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OpaqueMenuBar?
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I don't know why apple made it transparent anyways. It doesn't do anything. They should've had the options to have either. But it really doens't bother me.
Honestly, I can't figure out why people hate the transparent menubar so much. I don't find it very hard to see anything on it, therefore it doesn't bother me one way or another. Why it really pisses some people off, I'll never know... I'm not saying I prefer it, but I don't hate it any more than the Tiger menubar either.
maybe some users dislike it because it resembles windows vista too much.
I myself think it looks rather bad than good...
Have you upgraded to 10.5.2 yet? This app is useless, the menu bar can now be controlled via System Preferences.
Do a Spotlight search for all references to "OpaqueMenuBar." Make sure you tell Spotlight to search through the system files, as well.
When I had 10.5.1, I installed. OMB.
When I upgraded to 10.5.2, I uninstalled it with AppDelete.
My menu bar was still opaque.
I reinstalled OMB, and now I can't find it in Activity Monitor. The Terminal command doesn't work either.
When I do a spotlight search, all that comes up is the app itself.
Anyone have any other ideas?
When I upgraded to 10.5.2, I uninstalled it with AppDelete.
My menu bar was still opaque.
I reinstalled OMB, and now I can't find it in Activity Monitor. The Terminal command doesn't work either.
When I do a spotlight search, all that comes up is the app itself.
Anyone have any other ideas?
Run these commands in Terminal and restart your Mac, it should revert the Opaque Menu Bar hack.
Hope this helps.
Code:
sudo defaults delete /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer 'EnvironmentVariables'
sudo plutil -convert xml1 /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer.plist
sudo chmod 644 /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer.plistHope this helps.
For me, its not the usability point of view, well it is but a different kind of usability point of view. More like tacky looking with certain walls.
I hate how it turns almost neon like with certain backgrounds. I find that distracting. Yes its a personal thing.
I posted a thread about another menu bar problem here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/438932/
basically, even fully updated with all 10.5.2 updates, my Mac Pro with the 7300gt won't give me the option for a opaque menu bar. Any ideas why?
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/438932/
basically, even fully updated with all 10.5.2 updates, my Mac Pro with the 7300gt won't give me the option for a opaque menu bar. Any ideas why?
should i trust this?Run these commands in Terminal and restart your Mac, it should revert the Opaque Menu Bar hack.
Code:sudo defaults delete /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer 'EnvironmentVariables' sudo plutil -convert xml1 /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer.plist sudo chmod 644 /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer.plist
Hope this helps.
You shouldn't need to do this anymore. From 10.5.2 I believe it has been possible to enable/disable the translucency of the menubar through system preferences.
System Preferences > Desktop & Screensaver > Desktop > Translucent Menu Bar
