[Warren Pease]

I was wondering how I can make BOINCManager invisible. I have it set to open when I login, and it installs an icon from which I can control and quit it in the menubar. So I figure, I could stand to use more space in my dock.

I remember reading about changing one value that would hide the application from the dock.

[Chuckit]

In the application's Info.plist, add the key "LSUIElement" with the value "1".

[Warren Pease]

Hmm. Doesn't seem to be working. Here is the info.plist I edited with Property List Editor.

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
	<string>English</string>
	<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
	<string>BOINCManager</string>
	<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
	<string>BOINCMgr.icns</string>
	<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
	<string>edu.berkeley.boinc</string>
	<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
	<string>6.0</string>
	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
	<string>APPL</string>
	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
	<string>BNC!</string>
	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
	<string>5.4.9</string>
	<key>LSUIElement</key>
	<integer>0</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

Should the value be a string, integer, boolean? Are applications cached?

[Thinine]

LSUIElement should be a boolean I believe, not an integer.

[Chuckit]

According to the documentation, it should be a string.

[Warren Pease]

found:
Runtime Configuration Guidelines: Property List Key Reference

but setting:

Code:

	<key>LSUIElement</key>
	<string>2</string>

doesn't seem to have an effect.

[Chuckit]

That's because LSUIElement only has one value — "1" — that does anything.

[Warren Pease]

Originally Posted by Chuckit 

That's because LSUIElement only has one value — "1" — that does anything.

My eye caught the table for LSUIPresentationMode. Still changing the value to 1 still shows the icon in the dock. Maybe it can't be done?

[Chuckit]

Changes to the Info.plist don't always take immediately (in fact, they usually don't). Try restarting.

[Warren Pease]

So, I've restarted a couple of times and so far, still no effect. Would the fact that it has a menubar item be forcing it to show in the Dock?

[Mithras]

Try moving the application onto your desktop. That should force the LaunchServices cache to refresh.

[Thinine]

I was just about to say that. Moving it anywhere should force the cache to refresh.

[Warren Pease]

Originally Posted by Mithras 

Try moving the application onto your desktop. That should force the LaunchServices cache to refresh.

Bingo! That did it!