Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
4 unexplained errors and 18 hours waiting ... Monterey is here ...
I had forgotten how much I do not like apple imposed changes ...
I am having trouble reading the menu bar. It is no longer black! It seems Ito merge with the desktop as if it were the same content rather than content belonging to the current app!
How do I turn the menu bar black (high contrast)?
MacBook Pro (2020 and later)
System Preferences > Accessibility > Display > Display. Enable "Reduce transparency".
System Preferences > Accessibility > Display > Display. Enable "Reduce transparency".
JayRunquist wrote:
Dark mode in System Settings used to make the Menu bar black... I like the transparency across the board but am completely confused why Monterey's dark mode is actually NOT dark for the Menu bar. This has to be a bug, right?
I just remembered, there is a third-party app called "Boring Old Menu Bar" which will allow you to have a black menu bar without reducing transparency. There is a free trial…
Dark mode in System Settings used to make the Menu bar black... I like the transparency across the board but am completely confused why Monterey's dark mode is actually NOT dark for the Menu bar. This has to be a bug, right?
JayRunquist wrote:
Yea, I could've sworn the previous OS didn't need this but this is what I ended up doing. Thanks for the reply!
You would be swearing correctly. The behavior changed in Monterey.
You're welcome.
First off I was under the pression that the accessibility feature was for people with impairment what other disability. I don’t think that changing the color of a screen fit into that category. Unless I’m missing something. Shouldn’t this be better off in displays Forza menu and dock function?
nonetheless after searching I came upon the correct, albeit misplaced, answer
Thanks guys for the Guidance in navigating what should’ve been a very simple solution.
If you don't want to "Reduce Transparency", you have to use a dark wallpaper for the menu bar to be "black".
edit: I should say, at least the top of the wallpaper has to be dark.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Why is there a black oblong within the menu bar on Monterey? It's there all the time, no matter if I'm in Finder or a.n.other program. Makes no sense and I cannot find out what it does!
JK
Ok so I’ll put up with it. Dark mode is just awful. It changes the colours and makes parts of my stuff almost unusable. NOT impressed at all. Why should they decide my timetable?
I know it must be painful. FWIW, there's an app to hide the notch.
Yea, I could've sworn the previous OS didn't need this but this is what I ended up doing. Thanks for the reply!
Monterey black menu bar ... how?
