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10.4: Hide the Spotlight Privacy tab from general view
Authored by: diamondsw on Jul 05, '06 08:37:17AM
This is why the terminal is a Bad Thing at times. Not a thing here required the terminal, or was even made easier.
  1. In the Finder, copy /System/Library/PreferencePanes/
  2. Spotlight.prefpane to ~/Library/Preferences/.
  3. Select the new copy and "Show Package Contents".
  4. Navigate to Contents/Resources/English.lproj
  5. Rename Privacy.nib something else
See? No long terminal commands, no need for your password, and it Just Works.

Now, the privacy tab DOES appear with this hint; it's just not usable. To clean things up, you'll want to fix that in Interface Builder. Just open SpotlightPref.nib, select the "Privacy" tab, and delete it. Save and done.

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