10.5: Fix the transparent menu bar toggle in 10.5.2

Feb 12, '08 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: spiff

If, after installing 10.5.2, you do not have the option to disable the translucent menu in the Desktop & ScreenSaver System Preferences panel, chances are you might have used this previous hint to disable the translucent menu bar.

Taking a hint from that particular hint... reset the value that was set by running this command:

sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer 'EnvironmentVariables' -dict 'CI_NO_BACKGROUND_IMAGE' 0
Logout and reboot, and the option will appear again.

[robg adds: I had the option in the Desktop panel, but it simply didn't seem to do anything. Running the above Terminal command fixed the problem.]

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