OSX Script: disables the system from automatically adding the appstore icon to the user's dock.

This script will delete the default automatically add app store. app icon to the user's dock.

For specific operations, see the script description.

 

#! /Bin/bash <br/> # events <br/> # removing App Store icon from user's Dock: <br/>#< br/> # Script Name: rmappstoreicon. sh <br/> # copy right: <br/> # copy right 2011 Tony Liu, all Right Reserved. <br/> # Description: <br/> # If you don't want end user to have App Store icon on their dock, this is right for you. <br/> # Why bothe R this? Because most enterprise environment into ies don't like people purchasing <br/> # stuff online, ie app store. <br/> # The system wide dock icon is stored in the plist file: <br/> #/system/library/coreservices/dock. APP/contents/resources/english. lproj/default. plist <br/> # This script needs plistbuddy command line tools installed on your OS, which is supported ded in most <br/> # of Apple packages. it's easy to be found anyway. or pack commands in a installation package. <br/> # You can use the following command to remove it: <br/> # plistbuddy-c "delete: Persistent-apps: 0 "/system/library/coreservices/dock. APP/contents/resources/english. lproj/default. plist <br/> # For newly login users, Dock. APP will put the App Store icon on user's Dock automatically. <br/> # For logged in users, the App Store icon is already sits on their dock. <br/> # To remove for all users, a best practice example likes this: <br/> # removesysappstoreicon <br/> # removealluserappstoreicon <br/> # Another approch: removing the "App Store. APP "from/Applications folder totally. <br/> # For some situation, you may want end users to use it at home, but not in enterprise environment. <br/> # Do the restriction within MCX or Workgroup Manager. <br/> # History: <br/> # initial: tony 2011-06-20 <br/> # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <br/> # how to use these commands: <br/> # Call removealluserappstoreicon to remove for all users <br/> # Call removeuserappstoreicon username, to remove username user's app store icon. <br/> # Call removesysappstoreicon to remove from system wide. <br/> # callback </P> <p> function removeappstore <br/> {<br/> defaultplist = "$1" <br/> # currentset = 'plistbuddy- C "Print: persistent-apps "$ defaultplist '<br/> # currentset =$ {currentset /////": "} </P> <p> Index = 0 <br/> while [True] <br/> DO <br/> curappicon = 'plistbuddy-c" Print: persistent-apps: $ Index "$ defaultplist '<br/> echo" $ Index "" $ curappicon "<br/> If [-n" $ curappicon "]; then <br/> isappstore = 'echo $ curappicon | grep "App Store" '<br/> If [-n "$ isappstore"]; then <br/> sudo plistbuddy-c "delete: Persistent-apps: $ Index "$ defaultplist <br/> echo" deleted App Store @ $ Index "<br/> Break <br/> else <br/> let Index = index + 1 <br /> fi <br/> else <br/> Break <br/> fi <br/> done <br/>}< br/> function removesysappstoreicon <br/> {< br/> removeappstore "/system/library/coreservices/dock. APP/contents/resources/english. lproj/default. plist "<br/>}< br/> function removeuserappstoreicon <br/>{< br/> removeappstore"/users/$1/library/preferences/COM. apple. dock. plist "<br/>}< br/> function removealluserappstoreicon <br/>{< br/> for auser in 'LS-1/users' <br/> DO <br/> removeuserappstoreicon "$ auser" <br/> done <br/>}< br/> removeappstore "/users/schooladmin/desktop/default. plist "<br/> exit 0

 

Tony Liu, June 2011

Calgary