Disable Airdrop in 10.7

bens
New Contributor

Hi
Casper Newbie here … I need some help.
Has anyone figured how to Disable or Remove Airdrop in 10.7 Modifying the sidebar plist only unchecks it.
Thanks
-Ben
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Ben Segbawu
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FNAL
Computer Division - Engineering Services
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nessts
Valued Contributor II

defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.NetworkBrowser DisableAirDrop -bool yes
which you can put into MCX, I have yet to do that though…

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bens
New Contributor

Thanks,
I added it to a logon script for now till it can be put into an MCX.
-Ben
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Ben Segbawu
bens at fnal dot gov
FNAL
Computer Division - Engineering Services

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darms21
New Contributor

Hi guys,
I don't appear to have the domain /Library/Preferences/com.apple.NetworkBrowser? Why is that?

Matt
Valued Contributor

Has anyone done this through Config Profile

technicholas
Contributor

We also need to disable AirDrop we have students sharing songs over that and it needs to be stopped. Need to turn that off. Ideas?

technicholas
Contributor

I found a link over at http://derflounder.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/disabling-airdrop-from-the-command-line/

#!/bin/sh

# Disables AirDrop in Mac OS X 10.7.x for new users by setting
# the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.NetworkBrowser.plist to
# include the key "DisableAirDrop" with a value of YES

defaults write /System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences/com.apple.NetworkBrowser.plist DisableAirDrop -bool YES

technicholas
Contributor

It won't let me edit, that did not work.

#!/bin/sh

# This is how to disable AirDrop by running this script.

defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser DisableAirDrop -bool YES

CasperSally
Valued Contributor II

I use MCX
System Level Enforced
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.NetworkBrowser

com.apple.NetworkBrowser
DisableAirDrop
True