Menu Toolbar Disappeared in Safari

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Menu Toolbar Disappeared in Safari

Help! I've lost the menu toolbar and I don't know how this happened. I cannot access any of the Safari menus at all. Any idea how to get these back? As I can't access the info to confirm... I believe it's the latest Safari on Snow Leopard.

I have the bookmarks, the URL toolbar, just missing the menus. No preferences available, nothing. Very strange!

Is there a shortcut available that I can use to re-enable this menu section? I'm guessing I hit some sort of keyboard combination to remove the menu in the first place.

Thanks so much!

Lynn

2 GHz Intel Core Duo iMac; MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.5), 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM on iMac; 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM on MBP.

Posted on Dec 5, 2010 12:46 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 5, 2010 1:10 PM in response to LynnQ

Hi,

If you are referring to the Safari menu bar at the top of your screen, login to another user account on your Mac. Make sure Safari is working there ok. If Safari doesn't function there either, it's a system wide issue. If Safari works ok in that account, follow the instructions here for troubleshooting third party Safari add-ons in the effected account.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3230?viewlocale=en_US

If Safari doesn't work in any user account, follow the instructions here where you see: *Try Disk Utility* in case the startup needs repairing.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417

Replaced the hard drive recently?
"the system in question is 4.5 years old (Intel)"

http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=12697986#12697986

Carolyn 🙂

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Answer 2

LynnQ Author

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Dec 5, 2010 2:47 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Hi again,

I have more information. First, at the time that I found the problem I had the computer hooked up to a Panasonic Viera TV with an HDMI/DVI cable. Seems the entire Apple menu bar at the very top of all screens had disappeared. Once I took the computer away from the TV the problem disappears and the Apple menu bar re-appears. Therefore, I expect this is a setting to solve with the TV (HD).

Any guidance on solving that problem appreciated but at least it's not on the Mac side, more on the TV side.

Thanks!

Lynn

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Answer 3

Dec 5, 2010 2:53 PM in response to LynnQ

Possibly the cable causing the problem OR, Panasonic's hardware isn't Mac compatible.

Check the vendor site for support.

Also, depending on which Mac you are referring to, you can post for help in that category also.

Click here then select the appropriate category. Get all the feedback you can.

http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa

🙂

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