Bartender 6.6.2
Bartender: Organize your cluttered Mac menu bar instantly
Status bar menu applications are extremely useful because you have access to their capabilities at all times, without having to disrupt your work, or deal with complicated tools.
Bartender is a small Mac app that takes things even further, by allowing you to use a single menu to contain them all.
Forthright software solution for regaining your status bar space
Unfortunately, in some cases, if you are using a large number of menu apps, your status bar can become cluttered, which means that you will spend more time looking for specific tools.
Moreover, Via the Bartender Preferences window, you can choose to hide certain icons altogether, or to send them to the Bartender menu.
This way, you will gain more space on your status bar, and you can decide to keep only the most frequently used applications. In addition, you can choose to hide the Bartender menu and activate it via a hotkey.
Effortlessly manage your status bar menu icons
To get started, you must open the Bartender Preferences window and navigate to the Menu Items panel. Here you will see a list of all the menu items currently active, but also the system items: via the settings panel, you must decide what to do with the menu bar item.
Furthermore, if the Bartender application detects a modification in any of the contained items, it will display a notification. You have the option to decide how long should the message be displayed.
User friendly solution for organizing your status bar menu items
Bartender offers you the possibility to limit the number of items displayed in your status bar to the ones that you are using frequently. At the same time, you have the option to organize the hidden items in an equally easy to access menu that can be either kept on the status bar as a single icon, or activated with an user defined hotkey.
Bartender 6.6.2
The latest build of Bartender is focused on improving two key areas - stability in live mode, and overall performance. We've revamped the layout page to fix strange issues like missing images, or items disappearing mid/post moves.
Bartender has the lowest memory & CPU usage we've recorded despite the larger workload required to manage the bar on Tahoe.
Fixes
- Memory usage should no longer creep up over longer sessions for users with triggers enabled.
- Triggers should "update" more reliably.
- Leaving open the layout page will no longer cause memory usage to stay high after editing your bar.
- The layout page should no longer see "disappearing icons" when moving things around, or after leaving the app open for a while.
CPU usage should be lower in general, but in particular when using live mode.
In live mode, the menu bar should "settle" faster, and perform far fewer operations to get your bar into the correct order. - Battery usage should be reduced overall, but enabling the "lower power usage on battery" setting will lower this further, at the cost of some live updates being delayed. Generally this delay shouldn't be noticeable unless you're updating your menu bar constantly.
- Fixes an issue with Bartender Bar showing your items when clicking an item already in the bar.
Frequently asked questions
How do I install the app?
Mount the image, drag the app into the "Applications" folder and launch it. If the system blocks the launch, allow it in "System Settings → Privacy & Security".
The app is damaged or won't launch
Reinstalling from a fresh image usually helps. Make sure your macOS version matches the one listed in the compatibility specs.
How do I update?
Download the new version from the site and install it over the current one — your settings will be preserved.
The download link doesn't work
Try a mirror or a download manager. For large files the browser often drops the connection.
How do I completely remove the app?
Use an uninstaller utility — it cleans up the service files that remain after moving the app to the trash.
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Bartender 6.6.2 · 52.61 MB