Finder Bar is BLACK...

[Lesser Evets]

It's not the most devastating thing, but my Finder bar at the top of the screen sometimes goes black. Thus, it's impossible to see the words and symbols or time. I can click on it and find the pulldowns, but it's nonsense to have to do.

Usually it is white on start-up and after a sleep in the day I will get the computer awakening to find the bar changed. Just another sad Snow Leopard glitch.

Anyone have any idea how to correct it? Terminal>killall Finder doesn't help.

 

[Gregg2]

Maybe a System User Interface issue. I've seen that tied to the Menu Bar in other posts from professional techs. Move the plist to your Desktop, then Restart.

HD/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systemuiserver.plist

 

[otomo]

On trackpad, swipe up with four fingers to Mission Control and back again restored it to normal.

 

[warnermonarch]

On trackpad, swipe up with four fingers to Mission Control and back again restored it to normal.

Gotta' love simple solutions - thx

 

[mfram]

If I had to guess, I'd bet you have a menu bar app that isn't behaving very well. Do you have lots of menu bar apps?

 

[patternjake]

I know this sounds dumb, but try switching dark mode on then off, see if that helps.