ukp Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Those screenshots don't prove anything. Â My Powerbook 1.67Ghz with ATI 9700 shows the transparent menu bar when using both the 2D and 3D docks. Just like my macbook pro does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest h2a Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 yea, that trick doesn't do anything to my menubar on the macbook core duo. its still transparent and then i have a 2D dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayklor Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 My iBook G4 has no transparent menu bar with a fresh install. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 How do we know that you didn't just put a block of white on the top of your wallpaper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted October 27, 2007 Author Share Posted October 27, 2007 Because I didn't. Look at those images. The Apple's are different. That computer is using a legit backround. The one that Apple provided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 How do we know that you didn't just put a block of white on the top of your wallpaper? Â I highly doubt Numberzz would go through all this trouble of writing a news story, etc, without some truth behind what's going on with his transparency issues. Besides - what would be the point of doing so? Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryke Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 truth yes, but it seems to be restricted to _his_ computer! it simply isn't a tip for general use. OBVIOUSLY it doesn't work for other people. it's nothing against numberzz as a person or computer user or dev or hacker or whatever, it simply doesn't help other people out there to solve the problem of the translucent menubar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schweppes Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Theres a new little application for do that  OpaqueMenuBar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted October 27, 2007 Author Share Posted October 27, 2007 See! Problem Solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skitals Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Okay, I just tried this out. Dock is now 2D, but my menu bar is still transparent ?? Do I need to reboot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 For people who feel queasy in Terminal: Dockscrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 truth yes, but it seems to be restricted to _his_ computer! it simply isn't a tip for general use. OBVIOUSLY it doesn't work for other people. it's nothing against numberzz as a person or computer user or dev or hacker or whatever, it simply doesn't help other people out there to solve the problem of the translucent menubar. Â Oh, yes, we all know that anyway. My post was talking about Numberzz's transparency issue alone, as no one else can seem to replicate it. Â However, I think it'd be good to understand what's going on with Numberzz's PowerBook. Obviously when he set his Dock to 2D, it changed a setting or something. We just need to figure out what it was... =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted October 28, 2007 Author Share Posted October 28, 2007 It's not the graphics card...I think. All builds, 466 to 559, that I have used on it, have had a see-through menu bar. Do you think Apple changed the System Reqs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondsw Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 When I first rebooted after installing Leopard on my Mac Mini, it was opaque. Next reboot it was transparent, and it's stayed that way since. I'm guessing a bug, but the fact that there is some sort of programming path that gives an opaque menu bar opens up all kinds of possibilities. Â If only I could get my hierarchical menus back on Dock items. I hadn't even noticed they were gone in the seeds... Makes the dock kind of useless to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~T.E.K.B.O.I.~ Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Is there a way to set the level of transparency on the taskbar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Sorry to burst your bubble here Numberzz   As you can see from the screenshot, 1.5ghz Powerbook with the retail build of Leopard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke255 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Is there a way to set the level of transparency on the taskbar?  Taskbar? This isn't windows and there are no tasks in that bar lol. However to answer your question, if you had read the posts:  Theres a new little application for do that OpaqueMenuBar  This is not confirmed as far as I can see but I would presume it works on most Macs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 the installer one isnt transparent on my imac, will update once installed  Update: interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted October 28, 2007 Author Share Posted October 28, 2007 As you can see from the screenshot, 1.5ghz Powerbook with the retail build of Leopard What the hell? I have the exact same PowerBook as you. Hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Ingus Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Theres a new little application for do that I'm sure Apple will be coming out with something like this very soon. Personally I don't mind the way the dock looks, but a way to adjust it should have been provided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Apparently if you don't have hardware accelerated Core Image you dont get blur or a transparent menu bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Apparently if you don't have hardware accelerated Core Image you dont get blur or a transparent menu bar. So Apple is punishing us because we're able to run CI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 So Apple is punishing us because we're able to run CI? At least your dock is usable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcampisi14 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 my dock is now 2d. but my menu bar is still the leopard standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inimicus Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Now what about rounded menu bar top corners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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