Taming the macOS Menu Bar Clutter
macOS menu bars, especially on smaller screens, can quickly become overcrowded with app icons. Menu bar managers offer a solution by organizing and hiding icons until needed, maximizing usable screen space.
Simple Menu Bar Managers
- Hidden Bar: Offers customizable thresholds for showing and hiding icons.
- Vanilla: Simple click-to-show/hide functionality.
- iBar: Hides icons in a second menu bar row.
- Dozer: Provides two levels of icon hiding with optional key-modified visibility.
Advanced Menu Bar Managers
- Barbee: Combines icon hiding with appearance customization, search, and widgets.
- Ice: Allows for custom spacing between icons.
- Bartender: A comprehensive manager with extensive customization options.
- OnlySwitch: Organizes items under a dropdown menu with Shortcuts integration and other features.
- Spaced: Groups icons by category for improved productivity.
These tools help reclaim valuable menu bar real estate, improving workflow and aesthetics. For related information, check out articles on Best Mice for Mac in 2024 or potential new action buttons on Apple devices. You might also be interested in HyperOS 2 updates for enhanced app management.