how to stop menu bar from disappearing

Go to System Preferences --> General and uncheck "Automatically hide and show the menu bar." Also, if you're using any application (like Safari) in full screen mode, the menu bar will be hidden until you mouse over the top of your screen. To stop this, press ESC to exit full screen mode. The menu bar should return permanently. 🙂

Go to general and make sure "Automatically hide and show the menu bar" is not ticked.

Your solution: ALT + Click on the green button at the top left works on my MacBook Air. Thank-you for the simple fix. Like many others, I like my menu bar and dock always locked on the screen. 🙂

This one frustrates me too. In this thread, there is a fix that has worked for me (and several others).

Alt+Click on the green full screen button does the same as that when Double click the app menu bar.

You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is marked solved, less people are likely to look at it. A new post would be much more visible. You can link to this one.

Are you using Full Screen Mode?

If you are using full screen, that is normal.

Update: This fix isn't permanent if you're working with the Spaces bar in Mission Control. Choosing Esc takes you out of full-screen mode, as it would in, say, PowerPoint or Word; however, it removes the file from the Spaces bar. Once you restore it, the view returns to full-screen mode.

I've checked the available settings (general settings, Mission Control, Word, and elsewhere), but I don't see a fix for this. The convenience of working with my files in Spaces is worth the aggravation of the disappearing menu bar, but just barely.

My dock disappears - and, even when I go to General, the following is NOT checked "Automatically hide and show the menu bar."

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LEKRAUSS01 wrote:

.....For some reason the issue remains....I want both the DOCK MENU and the MENU BAR to remain on my screen at all time...I appreciate your assistance

Go to System Preferences --> Dock and uncheck "Automatically hide and show dock." This will keep the dock permanently wherever you've placed it.

The Escape key! Ahhhh....my blood pressure just went back to normal. Thanks.