mathiasbynens / mathiasbynens/dotfiles
change wording for disable spotlight shortcut (and how to get it back if you change your mind)
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Description
Hello thank you for doing this. Very happy to that save dialogues will be expanded by default!
One suggestion:
replace
```
# Hide Spotlight tray-icon (and subsequent helper)
#sudo chmod 600 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search
```
with
```
# Hide Spotlight tray-icon and disable ⌘-space keyboard shortcut.
#sudo chmod 600 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search
```
because
- this more accurately describes the total effect
- spotlight itself still available by other means, it is not disabled rather less convenient
**how to get spotlight back**
And in case anyone ever comes looking for it, [here is a method](https://www.techradar.com/how-to/computing/apple/terminal-101-remove-spotlight-from-os-x-menubar-1305615) to reverse it
```
killall SystemUIServer
sudo chmod 755 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search
killall SystemUIServer
```
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Research direction
Search the repository for the exact “Hide Spotlight tray-icon” comment and inspect the surrounding macOS configuration. Update the wording to mention the ⌘-Space shortcut and preserve the documented commands for restoring Spotlight; review the diff to confirm the change is limited to this documentation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, shell
- Domain
- operating-systems, tooling
- Issue type
- Documentation
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- Stale
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