# Menu / Formatting Bar is blank?

**URL:** <https://community.bear.app/t/menu-formatting-bar-is-blank/19848>\
**Category:** Bear Bug Report\
**Tags:** bug\
**Created:** [September 11, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/menu-formatting-bar-is-blank/19848 "2026-09-11T11:23:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bearmacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bearmacho](https://community.bear.app/u/bearmacho)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/menu-formatting-bar-is-blank/19848/1 "2026-09-11T11:23:58Z")

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- **Bear Version** :Version 2.9.4 (14748)
- **OS Version** : 27.0 (26A428)
- **What were you doing** : Using Bear
- **What feature did you use** : N/A
- **What happened** : Formatting bar at bottom is blank - you can click on buttons but they’re not visible
- **What did you expect to happen** : Visible buttons

 ![CleanShot 2026-09-11 at 12.21.35@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/6/6d700ef543e647b0e317e2a2afa018a866c4e2e0.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![trix180](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/trix180/32/588_2.png) [@trix180](https://community.bear.app/u/trix180)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/menu-formatting-bar-is-blank/19848/2 "2026-09-11T12:28:36Z")

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This glitch seems to happen because of an issue with the application bundle. Can you please try to delete Bear’s app in your Applications folder and download it again from the Mac App Store?

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**Author:** ![bearmacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bearmacho](https://community.bear.app/u/bearmacho)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/menu-formatting-bar-is-blank/19848/3 "2026-09-11T12:44:13Z")

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I assume this wont screw up my Bear db?

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**Author:** ![trix180](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/trix180/32/588_2.png) [@trix180](https://community.bear.app/u/trix180)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/menu-formatting-bar-is-blank/19848/4 "2026-09-11T13:00:46Z")

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Correct. The database is not inside the application bundle on macOS.

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**Author:** ![bearmacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bearmacho](https://community.bear.app/u/bearmacho)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/menu-formatting-bar-is-blank/19848/5 "2026-09-11T13:21:04Z")

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Thanks - sorted now.