SL - top status menu bar?!?! WTF???

[akutad]

I've lost all status information on my menu bar. No battery status, airport status, time, spotlight magnifying glass, etc. Restarted a couple of times but no luck. My mac is a '06 macbook pro core duo 2.16 (1,1). Anyone else having problems? Lost screen capture functionality as well, so I can't show you.

 

[celticpride678]

Just go into the System Preference panes of the icons that you lost and add them back. Not sure about Spotlight though.

 

[akutad]

Just go into the System Preference panes of the icons that you lost and add them back. Not sure about Spotlight though.

They were all checked off. I unchecked them and then checked them and still nothing.

 

[calderone]

Create a new user account, login to it and see if the problem exists there as well.

 

[akutad]

Create a new user account, login to it and see if the problem exists there as well.

Created guest user and all menu status functions show up no problem. So now what?

 

[calderone]

Created guest user and all menu status functions show up no problem. So now what?

This typically means it is something in your profile. If you upgraded: Did you have iStat menus installed? Other menu bar related apps?

Try this in terminal: killall SystemUIServer

If that doesn't do it, trash ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systemuiserver.plist

Then run killall SystemUIServer

 

[itsallinurhead]

I had the same problem and had to remove iStat menu to rectify the problem.

 

[akutad]

I had the same problem and had to remove iStat menu to rectify the problem.

Strangest thing happened this morning. When I woke the computer all the menu status was up and running. However once I put my mouse over any of them, I get the infinite spinning beachball. Also iStat menu appears frozen.

How did you remove iStat menu? Can't find the uninstaller anywhere.

 

[akutad]

Okay I figured it out. Thank you for helping me with this problem. It was iStat menu this entire time bugging out the system. Everything runs smooth now.

 

[yoyo5280]

If you need iStat menus, there is a beta of the new SL64bit one.

 

[impulse462]

If you need iStat menus, there is a beta of the new SL64bit one.

Where can you get it?