Numberzz Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 When we all updated our computers to 10.5.2, that update we were all waiting for, something terrible happened. The translucent menus that we once used to enjoy went away, we only heard of them when old parents told their kids about the "old times." But no more! Someone over at MacRumors has discovered that if you replace some of the files in your System folder, you can actually bring the translucent menus back to all your apps. Below is a "pics or it didn't happen moment." The link to the guide is below that. Warning: the guide requires you to use Terminal to set permissions, but I'm sure you can use an app like Fugu to edit the permissions without Terminal. Thanks Carbon! Guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 i noticed this today too, and i am pissed off!!! Think Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 Why are you pissed off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 I wanted my menu bar back, and i can confirm it works Think Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaled_acmilan Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Numberzz i can see now a translucent on my Web Browser(Safari) as you can see:- Did You mean you can control what the rate of translucent in any App?. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 It would be better if Apple sent a nice little update out, i dunno, maybe 10.5.3 and added the use of a slider so we can individually control the amount of translucency... Think Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakine Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Great info, I'm gonna try the guide. Also, how do we get the menu bar to show sticman's in the "about this mac" thread, http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...3634&st=560 . I've searched and still can't find how it did it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francola Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 It worked, but it also disabled the ability to toggle the translucency of the menu bar! Deal breaker for me. My original files are back in place. Whew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Friggin' awesome. :censored2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 I tried here, but not as I expected and not so transparent as we can have on 10.5.1 previously. Edit: It was my dumb wallpaper, lol. and I haven't unsupported gfx to use translucent menubar, so I really need silk to use this. those files just killed the "silk trick" and my menu is opaque again. So if do you use this and have to make silk trick to have the translucent menubar, beware before using and aways have a backup of the original files to restore. but yeah, works for everyone :censored2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 The menus are still translucent, just more opaque than they were before Look carefully: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 It worked, but it also disabled the ability to toggle the translucency of the menu bar! Deal breaker for me. My original files are back in place. Whew! Maybe by some way these files control the whole translucent/transparent stuff on leopard? as I posted here its broken with my "silk trick". Also this could be a know issue by apple? well lets wait for 10.5.3 or you could test this with silk installed? (you can turn on or off the translucent menubar under silk by ennable or disable a "magic feature" on the options). Maybe this a chance to have fast translucent menubar switch + transparent menus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosefRodger Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 thanks alot eh, works like a charm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 didn't work like a charm for me : every UI icons are buggy, like Quicklook or in Safari. That sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 FTW!!!! WHOOO! And Marvin, that is confirmed, but people want their UI anorexic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finetuned Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 didn't work like a charm for me : every UI icons are buggy, like Quicklook or in Safari. That sucks. Yes, my icons are messed up, too. Nice find, but I'm going back to my old files... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berzerker Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Same with my icons. Screwed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T. Firefly Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 worked like a charm! a small tweak but a sexy one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muitommy Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 This works great for me! btw, what kinds of glitches are you guys mentioning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sponkemonke Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 I got buggy icons too. I just deleted the new ones then copied over fresh copies of them. Apparently, Mac OS X doesn't like system files replaced but rather deleted then copied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrates Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 I'm confused, wasn't the translacent menu's something users were complaining about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p1nkrubb3rd1ld0 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 WTF ?? everything works here like it worked in 10.5.1 ... didn't need this fix hoorey for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~anima Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Lol I didnt even notice that my menus werent transculent anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Sweeeet. It works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Try repairing permissions, it worked for me. (For the buggy icons) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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