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DESCRIPTION
LeoColorBar modifies a desktop image to make Leopard's transparent menubar whatever color you like.
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.3:
  • Ability to add a text imprint to the menubar
  • Bug fixes
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5

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Developer:md softworks
Downloads:11,667
  - Version d/l:7,108
Utilities:Desktop
License:Free
Date:25 Nov 2007
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
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    LeoColorBar User Reviews (8 posts)Write A Review
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    Nov 13 2007

    FRANCOLA  Thanks allot for this! I like the Leo bar occasionally, but it is nice to have a choice!  
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    Nov 12 2007

    COOLAPIC  great but it doesn't do it for me...

    I use two screens, if I use this I get a white (or else) bar on top of the second screen that has no menu bar...

    Hope there is something coming that's able to make the menu bar really opaque.

    hey Apple, what silly idea to make that bar transparent !  
    (Version 1.1)

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    Nov 13 2007

    MDSW  I'd be interested to know what is causing this issue for you; it should only modify the main screen (actually, it _can_ only modify the main screen). I also have two screens and have tested everything including switching the menubar while the program is running. Apples' APIs make this an inexact science, so I'd be curious about your particular situation. Please e-mail me if you have more details.  
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    Nov 13 2007

    JETFIREDX  When you set a desktop picture in Leopard and then plug in the second monitor it has a different image... thus the modified pic from the first display is left being shown without the menubar to cover it and the second monitor has the normal Leopard menubar. I think Tiger would move the main desktop image to the second monitor if you had to set to be the primary when plugged in.

    And I agree with the previous poster... Apple this was a lame idea. Please put in an option to disable it.  
    (Version 1.1)

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    Oct 29 2007

    ALJUNGBERG  Good program, i just want to know how to restore to the original menubar, doesnt help to remove the app?  
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    Oct 29 2007

    MDSW  To restore, just go to the usual System Preferences->Desktop & Screen Saver->Desktop (ctrl-click Change Desktop Background... from the desktop) and pick a new picture. Leopard will now display this picture. LeoColorBar makes no changes to your system, so uninstalling will have no effect.  
    (Version 1.0)

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    Oct 29 2007

    WEASELBOY  Great app and works perfectly to fix this annoying issue with Leopard. Thanks  
    (Version 1.0)

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    Oct 28 2007

    SJK  The Leo prefix for the product name reminds me more of a future OS X Lion release more than Leopard. :)  
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    Oct 28 2007

    JETFIREDX  Good idea, but buggy.

    1. Refused to refresh the image after I had applied it the first time and then attempted to change it.

    2. Rounding of corners leaves artifacts of white at on the top most line of pixels on the screen.

    3. Rounding of screen corners should be done differently because the effect is too blurry and subtle. The image should be resized however it needs to be to fit the exact dimensions of the screen and then the rounding should happen so that the rounded corners are not scaled / stretched with the image when it is applied.

    I still need to try it using a second monitor as the main display to see if there are any issues.  
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    Oct 28 2007

    MDSW  1. Not sure why it wouldn't update for you; I can't duplicate that problem.

    2 & 3. The "rounded corners" is a hack. The blurriness is because of the Leopard menubar transparency effect. The background image is actually generated as you suggest; look in your Pictures folder for LeoColorBarDesktopPicture,jpg to see it. Until someone figures out how to really change the menubar itself, this is probably as good as it will get.  
    (Version 1.0)

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    Oct 30 2007

    SUTEHI  I have the same problem -- LeoColorBar worked great the first time I set the desktop, but any attempt to set it again results in no effect.

    This is on a MacBook 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.  
    (Version 1.0)

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    Oct 28 2007
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    RASMUSRG  Nice :) i love apps like this  
    (Version 1.0)

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    Oct 28 2007

    E_COMMERCE  This is probably the nicest of these nascent tools. Kudos for that. :)

    While I applaud what people are doing here, the real holy grail will be a solution that can make the menubar opaque - without modifying the desktop picture (or making a copy and modifying it - which is what I assume this does). After all, if you want to randomize your desktop picture (for instance), none of the tools so far will do this.  
    (Version 1.0)

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