Thanks, Avi. I'm using a supported OS but truth-be-told, I never "hide" menus or mess around with the more cosmetic side of OS tricks. I'm a low-dazzle grunt worker in the audio & visual design trenches, and I have no use for most of the OS bling... so can be completely thrown by "features" that other people take for granted. I was hoping someone would say - "Hey, did you try xxxx yet?" and throw some really OBVIOUS (to everyone else) trick at me which I don't know about because I never use it. I don't do the menu bar trick... so just like I defaulted to full-screen by accident; I discovered the solution by accident.
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