How to get the Catalina menu bar on Big Sur [macOS]

How to get the Catalina menu bar back on macOS Big Sur

1. Click the Apple icon to open the menu.
2. In the menu that opens, open System Preferences. (Image credit: Laptop Mag)
3. In the System Preferences window, select Accessibility. (Image credit: Laptop Mag)
4. In the left pane, click Display. (Image credit: Laptop Mag)
5. In the right pane, select Reduce Transparency.

1. How do I customize the menu bar in Big Sur Mac?
2. How do I get my menu bar back on Mac?
3. How do I install macOS Catalina from Big Sur?
4. How do you move the menu bar on a Mac?
5. How do I manage the top bar on my Mac?
6. Why did my toolbar disappear on my Mac?
7. How do I get my menu bar back?
8. Where is my menu bar?
9. How do I downgrade from OSX Catalina to Mojave or earlier?
10. How do I install Catalina on an old Mac?
11. Why cant I update my Mac to Catalina?

How do I customize the menu bar in Big Sur Mac?

Customize the menu bar with Control Center in macOS Big Sur

1. Click the Control Center icon in the top right corner (two pill shapes)
2. Hover over a Control Center setting you'd like in your menu bar, then click and drag it to the menu bar and let go.
3. You can add any of the Control Center settings to the menu bar.

How do I get my menu bar back on Mac?

In order to get it back, you simply need to move your pointer to the top screen edge and it will magically reappear. Move you mouse pointer away and the menu bar will again disappear. If you don't like this feature, then simply go back into the General settings and uncheck the box.

How do I install macOS Catalina from Big Sur?

Here's how to downgrade from Big Sur to Catalina by removing macOS 11 from your hard drive:

1. Click on the Apple logo and select Restart from the menu.
2. Hold down Command + R to reboot in Recovery mode.
3. Open Disk Utility > Continue.
4. Select your Startup Disk > Erase.
5. Select APFS or macOS Extended format and confirm your action.

How do you move the menu bar on a Mac?

To move any menu bar icon, simply hold the “Command” key, then click and drag the icon. You can move any icon anywhere this way.

How do I manage the top bar on my Mac?

On your Mac, use Dock & Menu Bar System Preferences to change the appearance of the Dock, and to select items to show in the menu bar and in Control Center. To change these preferences, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Dock & Menu Bar.

Why did my toolbar disappear on my Mac?

Sometimes your toolbar can disappear if you have an auto-hide option enabled for your toolbar. To fix it, you need to disable this feature by doing the following: Go to System Preferences and navigate to the General tab. Locate Automatically hide and show the menu bar option and disable it.

How do I get my menu bar back?

Open the Customize window and set what toolbars (Show/Hide Toolbars) and toolbar items to display.

1. Right-click empty toolbar area -> Customize.
2. "3-bar" menu button -> Customize.
3. View -> Toolbars. *you can tap the Alt key or press the F10 key to show the hidden Menu Bar temporarily.

Where is my menu bar?

Approach #2: right-click in an empty area next to the tabs, or on the Favorites button, and you'll see a dropdown menu, one item of which is “Menu bar”. Make sure that's checked, and the menu toolbar will reappear. Now it won't go away when you use it. The toolbar menu pop-up with the Menu bar checked.

How do I downgrade from OSX Catalina to Mojave or earlier?

Downgrade Catalina to Mojave

1. Back up your Mac. ...
2. Save your passwords. ...
3. Create a bootable installer of macOS Mojave. ...
4. Uninstall macOS Catalina. ...
5. Install Mojave using a bootable installer.

How do I install Catalina on an old Mac?

How to run Catalina on an older Mac

1. Download the latest version of the Catalina patch here. ...
2. Open the Catalina Patcher app.
3. Click Continue.
4. Choose Download a Copy.
5. The download (of Catalina) will start - since it's almost 8GB it is likely to take a while.
6. Plug in a flash drive.

Why cant I update my Mac to Catalina?

The macOS Catalina installation may also fail if you do not have enough storage space available on your Mac. ... There is not enough free space on Macintosh HD to install. Quit the installer to restart your computer and try again.” As stated above, you need at least 12.5 GB free space available on your Mac.