[AppleTV] HOW TO: Rename the "Launcher" Menu
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1) open a terminal window
2) type cd ~/Desktop
3) type
Code:
scp [email protected]:/Volumes/OSBoot/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/PlugIns/XBMCLauncher.frappliance/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings ./InfoPlist.strings
4) open the InfoPlist.strings file now located on your desktop in a text editor (don't close your terminal window yet)
5) change the value of CFBundleName from "Launcher" to "XBMC", "Boxee", or whatever you want
6) save the file
7) go back to the terminal
8) type
Code:
scp ./InfoPlist.strings [email protected]:/Volumes/OSBoot/Users/frontrow/InfoPlist.strings
9) ssh into your appletv
10) type "cd ~/"
11) type "sudo mv ./InfoPlist.strings /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/PlugIns/XBMCLauncher.frappliance/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings"

Now to restart Finder so the changes will be reflected.
12) type "ps awx|grep [F]inder" you will see something like this.
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452  ??  S      5:23.18 /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder -psn_0_1835009
The first number is the pid. in the example above, the pid is 452
13) type "kill [pid]" replacing [pid] with the number from the above step. In this case, we would type "kill 452"
14) the Finder will quit and should relaunch. if it does not, type "open /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app"
15) Your menu is now renamed
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Arr MiHardies, thank you for the instructions. Everything works fine except the last step, at which point a 'Read-only file system' error is returned, and thus it does not write(cp/mv) the InfoPlist.strings file back into it's respective directory(from ~/).

How does one make it so that file can be over-written, or deleted, so the edited one can be put into it's place? I've tried to chmod 775 the InfoPlist.strings file, and have tried to sudo mount -uw, but these options do not work.

Any advise would of course be welcomed.

Eric
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