I got rid of the Internet Connect icon!
While trying to set up my Mac’s VPN connection to work, I configured several L2TP and PPTP connections in OS X’s Internet Connect control panel. I later discovered that they don’t work with the Cisco VPN software we use at work (nasty words to Cisco) and so I removed them, but the toolbar icon didn’t disappear.
I knew the icon wasn’t there originally, so I was fairly sure it could be gotten rid of. Because it didn’t happen by itself, I decided to experiment.
Menus? Nope.
Preferences? No.
Dragging the icon? No… but hold on, the Option key seems to be a favourite of the single-mouse-button crowd.
How about Option-dragging the icon? Hey, it moved!
How about Option-dragging it to the trash? Bingo, no more icon!
So, thumbs down to Apple for not making the icon disappear in the first place, but thumbs up for making it at least somewhat intuitive to get rid of. (Although describing it as intuitive may be a stretch… others have had the same problem and I haven’t been able to find anyone else’s answer.)
