What is this ??

ColBalt said:

ActionScript.

Hold down command and click-drag it off your menu bar.

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If they're referring to the second icon from the left, that's the AppleScript menu. An alternative method to disable it is through /Applications/AppleScript/AppleScript Utility. It's a really handy tool to leave on there though. You can place AppleScripts in your ~/Library/Scripts folder to be able to quickly access them from the menu from within any application. You can also put scripts in ~/Library/Scripts/*Application Name* to make them only visible when you are running a certain application in the foreground. Just substitute the name of the application where *Application Name* appears above.

A little known secret is that you can also use the menu as a document, folder and application launcher. Put aliases to the items you want to launch in the above locations and they appear in the AppleScript menu, ready to be launched with a click.

AppleScript is a fantastic tool that lets you automate and customize your Mac in infinite ways. You should be able to put Automator actions in the menu in the same way, if you'd prefer a GUI approach to automation.

Here's what I have in my AppleScript menu:

• A script that opens Character Palette.
• A script that opens Keyboard Viewer.
• A script that locks my system by invoking the login screen.
• A shareware app called SyncNow, which launches and initiates an iSync sync.
• [Safari Only] A script that sets the Safari window size for my 24" monitor.
• [Safari Only] A script that sets the Safari window size for my MacBook Pro's 15" screen.
• [Finder Only]A script that arranges my Finder windows.
• [Finder Only]A script that opens a second Finder window and arranges the top two one above the other ready for easy moving or copying between the two.
• [iPhoto Only]A script that resets the date of multiple selected photos.
• [iPhoto Only]A script that shifts the date of selected photos +/- a specified amount.
• [iPhoto Only]A script that shifts the time of selected photos +/- a specified amount.
• [iPhoto Only]A script that opens my iPhoto Library in Finder.
• [iPhoto Only]A script that reveals the selected photos or movies in the Finder.

I also have scripts I use to automate iTunes, but iTunes has it's own built-in AppleScript menu (place scripts in ~/Library/iTunes/Scripts).

You don't have to know how to write AppleScript scripts to get good use out of this little menu. You can find a lot of scripts on the internet simply by Googling them.

If anyone is interested in any of the scripts I listed above, let me know.