Lack of transparency on iBook G4 1.33mhz

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unconcious

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Jan 31, 2008

• #1

I love leopard but I have not figured out why the menu bar has no transparency??? 🙁 is there anything i could do to make it work on my machine?

 

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hodgjy

macrumors 6502

• Jan 31, 2008

• #2

Your video card does not support "graphical candy" found in Tiger and Leopard. If you drop a new widget on the desktop, you won't get the ripple effect either.

 

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alienx

macrumors newbie

• Jan 31, 2008

• #3

I also have an ibook G4 1.33 12inch with a 1.5mb, I just installed a new HDD 60GB/5400 and did a fresh install of Leopard 10.5.1, it has transparency just fine, did you do a clean install or upgrade?
Video is same as yours so it should work...


On the other hand did a fresh install on a iMac 800 15in flat panel and I did not get any transparency on the top bar (but normal menus has some transparency) and I read that someone else did have it on the top menu... go figure... I think its a bug on leopard...

 

Mark Morb

macrumors regular

• Jan 31, 2008

• #4

I've got a Brand New 2.8GHz iMac (arrived last week) and my Menu Bar is not transparent either...do you have to "switch it on" somewhere????

 

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alienx

macrumors newbie

• Jan 31, 2008

• #5

Mark Morb said:

I've got a Brand New 2.8GHz iMac (arrived last week) and my Menu Bar is not transparent either...do you have to "switch it on" somewhere????

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Nope, just did it. I read somewhere that the update 10.5.2 will have an option to turn it on/off. A lot of people don't like it but I do; this would be a very good option to have, also it should have the option to increase/decrease how much transparency you may want.

 

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unconcious

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Jan 31, 2008

• #6

i did a clean install and still I'm not able to get the eye candy. there is some transparency with the dropdown menues but very minimal at best.

 

richard.mac

macrumors 603

• Jan 31, 2008

• #7

Mark Morb said:

I've got a Brand New 2.8GHz iMac (arrived last week) and my Menu Bar is not transparent either...do you have to "switch it on" somewhere????

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um your iMac's specs are MORE than suffient to have a translucent menu bar. copy and paste this unix command into the terminal, press enter & then provide your administrator password.

Code:

[FONT=Courier New]sudo defaults delete /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer 'EnvironmentVariables'[/FONT]

to go back to the opaque menu bar use this unix command.

Code:

[FONT=Courier New]sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer 'EnvironmentVariables' -dict 'CI_NO_BACKGROUND_IMAGE' 0.66[/FONT]

 

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unconcious

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Feb 1, 2008

• #8

thank you that is great I'll try it when I get home later : )

 

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Spievy

macrumors regular

• Feb 2, 2008

• #9

2 Versions

There were 2 Versions of IBook G4 1.33ghz

Late 2004 1.33GHZ
had an ATI Radeon 9200

Mid-2005 1.33GHZ
had an ATI Radeon 9550

my guess is the earlier ibook doesn't support it. Maybe core image???

 

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alienx

macrumors newbie

• Feb 2, 2008

• #10

Spievy said:

There were 2 Versions of IBook G4 1.33ghz

Late 2004 1.33GHZ
had an ATI Radeon 9200

Mid-2005 1.33GHZ
had an ATI Radeon 9550

my guess is the earlier ibook doesn't support it. Maybe core image???

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Just as added information:
The one I have is a Mid-2005 1.33Ghz
and graphics card is ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Quartz Extreme: Supported.