HELP! icons on bar disappeared!!!!

[TaKashMoney]

Hey I am kind of freaking out right now, I just downloaded some software updates, my ibook restarted, and now my finder icon, wireless icon, ALL icons on the left side of bar are GONE. WHAT HAPPENED!?!? the software updates were XSERVE RAID Driver Update and Desktop Video Out. What is going on?!!!!

 

[mad jew]

Is this the Finder window? Did you click the top right bubble in a Finder window and if so, do they come back when you re-click it?

 

[asherman13]

If not it's not that, I think the OP's talking about the bar in the dock; the one that separates the folders, etc. from the applications, though I don't know why a wireless icon would be there...

EDIT If the entire dock is gone, perhaps 'dock hiding' was turned on when you rebooted? That's happened to me a few times before...try putting the cursor at the bottom of the screen and leaving it there for a bit.

 

[mad jew]

Yeah, maybe a screenshot would help then.

 

[nsheikh80]

I am having this problem too and have been working on it for the last couple of hours to no avail. Have you recently hacked your Mac to use Front Row Enabler from Andrew Escobar? As there is a post here that blames the missing icons on that. I have tried to follow the instructions on the website to rectify the problem but it didn't work for me.

Also, people on the official Apple forums are reporting this problem here and here. I have tried everything it suggests in these posts but it doesn't work for me. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one going through all of this.

Please let me know if you do come up with a solution.

 

[prostuff1]

I had this probelm recently.

I had the same problem not to long ago from one of the apple updates i think. What i ended up doing was repairing disk permissions and then shutting the comptuer down for 5 min. I restarted and everything was fine.

 

[tjwett]

...WHAT HAPPENED!?!? the software updates were XSERVE RAID Driver Update and Desktop Video Out. What is going on?!!!!

i see Desktop Video Out on there, your machine wouldn't happen to think it's in extended desktop mode, would it? check Displays in System Prefs to make sure it's not that.

 

[MRU]

Yep to solve this you need to download frontrow update 1.0.1 and Pacifier
Install pacifier and then use pacifier to install frontrow 1.0.1 (not the latest update).

When pacifier asks you do you want to replace file, say YES REPLACE.

Once that;s done your icons will return on the menu bar.

you can then update the frontrow 1.0.2 update..

Then use the frontrow enabler to enable frontrow...

I am having this problem too and have been working on it for the last couple of hours to no avail. Have you recently hacked your Mac to use Front Row Enabler from Andrew Escobar? As there is a post here that blames the missing icons on that. I have tried to follow the instructions on the website to rectify the problem but it didn't work for me.

Also, people on the official Apple forums are reporting this problem here and here. I have tried everything it suggests in these posts but it doesn't work for me. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one going through all of this.

Please let me know if you do come up with a solution.