How do I fix jerky menu bar animations when switching between desktops with bright wallpaper on an M4 Air?

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How do I fix jerky menu bar animations when switching between desktops with bright wallpaper on an M4 Air?

menu bar has jerky animations when switching between desktops if there is bright wallpaper so menu bar is dark on it (while it is white in fullscreen)

this issue has been on my M4 Air since I have changed plist files via terminal in order to remove non-existent complications in menu bar settings

I have already reinstalled macOS 26

what can I do?

btw there is no lags if wallpapers are dark so menu bar is white, matching fullscreen menu bar appearance

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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 26.1

Posted on Nov 16, 2025 8:56 AM

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Yegcr Author

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Nov 16, 2025 9:02 AM in response to neuroanatomist

I have done this:

sudo rm -rf /System/Library/ControlCenter/Bundles/*karabiner*

sudo rm -rf /System/Library/ControlCenter/Bundles/*wot*

sudo rm -rf /Library/ControlCenter/Bundles/*karabiner*

sudo rm -rf /Library/ControlCenter/Bundles/*wot*

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

killall cfprefsd

killall SystemUIServer

killall ControlCenter

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Answer 2

Nov 16, 2025 8:57 AM in response to Yegcr

Yegcr wrote:

this issue has been on my M4 Air since I have changed plist files via terminal in order to remove non-existent complications in menu bar settings

Seems like you added complications rather than removed them, unfortunately. Assuming you know what you changed, have you tried changing it back?

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