFS > INTERNATIONAL > Uncheck "Show input Menu in Menu Bar".

Funny, I was excited as could be when I figured out how to get the flag up there.

KoDorSean said:

could you maybe take a screen shot? your images are broken.

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Yeah, for some reason the image doesn't show up on Safari (if, that's what you're using). In fact, no image I have ever loaded onto this site has displayed properly on Safari. The two images are screenshots, they just don't show up for some reason on Safari.

baggss said:

SYSTEM PREFS > INTERNATIONAL > Uncheck "Show input Menu in Menu Bar".

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Thanks a lot, that worked.

ToddG said:

Funny, I was excited as could be when I figured out how to get the flag up there.

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Exactly.... As soon as I read the 1st post... I could hardly wait to put it up there.

ToddG said:

Funny, I was excited as could be when I figured out how to get the flag up there.

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It's not the flag that bothered me, it's just that it's an icon that I have no use for.

I actually use it quite often, clicking on it gives you access to the character set (numeric symbols, trademark & copyright, etc.).

I find the international input menu button very useful since I'm studying Japanese and type it a lot. I've never seen an easier way to do this on any other system.

Let me add this question in. Why is it that images I upload onto this site via FireFox won't display when I view them via Safari? They are regular .jpg images but for some reason, Safari just gives me little blue boxes with question marks instead of the pictures I uploaded.

I see nothing in either Safari, Firefox, Shiira, or SunriseBrowser.

Yeah, I don't know whats wrong. I converted the files from .tiff to .jpg on iPhoto right before I uploaded them. Maybe that's the problem?

It drove me nuts (a long time ago)...but I tracked it down and shut it off.

For those icons in the far right of the menu bar ....

Just press Command as you click on the Flag [ or any of them to be exact ] and pull it from the menu - it disappears in a puff of smoke

OR press Command to reposition the icons ...

Pulse-8 said:

For those icons in the far right of the menu bar ....

Just press Command as you click on the Flag [ or any of them to be exact ] and pull it from the menu - it disappears in a puff of smoke

OR press Command to reposition the icons ...

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uhg i was just about to say this... you're to fast.
so I'll rep you instead.

Lol ... do you know if there's a name for the icon section which is the far right of the menu eg: in Windows the far right is the Notification Tray .... ???

Pulse-8 said:

Lol ... do you know if there's a name for the icon section which is the far right of the menu eg: in Windows the far right is the Notification Tray .... ???

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I didn't know the name either. It's a pretty interesting feature, I have Weatherbug Lite up there so I can get weather reports in an instant, I can find out how strong my wireless internet signal is, and I can check the status of my battery. I mean for something that serves so many purposes, it is strange that its kind of hard to find out what the name of it is.

I am pretty sure it's the Menubar. All of it. Not sure that the part by the clock has a separate name. I could be wrong.

Well it appears there is no other name than Finder Menubar ...

a) Apple menu
b) Menu bar
c) Finder window
d) Mac OS X desktop
e) Dock