Slipped into strange video mode - how to reset?
My mac slipped into a strange video mode. It looks like some kind of reverse-video. I was playing around with configuring the icon view, and with a script that automatically positioned my windows, when this happened.
The video mode - when I boot I see the normal white-screen with apple, then the normal blue background for a second, and then it switches into "reverse-video". Menu bar is dark, lettering on menu bar is white. The usual "shadow" effect appears like a highlighted halo; the pop-up menu on the desktop appears black; the letters on that popup appear white. etc.
If I re-boot in safe mode the video appears normal.
Any suggestion what sequence of things I might try to get this reset?
Thanks!
Thank you!!
I had used that key combination as a shortcut for my window scripts, never even occurred to me that it might have triggered something like this.
Thanks again.
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