# Mac OSX question (novice)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-osx-question-novice/196026
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 18, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-osx-question-novice/196026 "2003-08-18T19:43:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-osx-question-novice/196026/1 "2003-08-18T19:43:23Z")
When responding, please speak slowly & distinctly.Use words that any 60 year old can understand.
I recently loaded OSX.6. There is an icon on the right side of the menu bar I’d like to get rid of. Its an Apple Scripts icon. Why is it there and can I get rid of the icon?
😃
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-osx-question-novice/196026/2 "2003-08-18T19:55:37Z")
Easy. Hold down your Command key (the one right next to the spacebar with the apple on it) and drag the AppleScript icon off the menu bar.
If you want to get it back, look in the Applications folder on your hard drive. You should have a folder called AppleScript. Inside that folder is an item called “Script Menu.menu”. Double-click that, and the menu will reappear.
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### Author:  [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-osx-question-novice/196026/3 "2003-08-18T20:03:24Z")
Thank you. You used perfect old lady language! 🙂
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### Author:  [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-osx-question-novice/196026/4 "2003-08-18T20:03:31Z")
Thank you. You used perfect old lady language! 🙂
And It worked!!
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### Author:  [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-osx-question-novice/196026/5 "2003-08-18T20:09:04Z")
Well, I’m not sure why it’s there . . . on my system, I had to put it there myself (I subsequently removed it after finding I hardly used it), and it didn’t seem like the kind of thing that could be enabled accidentally. But computers is computers, as I’m sure you well know.
Anyway, to remove it, just hold down the command key (AKA the Apple key) and drag the icon off the menu bar. You can also use this command-drag technique to move most menubar icons (and even the menubar clock) around to suit your preference.
An excellent resource is [http://www.macosxhints.com](http://www.macosxhints.com)
Hope this helps!
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### Author:  [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-osx-question-novice/196026/6 "2003-08-18T20:13:55Z")
Dang, **Max** beat me to it! Now how am I gonna get my OS X scout badge?
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### Author:  [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-osx-question-novice/196026/7 "2003-08-18T23:12:38Z")
Its Ok, **Hoops** I need all the help I can get. Actually, it was my husband’s question, he’s too “manly” to ask.
I’m sure he got it because he didn’t know what the “scripts menu.menu” was, so he double clicked it. He regularly breaks his computer, so he can try to fix it. (The local Mac Store gets lots of business) 😉