# why did my Mac menu bar change from blue to light orange?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 1, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-mac-menu-bar-change-from-blue-to-light-orange/562497 "2010-12-01T00:53:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-mac-menu-bar-change-from-blue-to-light-orange/562497/1 "2010-12-01T00:53:18Z")

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The menu bar across the top of the display - it’s been blue, and suddenly it’s a light orange, and the name of the application at the top left is shaded in grey.

Why would that happen?

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-mac-menu-bar-change-from-blue-to-light-orange/562497/2 "2010-12-01T00:55:26Z")

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That’s interesting. No idea. Mine is the default grey. How the hell did you do that?

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**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-mac-menu-bar-change-from-blue-to-light-orange/562497/3 "2010-12-01T00:57:36Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> The menu bar across the top of the display - it’s been blue, and suddenly it’s a light orange, and the name of the application at the top left is shaded in grey.
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> Why would that happen?

You have ‘Translucent menu bar’ checked (System Prefs/Desktop and Screen Saver/Desktop). And your wallpaper changed from something blueish to something orangeish.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-mac-menu-bar-change-from-blue-to-light-orange/562497/4 "2010-12-01T01:11:48Z")

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four minutes from OP to correct answer - thanks, **tellyworth**!

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-mac-menu-bar-change-from-blue-to-light-orange/562497/5 "2010-12-01T01:13:23Z")

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Mrs Piper changed the wallpaper, which happened to have a grey bar right in line with the name of the app. Weird coincidence. It’s back to grey now that I’ve unticked the translucent feature.