Update your wallpaper at regular intervals. Boring Old Menu Bar allows you to automatically Dynamic Wallpapersĭynamic wallpapers are desktop backgrounds that change throughout the day. On macOS 11.2.1 and later, the Reduce Transparency setting in the System Preferences -> Accessibility ->ĭisplay preferences pane, produces this effect. I’m stuck with a little gray menu bar no matter what I do! Your wallpaper, read the section on dynamic wallpapers. scenes where the lighting changes, etc) or use the slide show options for The same goes for making apps “full screen”. Once the wallpaper is changed, it stays changed. If you switch away quicker, the change won’t stick. Menu Bar takes around 5 seconds to recognize that you have switched to a workspace that it hasn’t seen beforeĪnd then takes another few seconds to change the wallpaper.

multiple desktops / workspaces), each space has its own wallpaper. Boring Old Menu Bar can therefore not support this configurationĪnd if you want to use it, you need to change your wallpaper to something else. There is currently (as of macOS 11.1) a bug where macOS will not correctly change wallpapers if you are usingĪ custom solid color as your wallpaper. Superimposes a rectangle of the right color then swaps your wallpaper for the new version.

It takes a screenshot of your current wallpaper, Boring Old Menu Bar works by changing your desktop wallpaper.

Dynamic desktop wallpaper