NiléaneJun 25, 2024

It's been hard to trust Bartender following its acquisition, so I’ve rounded up on @macstories some of my favorite menu bar utilities available right now + two tips to help manage the menu bar without having to install any third-party apps at all. 💻💡

https://www.macstories.net/roundups/managing-your-mac-menu-bar-a-roundup-of-my-favorite-bartender-alternatives/

Managing Your Mac Menu Bar: A Roundup of My Favorite Bartender Alternatives

For years, Bartender has remained one of the best ways to manage the Mac’s menu bar, especially on newer MacBook models with a notch where menu bar real estate is even more valuable. I reviewed the great Bartender 5 last year and came away impressed. Unfortunately, though, my relationship with Bartender is not in a

Show threadFrank Hart

@nileane @macstories Great write up!

If you’re using Bettertouchtool, you can hide menu bar items quite easily as well: https://community.folivora.ai/t/bartender-controversy-tutorial-on-how-to-manage-menubar-status-items-via-btt/37429

I’ve switched to this from Bartender for now

Bartender controversy, tutorial on how to manage menubar status items via BTT

I'm posting this because I have received multiple related requests due to the current Bartender controversy (PSA: Bartender Mac App Under New Ownership, But Lack of Transparency Raises Concerns - MacRumors) If you want to clean up your menubar status items using BTT you have multiple options. Predefined Action "Show / Hide Menubar Icons Left of BTT Icon The predefined action "Show / Hide Menubar Icons Left Of BTT Icon". This action will hide any menubar items left of the BTT icon (however it w...

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