Mavericks Bug Macbook Pro Menu bar goes black

Same problem here. MacBook Pro 15in Late 2013, Retina, dual GPU.

I found I can get the menu bar to fix itself by entering and exiting Mission Control.

Had the same problem. Unticking the Translucent Menu Bar -option in

System Preferences>Desktop & Screensaver>Desktop tab seem to have solved it for me.

I'm having the same issue. New rMBP (late 2013) with Maverick 10.9.1 and the Menu Bar stays sporadically black after waking up. Unticking Translucent menu bar helps, but activating it shows the black bar again.

MBP 15" Early 2011

This just happened to me for the first time. I was expoerting something from Adobe Illustrator to an exteral plug-in. I just did the translucent menu bar trick and it worked for now (but has to stay opaque untill there's a update i guess). Weird that it happens so randomly.

This worked for me, simple and effective. Also when my MBP awoke from sleep it had several notifications so perhaps the the issue is tied to notifications!

This happened to my MacBook Pro 15" Retina 2013 when I disconnected an external display and then closed my MacBook very quickly to put it to sleep (I was in a hurry).

I figured it was a display issue so I went to System Preferences > Display and changed the Resolution from "Best for display" to Scaled, played around with some settings and then back to "Best for display" and it worked. Anything that would force OS X to refresh/redraw the screen might also work, such as plugging in and out an external display.

I have the same bug.

Model Name: MacBook Pro

Model Identifier: MacBookPro9,1

Processor Name: Intel Core i7

Processor Speed: 2.6 GHz

Number of Processors: 1

Total Number of Cores: 4

L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB

L3 Cache: 6 MB

Memory: 16 GB

Boot ROM Version: MBP91.00D3.B08

SMC Version (system): 2.1f173

Serial Number (system): C02JJ00GDV35

Hardware UUID: 9BB557E1-614F-507E-9929-C069137BE968

Sudden Motion Sensor:

State: Enabled

I hit the Notifications menu and it came back to normal.

same thing here:

Modellname: MacBook Pro

Modell-Identifizierung: MacBookPro10,1

Prozessortyp: Intel Core i7

Prozessorgeschwindigkeit: 2,3 GHz

Anzahl der Prozessoren: 1

Gesamtanzahl der Kerne: 4

L2-Cache (pro Kern): 256 KB

L3-Cache: 6 MB

Speicher: 8 GB

But not on my MBP 15" late 2008 (same configuration)

iMac late 2013.

It happens sporadically, when I start my iMac. I have to restart my Mac to settle the bug.

This happens to me as well, not sure the casue but the solution is to force a full 'redraw' of the menu bar area by either opening the notification center (if translucent menu bar, the background graphics change, hence forcing a 'redraw'), mission control, changing spaces, launchpad, etc.

I had the same thing happen a few minutes ago, I switched from one non-Apple wallpaper to another and it fixed it (I switched back to my original wallpaper half a second later)

I had just woken the machine up from sleep, 51% battery, no idea if it was using integrated or discrete video at the time.

2 week old MacBook late-2013 2.3Ghz i7, 16GB RAM.

Same problem here. My solution is to change the screen resolution, switch it from the 'best for display' to another resolution, then back to the original again.

Please fix this Apple!

Apple is not listening to your posts here. This is a user to user support community, where individuals like yourselves, donate their time to help others. Send feedback to Apple in the appropriate category.

If the forthcoming OS X 10.9.2 update does not correct this, make an appointment with your nearest Apple store.

I just read on another website that if you maximise the safari window using the arrows on the top right hand side, then press Esc so the window goes back to the original size, the menu bar turns back to its original colour!!

This happened to me and I tried it and it was the quickest solution I could find.

So are there any users having this problem that do not have Chrome installed? Last few times it happened to me I had a Chrome window open. Somehow I have the feeling that it might be related.

On the other hand, I almost always have a Chrome browser open so it might not be that significant.