cagljevic Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Interestingly enough, I first entered that command into my terminal to disable the new dock for just the 2d dock and it worked, only leaving me with the transparent menu bar. I saw Numberzz's post this morning before leaving for work and typed the command in again and believe it or not, my menu bar is no longer transparent. Not sure if entering the command twice has any effect but my menu bar is definetly a solid white color. I will post an image of it when I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Interestingly enough, I first entered that command into my terminal to disable the new dock for just the 2d dock and it worked, only leaving me with the transparent menu bar. I saw Numberzz's post this morning before leaving for work and typed the command in again and believe it or not, my menu bar is no longer transparent. Not sure if entering the command twice has any effect but my menu bar is definetly a solid white color. I will post an image of it when I get home. Interesting. What Mac are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Now what about rounded menu bar top corners? Displaperture 1.0 ? Peter Maurer’s freeware (donations accepted) utility to restore round screen corners in Leopard. (Worth noting that while round corners are gone in Leopard, they’re there on the iPhone.) (from Josh Gruber) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John the Geek Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Worth noting that while round corners are gone in Leopard, they’re there on the iPhone. Oh, snap. You are correct. It's only about a single pixel, but still there. I didn't even notice until you pointed it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cagljevic Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Sabr -> I just updated my signature with the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 I found a pretty good workaround that requires no system file modification. Read this post: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=68392 hecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stigvig Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Hey Yesterday I upgraded my mac from Tiger to Leopard. I have a powerbook g4 1.5 ghz. To my suprise I had a solid menu with the 3d dock from start. I thought this was due to some settings that followed from the tiger install but now I'm not that sure. And I don't belive that this is due to the fact that I have an "old" powerbook. My powerbook support both Quartz Extreme and Core Image. And yes I'm 100 % sure it is a solid menu. Here is a screen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 HeyYesterday I upgraded my mac from Tiger to Leopard. I have a powerbook g4 1.5 ghz. To my suprise I had a solid menu with the 3d dock from start. I thought this was due to some settings that followed from the tiger install but now I'm not that sure. And I don't belive that this is due to the fact that I have an "old" powerbook. My powerbook support both Quartz Extreme and Core Image. It seems to me that the menu transparency is not supported by your powerbook. Do you have a transparent dock when you place it on the right side of the screen? Cheers, hecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stigvig Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 It seems to me that the menu transparency is not supported by your powerbook. Do you have a transparent dock when you place it on the right side of the screen? Yes, When I place the dock to the right it is transparent. My friend who installed his powerbook that is a bit older than mine has a transparent menu. This is really strange, how could it be a issue with my powerbook if mine is newer than his? Must be some issue with hidden settings? I'm going to atempt a clean install of leopard when I get my external drive. Maybe it will be different then. Not that I'm complaining now but I want to have the oppertunity to choose between a transparent menu or a solid one. Edit: Drop down menus are transparent. I also can have a transparent terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Perhaps it's something to do with settings/files getting mixed from the upgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted October 31, 2007 Author Share Posted October 31, 2007 Clean Install... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Well - I'm stumped then. I'm sure it's related to Core Image - since mine was opaque until I installed my X1800 drivers. After that, CI was supported and full transparency arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarterSwede Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Apparently if you don't have hardware accelerated Core Image you dont get blur or a transparent menu bar. I have a 12" 1.5GHz PB with 1.25GB that supports QI and Core Image and I don't get the transparent menu bar either. I just find it strange that others with the exact same specs have it. Really, really odd. I did some messing around with Quartz Debug and have found that the blurring is done by Quartz Extreme and not Core Image Picture Left: QE disabled Picture Right: QE enabled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarterSwede Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Also, Over at MacRumors Maniamac contacted Apple Support: 20" iMac G5, 1.8 GHz, GeForce FX 5200 (64 MB vRAM): No Transparency I called Apple Support yesterday regarding the lack of transparency in my menu bar. The support rep acted like she initially hadn't heard of the issue, but admitted the menu bar should be transparent in my computer. She then put me on hold, presumably to find out more. When she returned, she told me the following: A bug is responsible for the lack of transparency in my menu bar, and that Apple's engineers are already aware of the issue and working on a fix. She claims that this will be among the issues addressed in 10.5.1, which she said to look for "in two to four weeks." I hope this helps others with a GeForce FX 5200 who might have felt that they've been left in the lurch. Looks like we may get this fixed after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted November 1, 2007 Author Share Posted November 1, 2007 Haha! Yes! I was not lying after all. This is just a silly bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John the Geek Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Haha! Yes! I was not lying after all. This is just a silly bug. You seem surprised to discover that you were not lying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnie_Cash Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 I installed leopard yesterday on my 3 month old macbook pro. The menu bar is as solid as can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamacman Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Here is what i did... i have a 1st gen macbook If u like it i will post instructions on the way the dock is thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Ingus Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 I installed leopard yesterday on my 3 month old macbook pro. The menu bar is as solid as can be. Same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Here is what i did... i have a 1st gen macbook If u like it i will post instructions on the way the dock is thanks Yes please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMS Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 how do i get my transparency back? haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 I have a 12" 1.5GHz PB with 1.25GB that supports QI and Core Image and I don't get the transparent menu bar either. I just find it strange that others with the exact same specs have it. Really, really odd. I did some messing around with Quartz Debug and have found that the blurring is done by Quartz Extreme and not Core Image Picture Left: QE disabled Picture Right: QE enabled I have QE but I dont have blur? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simania_NL Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Here is what i did... i have a 1st gen macbook If u like it i will post instructions on the way the dock is thanks I'm also very interested how you managed to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conroe Mac Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I like the file menu without transparency. It's easier to read that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.aero Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 http://www.flickr.com/photos/itomi/1809486175/ http://www.leoparddocks.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbrett/1807013542/ some good dock modifications. the first link refers so bamacman's post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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