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Menu highlight is gone
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Mar 7, 2008, 10:43 PM
 


That's what I see when my mouse is over any menu item and when it's not over any menu item.

I've lost menu highlight on the menu bar and the contextual menu (via right click on files and folders)

My system is running OS 10.5.2.

Any ideas? I've already tried fixing disk permissions.



It's like my mouse has gone into stealth mode. Interface can no longer detect my cursor is hovering over them. E.g. Hovering over a web link doesn't highlight that it's a link and status bar below doesn't print the url address of that link.
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Mar 7, 2008, 11:09 PM
 
Rebooted?
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Mar 7, 2008, 11:23 PM
 
I've rebooted a few times.

Last thing I could remember was telling Opera 9.25 to give me a pop up regarding web cookies. That's when I lost menu highlight.
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Just to check: If you create a new account, does it happen there too?
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Apr 22, 2008, 10:00 PM
 
Updates, the menu highlight is back again.

I've tried the following:

- Resetting PRAM
- Fixing disk permissions via Disk Utility
- Deleting finder.plist
- Fixing disk permissions via Onyx
- Waited for 1 day before using the Mac again

Not sure which one solved it.
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