simonh31

Q: Status icons in menu bar flickering

Since installing Mac OS X 10.7.2 on my 15" MacBook Pro (early 2011), the status icons in de menu bar are constantly flickering.

This is a video of the icons flickering: http://tinypic.com/r/314qopc/7 .

 

Does anyone know how to resolve this issue?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

Simon.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Oct 16, 2011 7:50 AM

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  • by jhonny1717,

    jhonny1717 jhonny1717 Oct 16, 2011 7:44 PM in response to simonh31
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    Oct 16, 2011 7:44 PM in response to simonh31

    same problems, i search solutions ...

     

    i am not alone to have this problems, i hope fix soon !

  • by sbcc6989,

    sbcc6989 sbcc6989 Oct 24, 2011 12:37 PM in response to simonh31
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    Oct 24, 2011 12:37 PM in response to simonh31

    I have the exact same problem. Pretty annoying. Does anyone know how to sort this out?

  • by jhonny1717,

    jhonny1717 jhonny1717 Oct 24, 2011 12:45 PM in response to simonh31
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    Oct 24, 2011 12:45 PM in response to simonh31

    save your machine with time machine

     

    and download 10.7.2 installesd.dmg on mac appstore

    make an usb boot (if you haven't) ==> find tutorial on google to do this

     

    reboot on your usb key with ALT

     

    1/ format your disk with disk utility

    2/ install osx 10.7.2

    3/ restaure all with time machine

     

    don't find better sorry

     

    i solved like this

  • by sound_switch,Solvedanswer

    sound_switch sound_switch Oct 25, 2011 2:57 AM in response to simonh31
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    Oct 25, 2011 2:57 AM in response to simonh31

    I'm having the same problem.

     

    The only way to stop the flickering is to:

     

    • Go to spotlight in system preferences.
    • Click on Privacy
    • Click the "+" button
    • select Your hard drive from the drop down menu

     

    This should stop the flickering but it does mean you can't search in spotlight. I've also found that if you try and use the dictionary the dictionry app will crash. Also if you 3 finger tap a word in safari to define it safari will also crash. But it is a temperary solution for the flickering.

     

    Hope this helps 

  • by jhonny1717,

    jhonny1717 jhonny1717 Oct 25, 2011 5:13 AM in response to sound_switch
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    Oct 25, 2011 5:13 AM in response to sound_switch

    launch console in fider > utility

     

    look if uisystemserver (menu bar application) crashed with an indexation

     

    mdworker (spotify indexaiton)

     

    maybe one file block indexation with the proporty of bad owner

     

    but the best is to reinstall and restore with time machine, that's solve it and i am on 10.7.2 now

  • by simonh31,

    simonh31 simonh31 Oct 27, 2011 4:29 AM in response to sound_switch
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    Oct 27, 2011 4:29 AM in response to sound_switch

    Thanks for your answer. It worked for me, but I did follow the next steps:

     

    • System preferences > Spotlight
    • Open Privacy tab
    • Click the "+" button
    • Select your hard drive from the drop down menu
    • Restart
    • Remove your hard drive from the Spotlight - Privacy panel with the "-" button
    • Click on the Spotlight icon in the upper right corner of your screen

     

    Following these steps did stop the flickering and enabled me to search again (after rebuilding the Spotlight index).

  • by nedregotten,

    nedregotten nedregotten Nov 18, 2011 7:16 AM in response to simonh31
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    Nov 18, 2011 7:16 AM in response to simonh31

    The Spotlight-trick didn't work for me.

     

    The following did:

     

    Removing the file

         ~/Preferences/com.apple.systemuiserver.plist

     

    followed by opening Terminal and typing

         killall SystemUIServer

     

    Hope that helps.

     

    Cheers,

     

    p