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  1. C

    How to get rid of horizontal line beneath the menu bar on top?

    Hi guys, I can't get rid of what seems to be a 1 pixel horizontal space between the top menu bar, and the application window. With the mouse, I can't push the app any upper. There is still this 1px space. Granted, if I maximize the app window, the 1px line disappears, but so does the menu bar...
  2. N

    Right side menu bars items won’t dismiss without reclicking

    So I’m having a weird problem I can’t seem to find the answer to. When I click a menu bar item (like control center) on the right the item stays open until I click a new window, another menu bar item, or his the esc key. I contacted apple support they said it was because I hide my dock and...
  3. E

    Menu bar flashing continues in Monterey

    So we had this in Big Sur... https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/full-screen-apps-bug.2293455/ And now we have this in Monetery... Will they ever get it right with this new menu bar?
  4. dukee101

    Navigating system menu bar items with keyboard?

    Is it possible to navigate within system menu bar items (Sound, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc) with the keyboard, say with the tab key? For example, I've built an Alfred Workflow that lets me open the 'Sound' menu bar item by typing 'snd', and this works. However, I can't hit 'tab' to start navigating...
  5. Doc69

    Menu bar issues

    I'm using 9 spaces in mission control with the same 'dynamic' Catalina background. But since upgrading to Big Sur, the color and transparency of the menu bar is screwed up. I get three different versions of the menu bar in the 9 spaces even though the wallpaper is the same. Specifically when...
  6. pedzsan

    How to get the Menu Bar icon to do something in when iPad is being used as Sidecar

    When the iPad is being used as a sidecar, there is an icon in the top left corner that is suppose to do something with the menu bar. I've tried "Displays have separate Spaces" on and off and I've tried Photoshop full screen mode in various different ways and I can't get the icon to do anything...
  7. jagooch

    Does Apple plan on fixing the menu bar?

    Am I the only one that cannot read white text on light gray background? I implemented a work around by going into system preferences accessibility display and toggling "increase contrast" off then on again. The text changed from white to black ( as it should be ) , but I don't know if it's a...
  8. L

    Always hide menu bar on second monitor when in fullscreen mode

    How can I keep the menu bar hidden on my second display if an application on that monitor is in full screen? I have already set it to "Displays have separate spaces." If I have an application on the other display in fullscreen, whenever I click into any application on the other display, the...
  9. organicCPU

    Hide inactive tabs in Window Menu

    Does anyone know how to customize the Finder Menu Bar Window Menu so that it reverts to the former behavior? I'd like that the alphabetically ordered list of open windows at the menu's bottom is showing just the active window tabs again and none of the inactive tabs. TL;DR; Until the switch to...
  10. F

    CPU temperatures in iStat Menus?

    Is there any method to get the CPU temperatures in iStat Menus? I can read the GPU and SSD temperature but not the temperatures of the CPU cores. I have downloaded the iStat Menus from the website and bought a license, so i'm running the fully functional version (instead of the limited App store...
  11. hamiltonrwatch

    recent Messages bugs

    As of this morning, I have no Messages icon in the menu bar of my late-2012 iMac running 10.13.6. Also, I can't change MY STATUS from OFFLINE. When I try to do so, it simply defaults back to OFFLINE. I've tried resetting PRAM, restarting, to no avail. I am able to receive and respond to texts...
  12. TheBruno

    App for Menu Bar Font?

    Is there an app to adjust the size of the font (i.e. Time, Battery, etc.) in the menu bar?
  13. gk_plastics

    Haste - Search Utility for the Web

    Hi all, I'm Go - Programmer / Co-founder of an indie software maker Plastic Software. A while ago I posted the public beta of Haste, a Mac App that saves you valuable time by making your daily web search faster and more efficient here. We added several features and improvements to the beta...
  14. supergaia

    how can i restore spotlight icon in menu bar?

    Hi i have used Command key and drag aways the spotlight icon from the menu bar i know it was a mistake , i did it with notification center too i wanted to arrange but my magicmouse is almost gone , i need to replace how can i restore the spotlight icon & notifcation center icon in the menu...
  15. mariodante

    Unknown Menubar Icon

    I have a menubar icon that doesn't show up unless you click on it and I can't erase it with the Command function. It looks like a white tent and I'm wondering what it is and how to get rid of it! HELP!
  16. FrancisBitter

    Empty Space in Menu Bar appears on Click

    Hey there, ladies and gentlefolk, I'm interested if anyone else is experiencing this issue: Whenever I click on the speaker icon in the top menu bar, an empty field appears to the left of the time machine icon (counting from notification centre, it would be to the left of my 7th element in the...
  17. Ryan700

    Third party App has 2 Icons in menu bar

    My wife's MBP has 2 Bitdefender icons in the top menu bar. I tried to get rid of one but couldn't at the time. Now 2 years later I got the same thing on my MBP and this time I want to get rid of it once and for all. I don't know how it got there but I want it off. I contacted support but they...
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    Problems with Mac OS Sierra menu bar

    Hello! That’s my first post at forums.macrumors.com. I’ve been using Macs since more than twenty years and mostly I didn’t got any trouble using Macs, but now I’ve got weird problems with Mac OS Sierra menu bar and autostart of some apps that offer menu bar icons. First of all it’s impossible...
  19. chernikovalexey

    Artpaper – Art Wallpapers HD – New Paintings for Your Desktop Every Day

    Hello dear Macrumors readers, I am the author of a useful app called Artpaper—it changes wallpapers on your Mac to very gorgeous paintings from the world's best galleries and museums. It does both manually and intervally. You can control everything in a very comfortable way—from the menu bar...
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    Translucent Menu/Dock Bars in El Capitan?

    I've always had the dock and menu bar enabled as translucent in previous OSXs. With this 10.11.5 version I cannot find the option to make my dock bar and menu bar translucent. In a google search I read that the pop-up Desktop & Screen Saver menu had an option at the bottom of the window to...