System menu bar items missing/flashing after upgrade

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  1. nudoru, Oct 24, 2013

    nudoru macrumors regular

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    I upgraded a computer to Mavericks and the system menu bar items (time, power, wifi, etc) are now missing! Well, they blink into existence every now and then and then go away.

    Any 3rd party items show up just fine however.

    I'd had Bartender installed before the upgrade (over a 10.8.4) install. After noticing the issue, I uninstalled Bartender but to no avail.

    Any ideas?

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  2. madmacfan, Oct 24, 2013

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    Remove istatmenus 3 as thats likely to be causing your problem.
     
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  3. nudoru, Oct 24, 2013

    nudoru thread starter macrumors regular

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    I removed it from the launch agents and launch daemons locations and login items so it's not being loaded at all. Still happens.
     
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  4. Aeroscout, Oct 28, 2013

    Aeroscout macrumors newbie

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    Same Problem

    I have the EXACT same problem Did you get your menu bar to work?

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    Removing istatmenus 3 worked for me! Thanks!
     
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  5. nudoru, Oct 28, 2013

    nudoru thread starter macrumors regular

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    I just reinstalled Mavericks and restored from a time machine backup. Bit round about but worked
     
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