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milew66 Author

Level 1

12 points

New to Apple, frustrated with menu bar

Okay, just bought my first mac, an IMAC 27 inch.. Using safari, I am irriated that I have to click at the top of the screen every time I want to see the file, edit, view, etc bar (the menu bar). Is there a way to lock it so it doesn't disappear? I find it hard to believe there is no way to do that. Also, the dock at the bottom doesn't pop up as fast as I thought it would when I put the mouse at the bottom of the screen, like when you hide the menu bar in win7 as soon as your mouse goes in that area, it shows up. Now, I am not using a mouse pad, so I HOPE that is why, but I feel like it takes at least 4-5 seconds when I go to the bottom to see my dock for it to pop up. I am excited to have a mac, but these little things are really turning me off already. Please tell me there is a way to fix these things

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on May 19, 2012 10:58 PM

140 replies

Feb 20, 2016 6:18 AM in response to Darkschneider

MARVELOUS!! Thanks for sharing your secret Darkschneider!! Also works brilliantly with my Mac App called "Magnet" by CrowdCafe. I'm still learning to use my MacBook to it's potential, and like milew66, I wanted to be able to keep my Menu Bar from hiding when working with my apps open in full screen. I just wanted to be able to see how much time was left on my Pomodoro timer while I worked.

Thanks again!

Aug 22, 2016 4:13 AM in response to Miss535i

OMG- so easy to fix when you know how! Thanks so much

Nov 1, 2016 1:14 AM in response to milew66

Its funny because i am new to mac and i was searching the same thing and i see your question was dated back to 2012, Its 2016, 2017 in another month and mac still hasn't evolved enough to fix or change that problem and that says a lot! Soo idk my computers from now on will be windows.

Eric Root

Level 10

684,675 points

Nov 1, 2016 6:34 AM in response to Therealtimsims

Instead of going to full screen, command - control - F, try holding down the option/alt key and clicking the green button at the top left.

Dec 2, 2016 11:38 AM in response to milew66

Control key + Command key + F; do it twice = fixed the File/View/History hiding away issue. do hit F twice being the operative action.

New to Apple, frustrated with menu bar