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Displays Icon missing in Menu Bar

I noticed I no longer have a displays menu bar icon. Previously, I could click it and I could Detect Displays, Mirror/Extend and change resolution. This is gone! I've opened a case and I'm informed that "it's been removed." Well, it was removed; AFTER I installed. I clearly had the menu bar icon until my first reboot. Afterwards, it's not come back -- and I'm not too happy about that.

Anyone have any ideas? I'm going to look like a jack hole having to go through System Preferences in the middle of a presentation... talk about awkward!

NOTE: This is not a question about AirPlay. I have a mid-2010 MBP with a 2.66GHz i7 and I'm already upset that it's "too old".

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion, 2.66G i7 NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Posted on Jul 27, 2012 2:03 PM

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captfred

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Posted on Jul 27, 2012 2:11 PM

I can't do much about the menulet but if you click Option F1, you go straight to System Preferences > Displays.

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Aug 15, 2012 4:00 AM in response to Joseph Kriz

It was painful for me giving presentations; none of the suggestions described above helped me.

The only thing that fixed it for me was downgrading to Lion.

As a new personal policy, I now apply the "Microsoft Rule" to Apple products. You know, waiting for the first Service Pack before I even consider it... It's a shame for them, because I'm usually a first adopter...

Aug 15, 2012 10:28 AM in response to Joseph Kriz

Joseph Kriz wrote:

Nope.

What you see in the screen shot is what I get.

The only choice is to "Open Displays Preferences".

When you click on On Display Preferences what do you get nothing? Or this:

Aug 26, 2012 3:37 PM in response to Joshua Preston

Same annoying issue. I just applied the first mountain lion update and now the icon has disappeared. I've rebooted, no effect. I shut off the option, rebooted and turned the option back on again. Still no effect. PRAM reset. SMC reset. Nothing... this is broken as broken can get. Extremely annoying.