Menu bar unresponsive
I am having the same problem on two different Macs (Mac mini and iMac) with the M1 processor. when i click the top left menu bar, the application menu at the top from whatever app is running switches to the Finder menu. When I try to click on any of the finder menu icons nothing happens, there is no response, like I didn’t click them at all. none of the menu icons including the apple logo is responsive. Note that the iMac is running the latest version of Monterey and the Mac mini is running the latest version of Ventura.
I have restarted both machines multiple times but the issue always returns. I'm able to click on volume, wifi, anything on the right side. But the Apple logo, File, Edit, etc. is all frozen on the left side. I have also tried force quitting the finder, but the issue persists.
There is a thread on the forum from 2021 and it seems like this issue was never resolved.