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Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner

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Post by Hamuko »

garyrob wrote: post #67

Given the proximity of this development to WWDC, it seems like there's a chance Apple has acquired Bartender and has incorporated its functionality into the next MacOS release.

Doesn't Apple usually just buy companies publically and then later announce that the product has been discontinued? That's what happened to Dark Sky.

I'd hope for Apple to actually incorporate this into the fucking OS itself so that we didn't run through these hoops for pretty basic functionality that has been in Windows for what, two decades?

Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner

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Post by Aaron2222 »

_rs wrote: post #69
garyrob wrote: post #67

Given the proximity of this development to WWDC, it seems like there's a chance Apple has acquired Bartender and has incorporated its functionality into the next MacOS release.

Given the shady replies on Reddit, I don't think so, that isn't how Apple operates

Also, Apple doesn't tend to write SEO clickbait: https://www.macbartender.com/Bartender5/blog/

Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner

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Post by 037 »

rcarr wrote: post #65

I believe you might be able to replicate the functionality using BetterTouchTool but it might be a bit of hassle to do, not 100% sure though.

You are right, but it’s not very difficult:

The trigger can be “Double-click Main Menubar” and the action “Show / Hide Menu Bar Icons left of the BTT Icon.”

You can even add actions to hide them again after a certain number of seconds or minutes.

(It’s only a partial replication because Bartender can show you the additional icons in a secondary bar, if needed).

Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner

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Post by crossroadsguy »

danpalmer wrote: post #55
crossroadsguy wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sadly it's as good as not functional (it doesn't even begin to work on my Mac). I used to use https://github.com/Mortennn/Dozer and that also started misbehaving (and now the shortcut won't work). I used hidden's fork as well which also doesn't work. Ice doesn't work either. All of these apps are abandoned.

What isn't working for you? I've been using it for years and have no issues on the most recent versions of macOS. I don't use much of the functionality though, really only just use it to hide icons I don't care about.

It doesn't do anything at all. No |, or > shows up, nothing. Tried homebrew, direct, app store. Killed, restarted both the app and the Mac, etc etc.

Hiding icons is the only use-case I have, same as you.

Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner

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Post by dwighttk »

fragmede wrote: post #44
dwighttk wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

man I add a few icons using istatmenus and don't even come close to the notch... what kind of icons do you have? Mine are (R to L): system date and time - system control center - iStat Network up/down and histogram - iStat Battery - Dropbox that fills about 40% of the way to the notch... 50% when I'm unplugged and the battery is showing time remaining

istat puts a bunch of graphs in the bar (CPU, memory, disk, network)

Yeah I use two of them

Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner

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Post by fifafu »

In case you are already using my BetterTouchTool app I have created a little tutorial & example preset here on how to use it for status item management: https://community.folivora.ai/t/bartender-controversy-tutori...

You can add feature requests there, it should be pretty simple to extend BTT to support the remaining required features.

Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner

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Post by luckman212 »

SamuelAdams wrote: post #9
blinded wrote: post #2

I 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…

lock: ctrl + cmd + Q

logout: cmd + shift + Q

Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner

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Post by luuurker »

crossroadsguy wrote: post #74
danpalmer wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What isn't working for you? I've been using it for years and have no issues on the most recent versions of macOS. I don't use much of the functionality though, really only just use it to hide icons I don't care about.

It doesn't do anything at all. No |, or > shows up, nothing. Tried homebrew, direct, app store. Killed, restarted both the app and the Mac, etc etc. Hiding icons is the only use-case I have, same as you.

Hidden Bar is working on my M1 Max MBP 16" with macOS 14.5. Not an option for me because it can't handle the notch, but the basic functionality works.

Ice ( https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice ) also works, although it's still missing a lot of stuff and also still doesn't have anything to work around the notch. It's being updated though.

If no app works, then it might be something to do with your setup? Maybe some app you use or some change you've made? Very annoying in any case.

Re: macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner

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Post by eviks »

ewoodrich wrote: post #51
SamuelAdams wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Alfred is fantastic since it let me remove all the junk I don't care about in Spotlight. Which makes search ridiculously fast for the only things I ever want to use search for: opening applications and basic OS functions you mentioned like locking, entirely using the keyboard. There's a fantastic Alfred feature of an additional locking shortcut that blacks out the display immediately instead of meandering on the lock…

on Windows you can also use a standalone launcher like Keyprinha to do the same - only choose the stuff you want to be indexed. And then use Everything to find any file anywhere instantly (can be setup to show results in the same launcher)
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