Transparent menu bar removed at last minute!?

[sSNAKEs9]

Works on my 2.4 ghz iMac...doesn't work on my dads G5. I wonder where the line between transparency and solid is?

I like the transparent bar though...it gives a nice shade of whatever color your background is. I don't think it looks tacky at all.

 

[FadeToBlack]

Transparency works on my iMac.

 

[mavis]

I don't think it looks tacky at all.

Hmm ... I disagree. It looks fine if you can see your desktop, but if you've got a window open under it (or fullscreen) it looks tacky as hell. Of course this all depends on your wallpaper too ... 😉

 

[MacNut]

Why would transparency not work on older machines, how much work can it be if its showing less color.

 

[TheSpaz]

You guys! I figured out how to get the GRAY menu bar!

Open Quartz Debug and Disable Quartz Extreme. That's all it is. The Macs you are running Leopard on do not use Quartz Extreme.

And.... you're welcome.

 

[skyhawk2891]

If the OS has the ability to turn it off but no menu option to do it... you can believe it will be a matter of days before a freeware app comes out that will trip the option no matter what GPU hardware you have running.

I want that app now =(

 

[richard.mac]

You guys! I figured out how to get the GRAY menu bar!

Open Quartz Debug and Disable Quartz Extreme. That's all it is. The Macs you are running Leopard on do not use Quartz Extreme.

And.... you're welcome.

great work dude! i can confirm that this does work. but i like the transparent menu bar so ill leave quartz extreme on. start a new thread on this!

 

[Luigi239]

You guys! I figured out how to get the GRAY menu bar!

Open Quartz Debug and Disable Quartz Extreme. That's all it is. The Macs you are running Leopard on do not use Quartz Extreme.

And.... you're welcome.

Uhh why would you want to disable Quartz Extreme? QE helps power alot of the special affects that OS X produces, and without it, the whole OS X experience is less then ideal in alot of cases. QE takes the load off of your processor for all the window management, and instead, hands that off to the GPU. Therefore, the system is much faster and less processor cycles are needed.

Do not disable QE, there will be a huge performance hit if you do.

 

[spyker3292]

It's not on old macs (g4s)

 

[Jonx]

You guys! I figured out how to get the GRAY menu bar!

Open Quartz Debug and Disable Quartz Extreme. That's all it is. The Macs you are running Leopard on do not use Quartz Extreme.

And.... you're welcome.

i have gray menu bar while quartz extreme enabled :s

 

[yg17]

It's not on old macs (g4s)

Yes it is. My 15" PowerBook (1.67GHz G4) does the transparent menu bar. It depends on the video card, not processor

 

[TheSpaz]

Uhh why would you want to disable Quartz Extreme? QE helps power alot of the special affects that OS X produces, and without it, the whole OS X experience is less then ideal in alot of cases. QE takes the load off of your processor for all the window management, and instead, hands that off to the GPU. Therefore, the system is much faster and less processor cycles are needed.

Do not disable QE, there will be a huge performance hit if you do.

I was simply stating that I figured out WHY people's menu bars are gray. I'm not saying it's any type of "fix" for the transparent menu bar. I would keep QE ON and not turn it off. Sorry... I should have been more clear.

 

[QuarterSwede]

Yes it is. My 15" PowerBook (1.67GHz G4) does the transparent menu bar. It depends on the video card, not processor

Which makes ZERO sense because my videocard can display the far more complex 3D dock and blurred menubar drop down lists (EXACTLY the same effect) and not the translucent menubar? That's moronic.

 

[krell100]

Does anyone with an old mac that doesn't have this vomit inducing transparent menubar want to swap for a Mac Pro that does?

C'mon guys there has to be a terminal hack like there is for the fugly 3D dock...🙁

 

[ILOVEMYMBP2.2g]

I have a grey menu bar?

why do i have a grey menu bar, i bought my mbp in august, its brand new, can anyone help me get the transparent one?

 

[aafuss1]

The menu bar is transparent in this screenshot (Mac mini 1.5GHz, 512mb,GMA950):

I like it-a unusual change from solid menus.

 

[Telp]

I wish i had a transperant menu bar...

 

[QuarterSwede]

It's almost like it's random. On second thought, I wonder if it has something to do with screen size?

 

[brsboarder]

for those that have a solid bar, I'll trade! my macbook is nice and translucent and I don't like it

 

[Wayfarer]

for those that have a solid bar, I'll trade! my macbook is nice and translucent and I don't like it

I have a solid bar! I'd kill for a pretty translucent menubar! 😱

 

[thejadedmonkey]

I wish i had a transperant menu bar...

I have a solid bar! I'd kill for a pretty translucent menubar! 😱

Really...........?

 

[Wayfarer]

Really...........?

Yes, really. Some desktop backgrounds look better than others with the transparent menubar.

 

[Snarf]

I made some automator workflows to add a black or white strip along the top of an image. You'll want to resize the background image to best fit your screen before applying the workflow.

Sorry about the ghetto hosting, feel free to rehost if you'd like.

http://myfreefilehosting.com/f/c7b867eae8_0.62MB

 

[Veritas&Equitas]

Really...........?

Well, if you have the ugliest desktop known to man, a translucent menu bar probably won't matter in the overall aesthetics 😛

 

[iChadTTU]

My bar is transparent and I like it...for now. Question though...some of you have a black square with a number inside it on your menu bar...what is that?