Some icons missing on Desktop Menu Bar, Safari Menu Bar and Finder Menu Bar

[chroniceater]

Hi, I'm a new Mac user. My MBA runs Mountain Lion 10.8.2. Then I realised that some icons on my Desktop Menu Bar, Safari Menu Bar and Finder Menu Bar are missing. Here are some snapshots:

Desktop Menu Bar:

Safari Menu Bar:

Finder Menu Bar:

I need help to fix this. I've been looking for the solution for days but up till now I still couldn't find any. Please help me THANKS

 

[Isamilis]

You might try disk permission fix using Disk Utility.

 

[chroniceater]

You might try disk permission fix using Disk Utility.

Hey thanks for your reply! But how can I do that? Sorry I'm a newbie on mac things

 

[CrickettGrrrl]

Hey thanks for your reply! But how can I do that? Sorry I'm a newbie on mac things

Open Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility (or Command+Spacebar, begin typing Disk Utility & click Return)

Select your hard drive and then:

 

[chroniceater]

Open Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility (or Command+Spacebar, begin typing Disk Utility & click Return)

Select your hard drive and then:

Hey thanks! I did it but nothing changed

 

[CrickettGrrrl]

Hey thanks! I did it but nothing changed

I looked on Apple's Support Community and this was occurring to numerous people back in November 2012.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread/4498102?start=0&tstart=0

One poster discovered that booting into Safe Mode corrected things, this was confirmed by several others.

RomanTS: "have good news. Few minutes ago I tried to login in safe mode in mac os x (simply press Shift during booting) and when mac was booted in "Safe mode" I logged in my account and after rebooted to normal boot. This fixed issues."

I'd give this a shot. Good luck, if it works, please let us know.

 

[chroniceater]

I looked on Apple's Support Community and this was occurring to numerous people back in November 2012.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread/4498102?start=0&tstart=0

One poster discovered that booting into Safe Mode corrected things, this was confirmed by several others.



I'd give this a shot. Good luck, if it works, please let us know.

Hey I tried it right away and yes it WORKED! Thank you so much!

 

[CrickettGrrrl]

Hey I tried it right away and yes it WORKED! Thank you so much!

Woohoo for assorted communities! So glad to hear it, it perked up this blechhy grey day.

 

[octothorpe8]

I hate to resurrect an old thread, but this just happened to me too (missing icons from Finder and Safari) and Safe Boot seems to have fixed it. Running Yosemite 10.10.1

 

[mcneale]

I hate to resurrect an old thread, but this just happened to me too (missing icons from Finder and Safari) and Safe Boot seems to have fixed it. Running Yosemite 10.10.1

Had the same issue with Yosemite 10.10.5 and the Safe Mode fix worked for me too. Safe mode login seemed to freeze, but it just needed about 10 minutes patience before it unstuck itself. My guess is that it was fsck'ing the disk at that time.

Has the core problem been fixed in El Cap - any occurrences under that OS? Seems to have been an ugly OS glitch for years...