Blur not working after updating to 2.24.0

Author: luminiferousaetherCreated Jul 23, 2026Updated Aug 24, 2026

Just updated to version 2.24.0 and I can't get the background blur on the bar working. Pasted my sketchybarrc file below. As you can see, even with the blur_radius set to 30 the bar has no blur at all. No changes have been on my end since it was working with 2.23.0.

I'm on Sequoia 15.4.1

bash

#!/bin/bash

source "$CONFIG_DIR/colors.sh"

PLUGIN_DIR="$CONFIG_DIR/plugins"
ITEM_DIR="$CONFIG_DIR/items"

# Bar configuration using arrays
bar=(
  height=20
  blur_radius=30
  position=top
  sticky=off
  padding_left=10
  padding_right=10
  color=$BAR_COLOR
  shadow=off
)

# Default item properties
defaults=(
  icon.font="BlexMono Nerd Font:Regular:15.5"
  icon.color=$TEXT_COLOR
  background.color=$ITEM_BG_COLOR
  label.font="BlexMono Nerd Font:Regular:15.5"
  label.color=$TEXT_COLOR
  padding_left=5
  padding_right=5
  label.padding_left=5
  label.padding_right=5
  icon.padding_left=5
  icon.padding_right=5
)

# Batch configuration
sketchybar --bar "${bar[@]}" \
           --default "${defaults[@]}" \
           --add event aerospace_workspace_change \
           --add event rift_workspace_changed \
           --add event rift_windows_changed \
           --add event theme_change AppleInterfaceThemeChangedNotification \
           --add item theme_listener left \
           --set theme_listener drawing=off \
                                script="$PLUGIN_DIR/theme_change.sh" \
           --subscribe theme_listener theme_change

# Left
source $ITEM_DIR/my_space.sh
source $ITEM_DIR/front_app.sh

# Right
source $ITEM_DIR/clock.sh
source $ITEM_DIR/battery.sh
source $ITEM_DIR/weather.sh
source $ITEM_DIR/spotify.sh
# source $ITEM_DIR/thermalthrottling.sh

sketchybar --update

Source: FelixKratz/SketchyBar

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