To change the transparent menubar of Leopard to something solid via the terminal,
sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer 'EnvironmentVariables' -dict 'CI_NO_BACKGROUND_IMAGE' 0.63
Note – The “0.63″ can be changed to any number from 0 to 1.
Then restart your computer.
To restore the original menubar,
sudo defaults delete /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer 'EnvironmentVariables'
Then restart your computer.
[via ars technia]
November 21, 2007 at 10:10 am
[...] and noticed it was opaque. I can’t find the original source again now, but I’ve found another blog that mentions it. The code to execute at the command line [...]