Mac OS X Leopard: Disable Transparent Menu Bar

Posted on Nov 26, 2007 under Mac Tips |

Some users of OS X 10.5 Leopard don’t seem to be big fans of the transparent menu bar. To disable it, perform the following steps.

1. Check to ensure that you are updated to System 10.5.2.

2. Open System Preferences.

3. Open Desktop & Screen Saver under the Personal section.

4. Uncheck the box for Translucent Menu Bar.

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2 Comments so far »

by Casey, on January 19 2008 @ 12:59 pm

This degrades performance! It’
by Casey, on January 19 2008 @ 1:00 pm

This degrades performance! It’s very noticable when using 16 spaces and toggling around between them on a macbook pro. I’d rather suffer the transparance than have the graphics get all choppy from this