My spotlight search on mac lost its curved edges

My spotlight search on mac lost its curved edges
Hello, I was using my spotlight search and now i noticed that its edges are not curved anymore. Now they are straight. I don't like them: i like them like they used to be, curved.
What could I do?
Things i did that evidently did not work:
- Restart my mac
- Safely boot my mac
- change the color of the ui to dark and black to normal
my mac: MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)
               Processor: 3 GHz Intel Core i7
               Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
               Graphcs:

HI,
Does anything here sound familiar?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2538
Run the Apple Hardware Test. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1883
Carolyn

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