Leopard Menu Bar

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Barret Oliver

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• May 27, 2008

• #1

I'm curious, does anybody really use the translucent menu bar feature in Leopard? I don't, and without it, the menu bar looks rather black and white (i.e. ugly). Is there anyway to patch Tiger's menu bar into Leopard? I miss the blue Apple and the two-tone effect.

 

tersono

macrumors 68000

• May 27, 2008

• #2

hmm - I do on all of my machines. Doesn't really bother me, although I wouldn't cry if it was gone and replaced by the Tiger version either...

 

dops7107

macrumors 6502a

• May 27, 2008

• #3

FWIW... I use it, and prefer it to the non-translucent option. I guess it depends on the background image in use. However I do like Tiger's menu bar with blue spotlight & .

 

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kuwisdelu

macrumors 65816

• May 27, 2008

• #4

I love my translucent menu bar! Doesn't cut off the background image anymore, and makes the whole desktop a lot more fluid and aesthetic. What's not to love?

Now if only the drop-down menus were translucent again... 🙁

 

chrono1081

macrumors G3

• May 27, 2008

• #5

I have to agree that translucent is the way to go. Computers need to start looking more futuristic. (Although I think it should be a full blown option because I know not everyone likes it)

 

gloss

macrumors 601

• May 27, 2008

• #6

I use translucent.

 

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siorai

macrumors 6502

• May 27, 2008

• #7

I use translucent. I even did the hack that brings back the more translucent bar/menus from 10.5.0. It looks great and doesn't reduce legibility at all.

 

johnnyjibbs

macrumors 68030

• May 27, 2008

• #8

Translucent all the way. Leopard opaque is just ugly! Too bad for PowerPC owners - that's bad on Apple's part.

 

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Samwise592

macrumors regular

• May 28, 2008

• #9

siorai said:

I use translucent. I even did the hack that brings back the more translucent bar/menus from 10.5.0. It looks great and doesn't reduce legibility at all.

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Where can i get that hack?

 

richard.mac

macrumors 603

• May 28, 2008

• #10

siorai said:

I use translucent. I even did the hack that brings back the more translucent bar/menus from 10.5.0. It looks great and doesn't reduce legibility at all.

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yep i used that hack but then then you cant get the 10.5.2 opaque menu bar but it doesnt bother me that much.

the hack is here (not for the faint hearted)

EDIT: wait i thought it was there but i can find the posting of the files an instructions. used to be and the thread title has been changed??? does anyone know the user who posted the files so we can PM him/her if a future update overwrites the files?