Menu Bar autohiding

[shelbyKiraM]

• [x] I made sure this command is not in the commands list
• [x] I searched and didn't find this command in the listed issues
• [x] I know this defaults command exists
• [x] I know this command works on macOS current version
• [ ] I know this command is deprecated on macOS current version

• Folder:
  • Menu Bar
• Command:
  • AppleMenuBarVisibleInFullscreen = 1;
  • "_HIHideMenuBar" = 1;
  • defaults write NSGlobalDomain _HIHideMenuBar -bool true
  • defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleMenuBarVisibleInFullscreen -bool true
• Argument type (if applicable):
  • bool
• Examples:
  • You can find the way to set this in System Prefs, Dock & Menu Bar (I'm beta testing Ventura so System Settings is kinda different but it existed in prior versions of Mac OS X, now it's Desktop & Dock)

[shelbyKiraM]

I'm unsure how to apply it tho... sudo killall -KILL SystemUIServer might kinda work?

[cmpadden]

Thanks for sharing this - I too am unsure how to apply this programmatically, but the setting took affect after logging out and back in.

[Swiss-Mac-User]

Isn't the menu bar tied to the Dock? For that it'd be:

killall Dock

[AlexHadfield]

Has anyone found a good way to apply these commands? I found that sudo killall -KILL WindowServer technically works, but that just triggers a logout. It would be cool to find a way to refresh this without a logout.

Edit: I'll also add what hasn't worked for me: sudo killall -KILL Finder sudo killall -KILL Dock sudo killall -KILL SystemUIServer