New to Apple, frustrated with menu bar

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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

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Answer 1

Jan 22, 2017 6:53 AM in response to Eric Root

wow, thank you so much for that! (option + green button) Can't believe I went through all 10 pages of posts and suddenly found this at the end! Works like a charm for Safari and also for Mail. Doesn't work with Office for Mac, but I can deal.

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sineld

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Mar 24, 2017 7:51 AM in response to milew66

I have tried all the possibilities on this thread but none worked.

I have this issue especially on Chrome Browser.

I activated Simple Full Screen Feature to come over it, it seems to have worked. Here is how to do it:

http://winaero.com/blog/enable-the-hidden-simplified-fullscreen-ui-for-youtube-i n-chrome-47/

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May 19, 2012 11:45 PM in response to milew66

Hi and welcome to Apple Support Communities and congrats on your new iMac 🙂

Press Command + Control + F to exit or enter full screen mode.

Since you are new to Mac, you may want to disable the Lion "resume" feature.

Open System Preferences > General

Deselect: Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps

That will help your Mac boot faster.

You might want to take a moment and check out the video tutorials here > Apple - Find Out How - Mac Basics

And here > Apple product tutorials

If you are switching from Windows > Apple - Support - Switch 101

For assistance with most applications click Help from the app's menu bar top of your screen.

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milew66 Author

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May 19, 2012 11:49 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

This had nothing to do with my question! I want to know how to NOT make the menu bar disappear period, why should I have to lick at the top to see file, view, etc? I never said anything about booting slow, I said when I bring my mouse to the bottom while on the internet, the dock takes forever to pop up, unlike windows. I am assuming that was an automated response....which frustrates me more.

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May 20, 2012 12:03 AM in response to milew66

No, it was not an automated response.

I want to know how to NOT make the menu bar disappear period,

As I said before, use the keyboard shortcuts..

I offered the tip about disabling the Lion resume feature as it tends to cause problems with Safari. I was merely trying to save you that inconvenience.

You may want to take a moment to read here > Apple Support Communities - Etiquette

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Answer 6

May 20, 2012 1:46 AM in response to milew66

We are all users like you, volunteering to help each other. You owe Carolyn an apology.

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Answer 7

May 20, 2012 1:55 AM in response to milew66

Addendum: You owe her an apology not just because she's volunteering and sharing her vast knowledge for free, but also becauseshe did answer your question right after her welcoming opening passage.

Press Command + Control + F to exit or enter full screen mode.

Shame on you for not reading carefully. 😝

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milew66 Author

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May 20, 2012 8:31 AM in response to Ramón G Castañeda

Sorry.

So, you are saying +control will make the menu bar, with file, edit, view, history, tools, etc. Stay there, i will not have to click to at the top to see it? I always want the screen to be maximized and take up the enite screen, why would someone buy a 27 in screen if they could not utlize a browser covering that entire 27 inches.

I tried the +command. I still have to click at the top in order to acces copy from edit (the menu bar).

Now, being my second day owning a mac. I have no clue what Lion resume is

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May 20, 2012 8:53 AM in response to Ramón G Castañeda

Thank you 🙂

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milew66 Author

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May 20, 2012 8:56 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

I just want to be clear. Is it possible in safari, ir any web browser. So be totally maximized and be able to have the menu bar visible at all times without having tk go to the top and click to make it appear.

Thanks

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TildeBee

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May 20, 2012 9:32 AM in response to milew66

Yes. It is the norm to be able to see the menu bar at all times.

Somewhere along the line, you pressed these buttons at the same time, and it toggled Full Screen on:

Apple/Command, Control, and the letter F

If you do it again, it will toggle it to Normal View.

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milew66 Author

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May 20, 2012 10:03 AM in response to TildeBee

I will try this when i get home and report back

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TildeBee

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May 20, 2012 10:38 AM in response to milew66

Good.

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milew66 Author

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May 20, 2012 11:11 AM in response to TildeBee

Okay, this is crazy, I did what was asked. Again, I am not trying to be mean or rude so I am sorry if my typing makes it appear that way, I am just frustrated.

I did the command f and yes, the menu bar is there, but the screen (desktop/dock) is visible. Why!!!! Why do I have a 27 inch screen if I cannot surf the web, have the menu bar constantly visable, and have the whole screen taken up? Why can I only see the menu bar when the screen is only 3/4 there. This is what I see. There is no way to be able to have the whole screen taken up like most browsers and still have constant access to the menu bar without having to click at the top??? Please tell me yes, please. They can put a man on the moon, but having full screen with a locked menu bar is impossible?? Please help. First mac, really want to love it

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milew66 Author

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May 21, 2012 6:42 AM in response to milew66

So, am I stuck with never being able to have full screen capabilities without having to click at the top in order to see the menu bar?

I am 100% new to Mac, and really want to learn as much as possible about these machines, but little things like this make no sense. Is, for some reason, this supposed to be Convenient ?

Like I said, yes, it stays there when you hit the command f, but that cuts the browser size almost in half, which makes no sense. Is this only a safari issue? Seems to do the same with firefox, please tell me I am doing something wrong and that it is not the norm to not be able to have your browser maximized and have the menu bar accessible at all times....

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