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Where is the system-level setting to ensure that, even when I maximize an application, the menu bar is still visible. I don't like having to move the mouse to see the battery life, wifi signal, date etc. I'm on Yosemite, if it matters. To be clear, I'm not looking for a workaround that will provide these various bits of information elsewhere. I want to know how to mandate the menu bar stay visible.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
thx!
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I found a solution that seems to work.
Go to System Preferences>Dock> Put a check mark next to "Double-click a window's title" and select Zoom.
Then, if you open a document and want to maximize: Don´t click on the green button, but double-click the title bar in the document instead (fex where it says Microsoft Word, if you have started this program). Then the window fills the screen except for the menubar and the dock.
Hope that helps.
I have two Mac Pro laptops with the same version of OS and Word. On my older computer, the menu bar stays visible on all applications. On the new laptop, it disappears continually and is extremely irritating-- it makes work much slower since each time I want to view info that is always visible on my older laptop. Ridiculous that someone at Apple can't tell me how to make this menu bar remain visible on my new computer, just like on my older computer!!!
2017-Thanks, that worked! Just installed sierra from mavericks and i hate it! much slower, streaming much much slower (that's why I updated in first place) and screwed up tons of stuff. Maybe someone knows what I can do to change color, font size and/or make bold the tab color/fonts? even on top it says 'apple inc.' in light green...??? thx
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Double click on the application toolbar. The window should fill the space between the menubar and the Dock.
System Preferences > Dock
You can enable "Automatically hide and show the Dock"
Hold down on the option/alt key while clicking the green dot in the upper left hand corner.
This doesn't maximize the window. It makes it slightly larger, but it doesn't make it near full screen. Moreover, I'd rather not have to use special key sequences to get the behavior I want. I'd like it if I can adjust a setting so that the behavior I want /becomes/ the default (i.e., simply pressing the green button or the keyboard shortcut to maximize a window has the effect I'm desiring)
It's not the dock at the bottom I'm concerned with, it's the menu bar at the top. I guess in apple that's called the 'application toolbar'. I want the application toolbar to never be hidden.
jhemann wrote:
I guess in apple that's called the 'application toolbar'.
No, it is called the "menu bar" and it cannot be made to show always in full screen (Unless there is some third-party hack to do it)
:-/
I don't like that. Thanks.
Hi, Jhemann,
I have a perfect solution: in the app-store search for Windowtidy. It solves your problem and you also can easily position several open windows on your screen.
I love it!
Tom
swipe three fingers up to see the screen with all your apps spread out and at the top there will be windows with all your full screen apps. go all the way to the right of that with your mouse at the top and a window with a + sign will stick out from the side of the screen. Click it and it will create a second desktop. then if you put an app in full screen** in each desktop (and hide the dock) your screen will keep the menu bar and you will still be able to flip between open apps just as if they were full screen!!
EDIT - I meant if you maximize an app on each desktop.. sorry
Keep menu bar visible in all full-screen apps?
