I don't remember there ever being a Disk Utility pref pane.
Sierra has a CDs & DVDs pref pane, but it's "not available" until you connect a device to your Mac, and it does NOT include a menulet option; if there's one elsewhere, I've never run across it.
Last edited by artie505; 03/28/1805:09 PM. Reason: I don't remember....
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