I own this app and haven't update yet, smh. Silly its not just a feature of the OS.
macOS should have its own PowerToys. Windows is smelly but PowerToys is a breath of fresh air.
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Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner
#12I own this app and haven't update yet, smh. Silly its not just a feature of the OS.
There are so many small apps that really ought to be part of the OS by now. A few that come to mind: Rectangle, or some sort of default way to control application windows with your keyboard. Mos / UnnaturalScrollWheels: if you use a docking station, you may want natural scrolling when using your laptop as a laptop, and normal scrolling when using a mouse. Windows and Linux both have this solved for 15 years now, I am…
Rectangle user for years, great app. Today I got frustrated enough to find AltTab (https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/), huge improvement to my workflow already.
Sometimes when cmd+tab'ing between apps it'll bring the selected window to the foreground, and sometimes it won't. They'll regain focus for typing, but are hidden behind another window for whatever reason. Fully open windows too, not minimized or anything. Was driving me mad having to click between IntelliJ and Chrome hundreds of times while doing web UI work instead of quick switching with the keyboard.
Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner
#13Let this be an example to any dev in this situation on how NOT to handle things. Everything about this transfer feels shady. The lack of response to direct questions after posting in a public forum is just all sorts of tone deaf. By making the public post, you're clearly aware there's concern. Then you post a murky and ambiguous response. You then do not follow up with concerns about the lack of information in the post. Just tell all of your users you don't care about them and you're about to unleash all sorts of nasty malware with a future update. At least they'll respect you for being honest.
Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner
#14Why is this not functionality that is built into the OS at this point? Is there anyone that loves 10,000 taskbar apps visible at all times?
I think this is a relatively niche product. Most people aren’t using so many apps and extensions that their menu bar is getting crowded with stuff.
Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner
#15I switched to HiddenBar a few years ago when a Bartender licence ran out. It's open source, it's free, and it hasn't been taken over by a new owner who won't identify themselves. https://github.com/dwarvesf/hidden
Last time I tested it, icons would be hidden by the notch. Have they fixed that yet? Edit: Nope, no change and the last update was 2 years ago. Ice ( https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice ) doesn't currently handle this either, but it's "on the roadmap" ( https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice/issues/1#issuecomment-192... ) and it's being updated.
No, it still isn't aware of the notch, and there has been no update in over 2 years. The app seems to be abandoned.
Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner
#16I switched to HiddenBar a few years ago when a Bartender licence ran out. It's open source, it's free, and it hasn't been taken over by a new owner who won't identify themselves. https://github.com/dwarvesf/hidden
Last time I tested it, icons would be hidden by the notch. Have they fixed that yet? Edit: Nope, no change and the last update was 2 years ago. Ice ( https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice ) doesn't currently handle this either, but it's "on the roadmap" ( https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice/issues/1#issuecomment-192... ) and it's being updated.
Last update was three years ago, so probably not.
Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner
#17Ugh, this sucks. This app was nearly essential on MacBooks with a notch, since you could hide lesser used icons away to make everything fit.
Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner
#18My first license was from 2015. This is one of the most important utilities I install on all my Macs. I'm sad to see this apparently (and appearance is all that really counts at a moment like this) shifty behavior from the new owners. Hope the original dev got a nice payday. I plan to keep running the app without updating until it breaks or I find something I like better. I hate when beloved software (effectively) go…
Does it do anything except cosmetic changes?
Its core feature is a non-cosmetic change: it hides the menubar app icons, and then shows them on-demand. The ability to make cosmetic changes to the menubar is a comparatively recent development.
Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner
#19I just switched to Ice after reading this and it seems just as good for my needs: https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice
I just tried, wasted five minutes and couldn't for the life of me figure out how to move things out of the (always?) hidden group they're in by default. Eventually found the instruction for it on the issue tracker: https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice/issues/42 While I do remember now that cmd+drag is how you reorder menu bar icons, so that is sort of intuitive for people familiar with the behavior, I haven't done that for years and definitely need a reminder. Seems very strange that the very first nontrivial action isn't documented anywhere (maybe it is but I still don't see it)...
While searching for how to move anything out of hiding, I also landed on https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice/issues/29#issuecomment-19.... Apparently Ice can only hide one segment of the menu bar at once, so if the icons are rearranged for some reason, they can show up in a wrong section. Author promises a future update will fix this, but at the moment Bartender is still the best option unfortunately.
Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner
#20There’s a setting to kinda get around having to use apps like this if you’re dealing w the notch. I don’t recall the specific command, but there is a way to shrink the icon spacing to allow more visible icons.
Edit: see https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/406316/can-the-spa...