Hi I read in the NEWS : Changes in GIMP 2.4.0-rc2 ========================= - on OS X, get rid of menubars in windows and use the global menubar Either I don't know what the gloal menu bar is, either it is not wotking because I don't have any Gimp menu anywhere. Mac OS X 10.4.10 PPC XFree86 4.7.0 X11.app quartz-wm thanks yves