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Opaque menu bar in Leopard

With the Leopard 10.5.2, there is now an option in the Desktop & Screensaver section of System Preferences that allows you to turn off the transculent menu bar that so many people don't like. But many people are not getting this option, even after updating to 10.5.2. If this happens to you, here's what you need to do to get this option to show up for you:

Open a terminal windows (go to Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal Window). Once the window open, type (or paste) in the following text (all on one line) and then hit Enter:

sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer 'EnvironmentVariables' -dict 'CI_NO_BACKGROUND_IMAGE' 0

Once you do that, yo can close the terminal window. Next time you open the Desktop & Screensaver section of System Preferences, you should have an option to turn of the transculent menu bar.
Rating: 80% positive, 5 total Votes
Categories: Mac Leopard customization
Added: on Feb 13, 2008 at 7:45 am
Added By: an anonymous user

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Worked a treat for me!
– Added by an anonymous user on Feb 13, 2008 at 7:51 am
did not work for me on iMac G5.
– Added by an anonymous user on Feb 13, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Did not work on my iMac G5 either.
– Added by an anonymous user on Feb 14, 2008 at 9:23 am
Not on my Powerbook G4 either
– Added by an anonymous user on Feb 14, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Worked on my Macbook Pro
– Added by an anonymous user on Feb 14, 2008 at 12:33 pm
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