diff --git a/app/src/processing/mode/java/preproc/PdePreprocessor.java b/app/src/processing/mode/java/preproc/PdePreprocessor.java
index 0d87a1935..93b016fa4 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/mode/java/preproc/PdePreprocessor.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/mode/java/preproc/PdePreprocessor.java
@@ -679,9 +679,11 @@ public class PdePreprocessor {
           } else {
             out.print("\"" + PApplet.ARGS_HIDE_STOP + "\", ");
           }
-        } else {
-          String farbe = Preferences.get("run.window.bgcolor");
-          out.print("\"" + PApplet.ARGS_BGCOLOR + "=" + farbe + "\", ");
+//        } else {
+//          // This is set initially based on the system control color, just
+//          // sets the color for what goes behind the sketch before it's added.
+//          String farbe = Preferences.get("run.window.bgcolor");
+//          out.print("\"" + PApplet.ARGS_BGCOLOR + "=" + farbe + "\", ");
         }
         out.println("\"" + className + "\" });");
         out.println(indent + "}");
diff --git a/build/macosx/jAppleMenuBar.url b/build/macosx/jAppleMenuBar.url
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62dc0f635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/macosx/jAppleMenuBar.url
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[InternetShortcut]
+URL=https://github.com/kritzikratzi/jAppleMenuBar
diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index 769cc5eb5..ef402fad5 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -9157,7 +9157,8 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
     String name = null;
     boolean present = false;
 //    boolean exclusive = false;
-    Color backgroundColor = Color.BLACK;
+//    Color backgroundColor = Color.BLACK;
+    Color backgroundColor = null; //Color.BLACK;
     Color stopColor = Color.GRAY;
     GraphicsDevice displayDevice = null;
     boolean hideStop = false;
@@ -9323,7 +9324,9 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
       }
 
       frame.setUndecorated(true);
-      frame.setBackground(backgroundColor);
+      if (backgroundColor != null) {
+        frame.setBackground(backgroundColor);
+      }
 //      if (exclusive) {
 //        displayDevice.setFullScreenWindow(frame);
 //        // this trashes the location of the window on os x
@@ -9450,11 +9453,13 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
         frame.setLocation(frameLoc.x, 30);
       }
 
-      if (backgroundColor == Color.black) {  //BLACK) {
-        // this means no bg color unless specified
-        backgroundColor = SystemColor.control;
+      if (backgroundColor != null) {
+//      if (backgroundColor == Color.black) {  //BLACK) {
+//        // this means no bg color unless specified
+//        backgroundColor = SystemColor.control;
+//      }
+        frame.setBackground(backgroundColor);
       }
-      frame.setBackground(backgroundColor);
 
       int usableWindowH = windowH - insets.top - insets.bottom;
       applet.setBounds((windowW - applet.width)/2,
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 90684c549..391dbbb02 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ X   also add support for printing arrays of longs (doubles were already there)
 
 _ look into using BufferStrategy again to improve performance
 _   there are more improvements to be made ala issue #729
+_ make sure rendering is happening on the EDT
+_   (hopefully fixes flicker issues)
+_   change PApplet.java javadoc to reflect the change
+_   Update http://wiki.processing.org/w/Troubleshooting#Flicker
+_   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=775
 
 sort out full screen issues
 X make screenWidth and screenHeight work properly with multiple screens
@@ -46,20 +51,15 @@ X   just too problematic and buggy to get this to work perfectly
 X default is that full screen app doesn't cover multiple displays
 X   this is fine since opengl can't usually go across both
 o   but include an example for how to use full in gl 
-X screenX and screenY are both already taken, so not including vars for them
-
+_ screenX and screenY are both already taken, so not including vars for them
+_   decide on naming for the next release
+_ wiki.processing.org/w/Window_Size_and_Full_Screen
 
 _ static mode sketches seem to break ESC... noLoop() problem?
 
 _ PUtil -> move match(), lots of other non-gui functions into own class
 _   and merge it in statically via the methods code
 
-_ make sure rendering is happening on the EDT
-_   (hopefully fixes flicker issues)
-_   change PApplet.java javadoc to reflect the change
-_   Update http://wiki.processing.org/w/Troubleshooting#Flicker
-_   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=775
-
 _ memory leak when many createGraphics(..., JAVA2D) calls are used
 _   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=507
 _   need to add clear() method so clear out ARGB surfaces
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 01c3b893b..0f6efd500 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ X   this applies to any applet that's run externally currently (verify)
 X   make it also work with anything that's run inside of p5 itself
 X     this means changing the frame creation code inside Runner
 X   check current present code with multiple monitors
-_ --bgcolor shouldn't be in main() unless 'present' is turned on
+X --bgcolor shouldn't be in main() unless 'present' is turned on
+o   actually it should, it controls the window color
+X   nah, take it out. why the complexity...
+X   if no window color set, then don't apply it
 o also add option for FSEM or not
 X   nope, FSEM too buggy and error-prone