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The problem I have is too many things in my menubar. I like having all the info at a glance, but when I go mobile, only a few items fit before it runs out of space. Not sure what a good solution there is.
This seems like a polished, limited in scope version of what xbar[1] and SwiftBar[2] does. Personally, I love using the menu bar as the place for at-a-glance information. I currently use SwiftBar to provide status indicators for my audio devices with some hacky scripts I wrote to talk to my mixer. [1] https://xbarapp.com/ [2] https://swiftbar.app/
glad you mentioned xbar, and your comment is ranked high (so maybe someone can help me out). I've been a long-time user of xbar, but recently it stopped showing up in the menubar on macOS 15.2. Even a simple script with just print doesn't display anything. Anyone else running into this? btw. I'm starting to think xbar might be abandoned - it hasn’t seen updates in a while.
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?
I use Hidden Bar to hide icons I don't want to see (some of my icons are company required software that I can't quit) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hidden-bar/id1452453066?mt=12
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As far as I understand it works by grabbing screenshots of your menu bar and redrawing overtop of it. It can't do that if it doesn't have the permission to do screengrabs.
Interesting. do all these apps work the same way? Apple does not provide any API's to modify the menubar?
To be honest it seems crazy at this point an overflow for menu bar items isn't built into macOS, especially now that all their laptops have this notch that can hide menu bar items if you have too many. Plus it competes with space with the dropdown menu items on the left since if an app has too many they'll wrap to the other side of the notch.
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Relevant? https://badgeify.app/how-to-fix-mac-menu-bar-icons-disappear...
Bartender was sold off and became dubious in nature. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40584606 Ice (mentioned several times on this page) is the open source replacement.
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Bartender was sold off and became dubious in nature. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40584606 Ice (mentioned several times on this page) is the open source replacement.
From ten months ago: https://www.macbartender.com/b5blog/Lets-Try-This-Again/
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Bartender was sold off and became dubious in nature. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40584606 Ice (mentioned several times on this page) is the open source replacement.
From ten months ago: https://www.macbartender.com/b5blog/Lets-Try-This-Again/
Still no individual’s names or contact info on the website.
I am a paying user who uninstalled the app from all my Macs and replaced with ice.
Ice lacks my favorite bartender feature (show the extended app bar when mouse hovering over the camera island) but I still prefer it to a shady alternative.
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Perhaps it’s your phrasing? To use a particularly obnoxious phrasing from Wired Magazine as demonstration of how the tone of feedback can influence how it’s perceived: Tired: “maybe you should rename X to Y”; lacks an explanation of why, ‘maybe’ is often sneering / condescending in this usage, assumes that proposed solution is correct Wired: “fyi there’s a copy error on the site: X doesn’t match Z, should it be Y?”;…
I don't really mind the downvotes, just pointing out how stupid they are. I just think of them as cowardly anonymous idiots and go about my (otherwise awesome) day.
Plus, it can stay quiet and only show icons when there’s a message, so it’s not in your face all the time.
The problem I have is too many things in my menubar. I like having all the info at a glance, but when I go mobile, only a few items fit before it runs out of space. Not sure what a good solution there is.
https://community.folivora.ai/t/reduce-menu-bar-icon-spacing...