10.5.2 Menu Bar Transparent - CRASH

I installed 10.5.2 via Software Update. When I got into the Desktop & Screen Saver Preference Panel and click on the checkbox to turn off menu bar transparency, the Preferences application immediately crashes and I get that window asking if I want to send an error report to Apple. This happens every time, even if I restart. Obviously a bug, but my hope is that someone can post a workaround because I would love to turn off transparency without having to install a third party hack to do it. I'm using a brand new computer, only about two weeks old, and I haven't installed any weird third party applications or hacks or anything like that.

After about a half dozen crashes in a row, this time it works. I wish I could post what fixed it, but I guess it doesn't matter as long as my Preferences app is no longer crashing.
And now I have a solid menu bar back again! Much better.
-Jeff

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Like many other people I have spent several frustrating days trying to solve the problem of Spry Menu Bar sub-menus appearing to be transparent (text, etc. underneath the sub-menus shows above/through the sub-menu items). This problem manifested itself in IE7, but not in Netscape, Safari or Firefox.
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Seriously Apple, why can't Leopard render a transparent menu bar on my Mac?

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3) contextual menu
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tell application "System Preferences" to activate
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tell process "System Preferences"
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delay 0.5
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click menu item "Desktop & Screen Saver"
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tell tab group 1
tell group 1
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end tell
end tell
end tell
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Please help. The Finder has crashed I guess, no icons on the desktop, menu bar and dock flicking. Can't open any app, folder or even do a right click.

Good day, I could really need some information. Thank you in advance.
I have a 2008 24" iMac, running on 10.5.8.
I want to describe the whole issue. The only thing that changed in my routine and made it crash was that I bought a new Apple keyboard, with a wire this time, before I was using a bluetooth one, and a new wireless Logitech mouse. After I successfuly connected both, while browsing in Safari, the computer totally lagged. All I could do was to manually restart it. When I started it again, it said that the "ruby" application has quited unnexpectedly. After clicking ignore, I observed that the icons on desktop haven't loaded, the menu bar is constantly reopening itself, I can't right click, if I try to open Sistem Preferences that is as far as it will allow me to go, if I click anything else than, it closes system Pref. and leaves me again with this flicking menu bar, which of course I can't even click and an empty desktop. I couldn't see if the problem is only related to my user, as there is only 1 user on it. I tried to create a new one, but I get the problem mentioned above.
I try to see here on the forum if other people have had the same problem, but what I got was minor cases, they can still use finder or an app, everytime I open something, it dies and I only can restart the poor thing
I hope I don't have to delete all my info on my drive, that would be a big problem for me.
Solutions, recommendations?
Thank you.

Hi Paul,
One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for problem in Safe Mode...
Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive
Reboot, test again.
If it only does it in Regular Boot, then it could be some hardware problem like Video card, (Quartz is turned off in Safe Mode), or Airport, or some USB or Firewire device, or 3rd party add-on, Check System Preferences>Accounts (Users & Groups in later OSX versions)>Login Items window to see if it or something relevant is listed. Or an errant process eating up RAM.
Check the System Preferences>Other Row, for 3rd party Pref Panes.
Also look in these if they exist, some are invisible...
/private/var/run/StartupItems
/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/LaunchDaemons

Mountain Lion Upgrade - Finder crashes, Menu Bar disappears ****

Hi,
I have a mid 2009 MBP running Lion perfectly well, and I mean perfect. No crashes, nada. Upgraded from Snow Leopard.
I have tried twice before to upgrade to ML but both times had to revert to Lion.
Key problem:
"Finder quit unexpectedly" then menu bar disappers and I can't use keyboard anymore (so no terminal killall etc) so have to hard reboot
And Yes, I also tried all the regular suggestions to these issues (seem to be common) such as delete preferences, delete DS_Store, permissions resets etc with no result
So I was perfectly happy developing for iOS on Lion
Then comes iOS7 and XCode 5 will only run on ML so now I'm forced to try upgrading Lion to ML again.
1. 1st time I did it without changing anything. Errors Key problem: "Finder quit unexpectedly" then menu bar disappers and I can't use keyboard anymore (so no terminal killall etc) so have to hard reboot
-> revert to Lion
2. Uninstalled all menu bar extensions, and deleted all login items. Result -> errors
Key problem: "Finder quit unexpectedly" then menu bar disappers and I can't use keyboard anymore (so no terminal killall etc) so have to hard reboot
So I've tried the testing Linc Davis posted here https://discussions.apple.com/message/17642350#17642350 with following results;
Tried Alternate Account:
I set up new account and for a while it worked. I was able to deploy to iPad to running iOS7. Yay. I thought it was ok.
Then I installed java in order to run SmartGit and also Carbon Copy Cloner and bang...same errors start appearing.
Uninstalled them, but no joy, started acting up.
Tried SAFE Mode:
It works! Perfectly. But I can't run in safe mode all the time, as I need some of the features it disables (audio, network as I develop cross platform with Win7)
So I tried Linc's 3rd test with is for kernel extensions etc, with results posted below.
I would really appreciate any guidance as to how I can get this working. It is extremely frustrating and time wasting, and I have no faith in OSX ML as a stable platform for development. I don't want to buy another machine, not just the expense, but also from trawling the threads people with current and new machines are also reporting similar problems to me with no resolution that I can see. Whatver ever happened to "Graceful Degradation" not "System crashes with no help whatsover"!!
Anyways, frustrated rant over, here's my results. I'm going to try again, but any help on optimising my Lion install before I do would be VERY welcome!
ty in advan
(Note: These results are from my newly reverted Lion clone, and I have not removed any menu bar apps or login items as yet.These have been run on my prefectly working Lion install)
Step 1
Copy or drag -- do not type -- the line below into the Terminal window, then press return:
kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}'
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.6)
tc.tctechnologies.driver.TCNear (4.1.3
Post the lines of output (if any) that appear below what you just entered (the text, please, not a screenshot.)
Step 2
Repeat with this line:
sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix)|edu\.mit|org\.(x|postfix|ntp|cups)/{print $3}'
This time, you'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. You don't need to post the warning.
tc.tctechnologies.daemon.TCNear
com.leapmotion.leapd
com.google.keystone.daemon
com.cocoatech.pathfinder.SMFHelper7
com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.A0433445-0A27-4623-AFF0-DC15FB8AF694
com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.1F3921EC-97B2-4312-941C-0966704A918F
com.bombich.ccc
com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon
com.adobe.fpsaud
Step 3
launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|edu\.mit|org\.(x|openbsd)/{print $3}'
com.evernote.EvernoteHelper
com.leapmotion.Leap-Motion
com.google.keystone.system.agent
com.bjango.istatmenusagent
com.bombich.ccc-user-agent
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae
Step 4
ls -1A /e*/mach* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta}* L*/Fonts 2> /dev/null
Important: If you synchronize with a MobileMe account, your me.com email address may appear in the output of the above command. If so, anonymize it before posting.
/Library/Components:
/Library/Extensions:
/Library/Frameworks:
AEProfiling.framework
AERegistration.framework
AudioMixEngine.framework
NyxAudioAnalysis.framework
PluginManager.framework
iTunesLibrary.framework
/Library/Input Methods:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
Quartz Composer.webplugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
Unity Web Player.plugin
Unused
flashplayer.xpt
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
/Library/Keyboard Layouts:
/Library/LaunchAgents:
com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist
com.google.keystone.agent.plist
com.leapmotion.Leap-Motion.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons:
com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
com.apple.remotepairtool.plist
com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist
com.bombich.ccc.plist
com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.1F3921EC-97B2-4312-941C-0966704A918F.plist
com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.A0433445-0A27-4623-AFF0-DC15FB8AF694.plist
com.cocoatech.pathfinder.SMFHelper7.plist
com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
com.leapmotion.leapd.plist
tc.tctechnologies.TCNear.plist
/Library/PreferencePanes:
Flash Player.prefPane
TCNear.prefPane
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
com.bombich.ccc
com.cocoatech.pathfinder.SMFHelper7
/Library/QuickLook:
iWork.qlgenerator
/Library/QuickTime:
AppleIntermediateCodec.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component
CanonMJPEGAVI.component
CanonMJPEGAVIDec.component
CanonText.component
/Library/ScriptingAdditions:
/Library/Spotlight:
Microsoft Office.mdimporter
iWork.mdimporter
/Library/StartupItems:
ChmodBPF
/etc/mach_init.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:
SkypeABDialer.bundle
SkypeABSMS.bundle
Library/Fonts:
Library/Frameworks:
EWSMac.framework
Library/Input Methods:
.localized
Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
Library/Keyboard Layouts:
Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
[email protected]st
com.bombich.ccc-user-agent.plist
Library/PreferencePanes:
Library/Services:
.DS_Store
RemoveDSStoreFiles.workflow
Step 5
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item'
Sonicviz-MBP:~ paul$ osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item'
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Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,3
1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - VRAM: 256 MB
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Startup Items:
ChmodBPF - Path: /Library/StartupItems/ChmodBPF
System Software:
Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63) - Uptime: 0 days 17:29:31
Disk Information:
SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series disk0 : (128.04 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
OSX SSD (disk0s2) /: 127.04 GB (19.26 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
FUJITSU MJA2320BH FFS G1 disk1 : (320.07 GB)
disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Mac HD (disk1s2) /Volumes/Mac HD: 319.21 GB (140.61 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.6)
tc.tctechnologies.driver.TCNear (4.1.3
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[not loaded] ftp-proxy.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.1F3921EC-97B2-4312-941C-0966704A918F.plist
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.A0433445-0A27-4623-AFF0-DC15FB8AF694.plist
[loaded] com.cocoatech.pathfinder.SMFHelper7.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.leapmotion.leapd.plist
[not loaded] tc.tctechnologies.TCNear.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.leapmotion.Leap-Motion.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[redacted]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc-user-agent.plist
User Login Items:
Flux
iTunesHelper
Caffeine
ForkLift
VMware Fusion Helper
Android File Transfer Agent
ZOOM Edit&Share startup
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
Unity Web Player.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
None
Top Processes by CPU:
    2% WindowServer
    2% fontd
    1% EtreCheck
    1% ZOOM Edit&Share startup
    0% SystemUIServer
    0% ForkLift
    0% Leap Motion
    0% ps
    0% Flux
    0% Finder
Top Processes by Memory:
164 MB mds
143 MB Evernote
127 MB WebProcess
90 MB   Safari
82 MB   SystemUIServer
66 MB   com.apple.dock.extra
61 MB   WindowServer
57 MB   Dock
57 MB   ForkLift
41 MB   loginwindow
Virtual Memory Statistics
1.51 GB Free RAM
1.23 GB Active RAM
460 MB Inactive RAM
574 MB Wired RAM
593 MB Page-ins
0 B     Page-outs

Mozilla crashed yesterday and now bookmarks are not showing along the left side of page as they did before. They are on the menu bar but hubby does not like this location. Anyway I can get it back to the left side of the page?

This spring we changed from IE to Mozilla after upgrading to Win 7. Everything has been fine with Firefox until yesterday when it crashed when I attempted to open an email. Since then the bookmarks (or favorites as my husband calls them) have not been in their usual place which was along the left side of the page. They are located in the Bookmarks bar at the top of the page but husband prefers the old IE way which we had until yesterday PM. Is there any way that we can get them back to the left side of the page other than going back to IE? Now that I have gotten used to Firefox I like it just fine.

*You can open the Bookmarks in the sidebar via View > Sidebar > Bookmarks (Ctrl+B)
*You can open the History in the sidebar via View > Sidebar > History (Ctrl+H)
Press F10 or tap the Alt key to bring up the "Menu Bar" temporarily.
You can find toolbar buttons to open the bookmarks (star) and the history (clock) in the sidebar in the toolbar palette and drag them on a toolbar.<br />
Firefox 4 versions and later have two bookmark buttons with a star in the Customize window.<br />
One star button has a drop marker that open a Bookmark menu.<br />
The other star button without the drop marker opens the bookmarks in the sidebar.<br />
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Toolbar_customization
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Back+and+forward+or+other+toolbar+items+are+missing

Crash led to my iBook no longer having the translucent menu bar setting

Basic situation is this. I was running 10.5.3 perfectly well on my iBook G4 1.33ghz/1gb RAM. One day it didn't want to wake from sleep so I had to hold the power button down to power it off then back on. It started up as normal except that the menu bar had become translucent again (in 10.5.3 I had chosen to turn that stupid 'feature' off). But now the tick box is missing from the Desktop & Screen Saver pref pane, and even re-installing Leopard and updating to 10.5.3 then 10.5.4 from scratch has not bought the box back. Any idea what on earth has happened and how I can fix this? It passes the Hardware Test CD perfectly. It's as though it now thinks my Mac isn't capable of supporting that setting (when I add a Dashboard widget the ripple still happens for example).
Thanks!

David Lightman wrote:
Basic situation is this. I was running 10.5.3 perfectly well on my iBook G4 1.33ghz/1gb RAM. One day it didn't want to wake from sleep so I had to hold the power button down to power it off then back on.
This is a big NONO. You essentially crashed your OS by forcing it off while it was running. Yes, sleeping is running.
Your OS is damaged.
It started up as normal except that the menu bar had become translucent again (in 10.5.3 I had chosen to turn that stupid 'feature' off). But now the tick box is missing from the Desktop & Screen Saver pref pane, and even re-installing Leopard and updating to 10.5.3 then 10.5.4 from scratch has not bought the box back. Any idea what on earth has happened and how I can fix this? It passes the Hardware Test CD perfectly. It's as though it now thinks my Mac isn't capable of supporting that setting (when I add a Dashboard widget the ripple still happens for example).
Thanks!
Run the DU and repair your HD and permissions.
If that does not help, boot into the safe mode (hold down shift key on boot) and when you get to the login screen click on restart.
It could simply be a corrupt .plist file.
In the worse case, you can reinstall your OS previous to your forced crash using your TM backup.
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