Hiding AirVPN Dock icon in OS X

[RodgerDodger 0]

I read a topic in the FAQ section of this forum saying that it was impossible to hide the dock icon for a .app in OS X. This is not true and it is an easy fix for DIYers, or for AirVPN to put into the info.plist themselves so that the user does not have to do this for every time the client software is updated.

 

As you can read on this article, it is a simple solution. http://www.cnet.com/news/prevent-an-applications-dock-icons-from-showing-in-os-x/

 

You just add two lines to the info.plist inside the app package.

The procedure is this:

 

-Right click on the app in the Application folder

-Choose "Show Contents"

-Navigate to info.plist

-Open in either TextEdit or a plist editor such as PlistEdit Pro

-Add these two lines below the other keys and string values: 

<key>LSUIElement</key>

<true/>

-Save the file. If in Text Edit make sure you keep it as a .pllist file and dont change it to a txt file.

-Restart the AirVPN app and it no longer shows in the dock.

 

All's good until it is updated. So I would request the developers to put these two lines in themselves for each release.

 

[Clodo 171]

I read a topic in the FAQ section

 

The answer to the FAQ (link) talks about the LSUIElement element.

 

Eddie (AirVPN client) needs a graceful exit, otherwise it can't restore system changes (network lock, IPv6 etc).

Some time ago, setting LSUIElement to TRUE caused a brutal kill of the software by the system if a shutdown or logout is started.

With LSUIElement set to FALSE (the default/current setting), the OS waits until Eddie restores system changes before proceeding to shutdown/logout.

 

If this behavior has changed Apple-side, we can add an option. Otherwise LSUIElement to TRUE may cause issues, and can't be the default.

 

Anyway, thanks for your feedback.