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Q: How do I get my task bar to stop disappearing?

Can someone tell me how to get my taskbar from disappearing?  I've done something to make it disappear when my mouse moves away from it, and I don't know how to fix it.  Can someone provide me with the steps to get it back?


iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Mar 23, 2013 8:03 AM

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Q: How do I get my task bar to stop disappearing?

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  • by mende1,

    mende1 mende1 Mar 23, 2013 8:05 AM in response to instructor1g
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    Mar 23, 2013 8:05 AM in response to instructor1g

    You are referring to Dock. To make it permanent on the screen, open System Preferences > Dock, and unmark "Automatically hide and show the Dock"

  • by Steve Holton,

    Steve Holton Steve Holton Mar 23, 2013 8:08 AM in response to instructor1g
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    Mar 23, 2013 8:08 AM in response to instructor1g

    I assume you mean the Dock.

    Try any of these:

     

    Select the Apple symbol in left end of the menu bar.

    Select Dock.

    Select Turn Hiding Off.

     

    or

    In Sys Prefs. Dock uncheck "Automatically hide & show the Dock"

     

    or

     

    Cmd-Alt-D

  • by instructor1g,

    instructor1g instructor1g Mar 23, 2013 8:31 AM in response to instructor1g
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    Mar 23, 2013 8:31 AM in response to instructor1g

    Thank you for your reply, but I don't mean the dock on the bottom, I'm talking about the toolbar on the top.  When I move my mouse it disappears, when I bring my mouse back up there it reappears.  I want it to stop doing that. 

  • by mende1,

    mende1 mende1 Mar 23, 2013 8:33 AM in response to instructor1g
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    Mar 23, 2013 8:33 AM in response to instructor1g

    I think you have put an app in full-screen mode. To get out of full-screen mode, move the cursor to the top right of the display and press the blue rectangle, so the application will be showed as a window again

  • by instructor1g,

    instructor1g instructor1g Mar 23, 2013 11:37 AM in response to mende1
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    Mar 23, 2013 11:37 AM in response to mende1

    Thenk you mende1, but that didn't work either. I'm stumped.

  • by drdocument,

    drdocument drdocument Mar 23, 2013 11:52 AM in response to instructor1g
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    Mar 23, 2013 11:52 AM in response to instructor1g

    What apps are you currently running?

    A currently running app will have a small blue bubble under its icon in the Dock and when you position the cursor over the Dock icon the app's name will appear.

  • by drdocument,

    drdocument drdocument Mar 23, 2013 12:23 PM in response to drdocument
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    Mar 23, 2013 12:23 PM in response to drdocument

    By any chance are you running an app named Bartender, MenuShade, or any other app which hides your menu bar?

  • by instructor1g,

    instructor1g instructor1g Mar 23, 2013 12:43 PM in response to drdocument
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    Mar 23, 2013 12:43 PM in response to drdocument

    Not running any of the above.  Let me explain what happens:

    As I wrte this, I can see my 3 color radio buttons, the small book (show all bookmarks) and the 9 small squares that shows top sites.  Next to that I have some of my favorite sites that I click onto.  To the right there is an arrow pointing to the right which shows more bookmarks.  To the right of that is the plus sign to create a new tab.  Above the plus sign are two arrows, one going up, the other down.  When I click on that, the forward and backward arrows appear, my mail icon, printer icon, cloud, plus a couple of others then i hvae the tool bar where I can type in a web address (www.).  When I bring my mouse to above that, my apple, Safari, File, Edit, View, History, Bookmarks, Window and Help return.  To the right of that is the sound control date, blue tooth symbol, date, spotlight and the two arrows going up and down.  What I'm looking to do is not have it disappear anymore.  Anyone who can help, it would be appreciated.

     

    Thanks.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Mar 23, 2013 12:51 PM in response to instructor1g
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    Mar 23, 2013 12:51 PM in response to instructor1g

    When you click on the up/down arrows, do they back-highlight in blue? If so, then you are in Full Screen Mode. The menu bar will disappear in that mode. If you click those blue up/down arrows again, you will leave Full Screen and the Menu bar should stay visible.

    So, if you do that, and are out of Full Screen, does the menu bar come back?

     

    If you restart, does it fix it?

     

    If that doesn't help, can you boot into Safe Mode and see if everything works correctly?

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455

  • by drdocument,

    drdocument drdocument Mar 23, 2013 2:12 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Mar 23, 2013 2:12 PM in response to Barney-15E

    If by "up and down arrows" is meant the ones in the upper right corner of the Safari window, I have those as well.

     

    Except when I click the "enter full screen" arrows they no longer appear, and I click Escape to exit full-screen view.

    Screen Shot 2013-03-23 at 2.08.07 PM.png

  • by nando61,

    nando61 nando61 May 26, 2016 9:57 AM in response to instructor1g
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    May 26, 2016 9:57 AM in response to instructor1g

    This is how you fix this:

     

    1. Systems Preferences
    2. General
    3. Uncheck "Automatically hide and show the menu bar"

    Screenshot 2016-05-26 09.56.37.png

  • by appleIdverificationcode,

    appleIdverificationcode appleIdverificationcode Sep 12, 2016 11:08 AM in response to instructor1g
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    Sep 12, 2016 11:08 AM in response to instructor1g

    This might help:

     

    1)Move the cursor up to the topmost part of your screen.

    2)Click view.

    3)Check 'always show toolbar in full screen'.