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Ugly topic but in some cases needed: hiding user-account in a login window dialog

In the Windows world i usualy realize that using TweakUI …. a small tool by Microsoft to offer easy access to some hidden Preferences / Settings out of the PowerToys Series

Question:

But how do you realize that with Mac OS X ?

Well i reached the point today at work, so lets share the solution i found in the web.

Short Answer:

The login dialog preferences in 10.4 and 10.5 supports a setting called HiddenUserList

Long Answer:

Note: accountX stand for users shortname

To hide a single user from the login window enter the following in Terminal.app

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow \
HiddenUsersList -array-add account1

To hide several users enter the following:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow \
HiddenUsersList -array-add account1 account2

To unhide all users enter the following:

sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow \
HiddenUsersList

Links:

• Microsoft PowerToys
• MacOsXHints.com about hiding users

till now i am using dockless to hide several app’s from my dock.

Best example is Namely, which is installed on all my macs, but i really dont want to see the application icon all day long.

Well, today i found an alternative to Dockless called: Dock Dodger

Friend of mine showed me Dockless.

Well title is enough, isnt it ?

Quote from the project page:

Dockless: Make running apps not show up in the Dock (or vice-a-versa)

long version:

Dockless is a little app that does what some people have always wanted - remove certain applications from their dock. Dock real estate can become precious, and some apps don’t make a whole lot of sense sitting there. That’s where Dockless comes in. With Dockless, any OS X application can be made to show in the Dock or not.

Versiontracker Mirror here

MacUpdate.com Mirror here