Moving/removing menu bar menulets

I want to remove and/or reorder various menulets (e.g., for Airport, bluetooth, MS messenger, time machine, etc.) that are on the very top menu bar. I thought it would be a simple chore, but I've tried click-drag, control-drag, option-drag, and command-drag and nothing works. They just are stuck there as if glued. There MUST be a way to remove or reorder them, isn't there? In the few months I'm had my Macbook I've learned so much, but this silly little chore has defeated me!

You have PithHelmet installed or you have SIMBL installed. They are not compatible with 10.5.2. Perhaps uninstalling SIMBL and any utilities dependent upon it such as WiFind may fix your problem.
Uninstalling Software: The Basics
Most OS X applications are completely self-contained "packages" that can be uninstalled by simply dragging the application to the Trash. Most applications create preference files which are stored in the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder. Although they do nothing once you delete the associated application, they do take up some disk space. If you want you can located them in the above location and delete them, too.
Some applications may install an uninstaller program that can be used to remove the application. In some cases the uninstaller may be part of the application's installer, and is invoked by clicking on a Customize button that will appear during the install process.
Some applications may install components in the /Home/Library/Applications Support/ folder. You can also check there to see if the application has created a folder. You can also delete the folder that's in the Applications Support folder. Again, they don't do anything but take up disk space once the application is trashed.
Some applications may install a startupitem or a Log In item. Startupitems are usually installed in the /Library/StartupItems/ folder and less often in the /Home/Library/StartupItems/ folder. Log In Items are set in the Accounts preferences. Open System Preferences, click on the Accounts icon, then click on the LogIn Items tab. Locate the item in the list for the application you want to remove and click on the "-" button to delete it from the list.
If an application installs any other files the best way to track them down is to do a Finder search using the application name or the developer name as the search term.
There are also several shareware utilities that can uninstall applications:
AppZapper
CleanApp
Yank
SuperPop
Uninstaller
Spring Cleaning
Look for them at www.versiontracker.com or www.mackupdate.com.
For more information visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on removing software.

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What I see:
You need a width on the ul.MenuBarVertical style. Make it the same width as the ul.MenuBarVertical li selector.
Remove the float: none; from this style:
ul.MenuBarVertical ul li
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No such measurement as a half a pixel:
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
     border: .5px solid #CCC;
If you want a border, 1px is minimum...you repeat this incorrect half-pixel in several places.
Running your page through the W3C Validator returned this: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthydirections.ca%2F&charset=%28dete ct+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0
Your initial errors are not declaring a DOCTYPE, which among other things, does not provide the browser with any information regarding how you want the code interpreted for your viewer. Some browsers guess well, some do not (IE).
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Apply this in its place, and run through the validator again.
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I have a Dell 2408 acting as the main display and a 15" MBP. For some reason, today the dock ended up on the MBP screen at the bottom and the menu bar is on the Dell at the top. I can't seem to move the dock back to the Dell. Can someone help? I tried moving the menu bar to the MBP and then back, hoping the dock would follow but no luck.
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When the dock is defined as on the bottom, it will appear on the screen of the extended desktop that is lowest.
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Menu Bar items inactive in firefox after a while (firefox 8.0, mac OSX 10.6.8)

It happens a few minutes after starting firefox:menu bar items become inactive. The apple menu is inactive too. The menus of the other applications work properly (Apple menu is OK then). When switch back to firefox, menus are still inactive. Menus work again if all the firefox windows are closed (not systematically). When restarted, firefox is OK ...for a while.

try 1: disk permissions repaired : menu bar items still inactive from time to time
try 2: firefox.plist removed : menu bar items not active at all although a new plist has been created!
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Menu bar accessibility severe issue

Dear support team
I am a visually impair person (20/100) vision. I am working as software architect since 27 years in the Windows and Linux world. A year ago I bought an AirPort and I fall in love with Apple product best quality: "Always work like a charm"!
So 5 months ago I decide to make the jump and I bought an iMac 27", i7, 16GB, 2TB. As expected, everything works wonderfully until I realize the terrible mistake Apple techies made regarding accessibility that even Microsoft fixes years ago.
The menu bar has NO descent support at all for accessibility.
Let me explain the four fold problem:
1) The font size cannot be adjusted, so I must memorize menu item position or stretch my neck to see what I am selecting.
2) Being 50 years old, I am wearing progressive lens, so only the bottom part of the lens are adjusted for reading, this implies that I shall stretch my neck even more to be able to see something on the menu bar.
3) I am from Quebec Canada, so I use both English and French languages. However, the "language icon" at the right end of the menu bar is so small that they look identical.
4) When you change the size of the mouse pointer, its positioning becomes offseted.
I am using the mouse zooming functionality to work around these problems, but believe me, this is far from being appropriate. Changing the resolution is no a solution too.
You have to realize that visually impair people are buying large screens with the believing that they will be able to adjust font / icon size so everything will work well and they will have good screen real-estate. Also don't forget that your earlier Apple adaptors are now over 40's and they wear progressive lens too.
Now how to fix the problem:
1) Use the same magnification effect on the menu bar as the one on the Dock.
2) Allow user to change the language icon or at least its colour.
3) Make the menu bar font size adjustable.
4) Allow the user to move the menu bar at the bottom of the screen.
5) Fix the mouse pointer offset issue, this is just a question of taking the mouse pointer size into account in the position calculation.
I perfectly understand that allowing the user to change the font size of the menu bar (which is the system font size) may have side effects, same for moving the menu bar at the bottom of the screen. However, there is NO excuse to not provide magnification effect on menu bar and language icon configuration.
Not providing these features are just like not providing access ramp to public buildings and saying: There is always someone passing by that will help the rare "cases" who have to deal with the situation. If it is not enough, in Quebec, it is forbidden to use very small fonts in legal documents!!!
This shall not be seen as a legal or business issue but rather an ethical issue exactly like the access ramp. You, Apple, shall do your best to give equal access to your products independently of physical conditions.
I am sure the people who create these wonderful products at Apple will see this as a very interesting challenge to make MAC much more accessible to roughly 30% of the population, people over 40s and visually impair people.
Best regards
PS: If anybody knows which door to knock to get this issue fixed, let me know; the normal did not work at all.

If you wish to contact Apple, the only way to do so is via Apple's Feedback page. We are just other Apple customer like yourself. We can offer suggestions and workarounds, but be can't move the menu bar.
ChatBlond wrote:
1) The font size cannot be adjusted, so I must memorize menu item position or stretch my neck to see what I am selecting.
You are using Universal Access aren't you? There are a number of ways to zoom in on the screen (including the menu bar) or have it spoken to you. Plus, most commands have a ⌘ (command) key equivalent. If the built-in Universal Access features are insufficient, you could use Automator to create a whole suite of shortcuts to commonly-performed operations.
3) I am from Quebec Canada, so I use both English and French languages. However, the "language icon" at the right end of the menu bar is so small that they look identical.
That is just for keyboard input. What is your keyboard's layout? If it is in English, I would say just use the shortcuts for French diacriticals. option e for accent aigu, option ` for accent grave, option i for circonflexe, option u for umlaut, and option c for cedille. If your keyboard in is French, the shortcuts should still work for circonflexe and umlaut. I do a fair amount of work in French and I would get really confused if I changed by keyboard.
4) When you change the size of the mouse pointer, its positioning becomes offseted.
Are you doing this through Universal Access? I don't really understand what you mean. It seems to work fine. There is a "hot point" on the cursor and it seems to be at the same (relative) place regardless of the cursor size.
I am using the mouse zooming functionality to work around these problems, but believe me, this is far from being appropriate. Changing the resolution is no a solution too.
Have you tried this hint to enable Resolution Independence? It is supposed to be buggy, but it is what you are asking for.

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Well, for one, this an Automator forum, so as for doing that with Automator there would have to be an action for it. Have a look at the actions included in Automator, you won't find an action for moving the menu bar from one display to another.
You also probably won't find an action created by a third-party developer (i.e. not Apple) that would do that, either. Though if you search for one and do find it, then you're is problem is solved.
I would say you really need to try the AppleScript forum. No guarantee they'll be able to help, but that is much more suited for your request. Automator is more oriented towards repetitive tasks on large batches of files, or a perhaps a group of tasks. Such a singular and non-file related request as yours is more likely to be solved with AppleScript. While an Automator workflow can have AppleScript in it, it's not worth it unless you're also doing other tasks that can be accomplished with Automator actions. Might as well stick with pure AppleScript for such a task, if it can be done at all.
Good luck.

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The system comes with a menu bar for the F-key functionalities. By moving mouse pointer to top of screen, it appears. I cannot seem to find out where I can uninstall og disable this annoying bar. It looks like a software error when it's not used. A small line of the buttons are visible and it irritates me. Help me how to remove, please?

Hi
I think you mean the Toshiba Vista FlashCards.
The FlashCards controls the FN buttons and if you want to use the FN buttons I would not recommend removing it from the operating system.
If dont want to use this tool then you could disable it in:
Programs Toshiba - Utilities Toshiba FlashCard settings
Hope this helps.
A feedback would be appreciated

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