iwannasave Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 OS X newbie, even though I have used it for 2 months now. When I have an active window, my non-active window becomes transparent and almost non-visible. How do I stop it from doing that? Its very hard if I have to drag a picture or compare 2 documents side by side. Please help. I have enclosed a screenshot. Thanks -GGR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatDeceiver Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 looks like you got a little help from ShapeShifter there? That makes windows transparent in different ways for different styles you apply. Turn it off temporarily and see if that helps. If you don't have an application like this then this won't help of course. Just sth to check first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwannasave Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 ShapeShifter? I could not find it on my system anywhere, ran a "find" under Library directory, but could not find it. I looked at all folders under application in "finder", nothing there. I am colour blind and this transparency makes things even harder to read. Please help! Thanks -GGR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibendum Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 That is not normal OSX behavior - you have some kind of patch installed. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyel Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 That's a neat Transparent effect but it does make it harder to see. That effect doesn't come with default Mac OS X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 I wana know how you do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwannasave Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 Sorry guys I am a OS X newbie. I have no clue how that happened. After the user "The great deveiver" replied I did a google search for shapeshifter, I installed it. It does not do anything, I have no clue how to use it or how to uninstall it. Is there a pkgrm or some such tool which I can use to remove it? The transparency might look good to start, but it makes reading or comparing 2 windows very hard and impossible. Please help. Thanks -GGR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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