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Show HN: Badgeify – Add Any App to Your Mac Menu Bar

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Re: Show HN: Badgeify – Add Any App to Your Mac Menu Bar

#11

I actually wonder how I can get them out? Every background service wants some screen estate in the menu bar, but the app that I need is always hidden behind the notch of my MacBook. Why can’t I hide the ones I don’t frequently need?

FOSS solution that's actually really good: https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice

You have to grant global Screen Recording permissions to use these menubar managing apps.

It's insane to grant that just to move some icons around.

Re: Show HN: Badgeify – Add Any App to Your Mac Menu Bar

#12

I actually wonder how I can get them out? Every background service wants some screen estate in the menu bar, but the app that I need is always hidden behind the notch of my MacBook. Why can’t I hide the ones I don’t frequently need?

Interestingly, the site in question contains a relevant article:

https://badgeify.app/how-to-fix-mac-menu-bar-icons-disappear...

Re: Show HN: Badgeify – Add Any App to Your Mac Menu Bar

#15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FOSS solution that's actually really good: https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice

You have to grant global Screen Recording permissions to use these menubar managing apps. It's insane to grant that just to move some icons around.

If you see some other way to resolve this, I'm sure Ice welcomes contributions.

Re: Show HN: Badgeify – Add Any App to Your Mac Menu Bar

#18
post #7

I actually wonder how I can get them out? Every background service wants some screen estate in the menu bar, but the app that I need is always hidden behind the notch of my MacBook. Why can’t I hide the ones I don’t frequently need?

im a big fan of https://matthewpalmer.net/vanilla/

I am not! Bought the program about a month ago and it’s really buggy on MacOS 15. You can clearly tell that it was developed for some previous MacOS version and has been since then forgotten.

Re: Show HN: Badgeify – Add Any App to Your Mac Menu Bar

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post #14

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It’s super hard to make menubar show just the stuff I care about. Tons of apps like Bartender or Ice can hide icons, but adding the ones I actually want? That’s what Badgeify do.

Plus, it can stay quiet and only show icons when there’s a message, so it’s not in your face all the time.
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