On 12/29/04, at 9:37 AM, Bill Planey, <mac.info at sbcglobal.net> said: >What won't go away, despite my having trashed a number of suspect .plist >files, is the display to the left of the system clock that shows current >battery status - obviously not applicable on an iMac. The first menu item >is grayed and says "no batteries available", but I want to be rid of the >icon altogether. Obviously this is an artifact of the system having been >installed initially on a laptop. I am having no problems with the computer, >BTW. What happens when you use the Command key and drag the battery status icon off to the right?