With this update Bartender 4 will display a message on macOS Sonoma prompting the user to download Bartender 5.

Find out more about Bartender 5 at https://www.macbartender.com/Bartender5/

Bartender 4 is not optimised for macOS Sonoma. If you do not want to upgrade to Bartender 5 and wish to continue using Bartender 4 you might want to avoid installing macOS Sonoma.

I have made Bartender 4 as compatible with macOS Sonoma as possible. Including re-introducing Show for Updates, NOTE: the macOS purple "Bartender is capturing your screen" menu bar item will show for any image comparison Show for Updates.
Also there are some deeper macOS changes Bartender 4 cannot take into account, which could cause odd behaviour sometimes.

When changing between light and dark menu bar some menu bar items icons/emoji would have their opacity changed, this could be enough for the image comparison to trigger a change, this is now taken into account.

When changing spaces with the mouse cursor sitting over a text field, the cursor would not change from the default pointer to the caret cursor. This has been fixed.

With this update Bartender 4 will display a message on macOS Sonoma prompting the user to download Bartender 5.

Find out more about Bartender 5 at https://www.macbartender.com/Bartender5/

Bartender 4 is not optimised for macOS Sonoma. If you do not want to upgrade to Bartender 5 and wish to continue using Bartender 4 you might want to avoid installing macOS Sonoma.

When changing between light and dark menu bar some menu bar items icons/emoji would have their opacity changed, this could be enough for the image comparison to trigger a change, this is now taken into account.

When changing spaces with the mouse cursor sitting over a text field, the cursor would not change from the default pointer to the caret cursor. This has been fixed.

Bartender 4 is ready for macOS Ventura

When changing between light and dark menu bar some menu bar items icons/emoji would have their opacity changed, this could be enough for the image comparison to trigger a change, this is now taken into account.

Bartender 4 is ready for macOS Ventura

This oddly still appeared to be an issue for some users after the last release, this update aims to get this working for all users.

When changing multiple spaces quickly, Bartender may not have been able to display your hidden menu bar item icons in the Bartender Bar, this has been fixed.

macOS Ventura seems for some users to report the permissions incorrectly when a user first logs in, this update tries to work around this issue. If this continues to be an issue please see https://www.macbartender.com/b4blog/macOS-Ventura-Permissions/

Improvements were made to the color of the Bartender Bar background, but this caused a color not to be applied for some users, sometimes. This has been fixed.

The macOS FaceTime Handoff menu bar item is another special menu bar item that macOS forces to show (cannot be hidden) Bartender did not take this into account, it does now.

The description of Show For Updates should now truncate if the Preferences window is made wider.

I have refinded the code that colors the Bartender Bar to better take into account the position of the Bartender Bar under the menu bar, as the menu bar can change color along its length.

Bartender 4 is ready for macOS Ventura

This oddly still appeared to be an issue for some users after the last release, this update aims to get this working for all users.

macOS Ventura seems for some users to reports the permsissions incorrectly when a user first logs in, this update tries to work around this issue. If this continues to be an issue please see https://www.macbartender.com/b4blog/macOS-Ventura-Permissions/

Improvments were made to the color of the Bartender Bar backround, but this caused a color not to be applied for some users, sometimes. This has been fixed.

The macOS FaceTime Handoff menu bar item is another special menu bar item that macOS forces to show (cannot be hidden) Bartender did not take this into account, it does now.

The description of SHow For Updates should now truncate if the Preferences window is made wider.

I have refinded the code that colors the BBartender Bar to better take into account the position of the Bartender Bar under the menu bar, as the menu bar can change color along its length.

Bartender 4 is ready for macOS Ventura

This oddly still appeared to be an issue for some users after the last release, this update aims to get this working for all users.

macOS Ventura seems for some users to reports the permsissions incorrectly when a user first logs in, this update tries to work around this issue. If this continues to be an issue please see https://www.macbartender.com/b4blog/macOS-Ventura-Permissions/

Improvments were made to the color of the Bartender Bar backround, but this caused a color not to be applied for some users, sometimes. This has been fixed.

The macOS FaceTime Handoff menu bar item is another special menu bar item that macOS forces to show (cannot be hidden) Bartender did not take this into account, it does now.

The description of SHow For Updates should now truncate if the Preferences window is made wider.

I have refinded the code that colors the BBartender Bar to better take into account the position of the Bartender Bar under the menu bar, as the menu bar can change color along its length.

Bartender 4 is ready for macOS Ventura

This oddly still appeared to be an issue for some users after the last release, this update aims to get this working for all users.

macOS Ventura seems for some users to reports the permsissions incorrectly when a user first logs in, this update tries to work around this issue. If this continues to be an issue please see https://www.macbartender.com/b4blog/macOS-Ventura-Permissions/

Improvments were made to the color of the Bartender Bar backround, but this caused a color not to be applied for some users, sometimes. This has been fixed.

The macOS FaceTime Handoff menu bar item is another special menu bar item that macOS forces to show (cannot be hidden) Bartender did not take this into account, it does now.

The description of SHow For Updates should now truncate if the Preferences window is made wider.

I have refinded the code that colors the BBartender Bar to better take into account the position of the Bartender Bar under the menu bar, as the menu bar can change color along its length.

Bartender 4 is ready for macOS Ventura

macOS Ventura seems for some users to reports the permsissions incorrectly when a user first logs in, this update tries to work around this issue.

Improvments were made to the color of the Bartender Bar backround, but this caused a color not to be applied for some users, sometimes. This has been fixed.

The macOS FaceTime Handoff menu bar item is another special menu bar item that macOS forces to show (cannot be hidden) Bartender did not take this into account, it does now.

The description of SHow For Updates should now truncate if the Preferences window is made wider.

I have refinded the code that colors the BBartender Bar to better take into account the position of the Bartender Bar under the menu bar, as the menu bar can change color along its length.

Bartender 4 is ready for macOS Ventura

The macOS FaceTime Handoff menu bar item is another special menu bar item that macOS forces to show (cannot be hidden) Bartender did not take this into account, it does now.

The description of SHow For Updates should now truncate if the Preferences window is made wider.

I have refinded the code that colors the BBartender Bar to better take into account the position of the Bartender Bar under the menu bar, as the menu bar can change color along its length.

Bartender 4 is ready for macOS Ventura

The macOS FaceTime Handoff menu bar item is another special menu bar item that macOS forces to show (cannot be hidden) Bartender did not take this into account, it does now.

The description of SHow For Updates should now truncate if the Preferences window is made wider.

I have refinded the code that colors the BBartender Bar to better take into account the position of the Bartender Bar under the menu bar, as the menu bar can change color along its length.

Bartender 4 is ready for macOS Ventura

The updates to support macOS Ventura had caused keyboard navigation to stop working on older macOS releases, this has been fixed. With the latest macOS Ventura beta the keyboard navigation highlight may not have automatically hidden when it should, this has been fixed.

Small changes after issues resolved in macOS Ventura's latest betas.

With macOS Ventura Beta 7 the showing of items from the Bartender Bar could jitter or fail, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed

Whe you show the Bartender Bar it would takes keyboard focus to allow the user to keyboard navigate their menu bar items, this would prevent the user continuing typing in whatever window they were using (if they had just put the mouse in the menu bar say). There is now a setting to turn of Bartender Bar keyboard navigation in Bartenders Advanced Preferences.

On macOS Ventura for some users, items would not move into the menu bar (when clicked in the Bartender Bar), This has been fixed

For a small number of users there set menu bar item spacing would not be applied after restarting macOS, this has been fixed.

If a user had more menu bar items in the Bartender Bar than the width of their screen scrolling would be required, the scroll bar for this partially covered the menu bar item sin the Bartender Bar, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

With the macOS changes from System Preferences to System Settings and the new UI, links from Bartender to specific preference panes didn't work, these have been updated and now work correctly.

If the user has macOS set to automatically hide the menu bar or in full screen app, activating a menu bar that is already in the menu bar would move it to the end of the menu bar items, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed

The dragging behaviour in menu bar layout had got worse due to changes in macOS Ventura, this has been fixed.

Bartender 4 is ready for macOS Ventura

Small changes after issues resolved in macOS Ventura's latets betas.

With macOS Ventura Beta 7 the showing of items from the Bartender Bar could jitter or fail, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed

Whe you show the Bartender Bar it would takes keyboard focus to allow the user to keyboard navigate their menu bar items, this would prevent the user continuing typing in whatever window they were using (if they had just put the mouse in the menu bar say). There is now a setting to turn of Bartender Bar keyboard navigation in Bartenders Advanced Preferences.

On macOS Ventura for some users, items would not move into the menu bar (when clicked in the Bartender Bar), This has been fixed

For a small number of users there set menu bar item spacing would not be applied after restarting macOS, this has been fixed.

If a user had more menu bar items in the Bartender Bar than the width of their screen scrolling would be required, the scroll bar for this partially covered the menu bar item sin the Bartender Bar, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

With the macOS changes from System Preferences to System Settings and the new UI, links from Bartender to specific preference panes didn't work, these have been updated and now work correctly.

If the user has macOS set to automatically hide the menu bar or in full screen app, activating a menu bar that is already in the menu bar would move it to the end of the menu bar items, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed

The dragging behaviour in menu bar layout had got worse due to changes in macOS Ventura, this has been fixed.

Bartender 4 is ready for macOS Ventura

With macOS Ventura Beta 7 the showing of items from the Bartender Bar could jitter or fail, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed

Whe you show the Bartender Bar it would takes keyboard focus to allow the user to keyboard navigate their menu bar items, this would prevent the user continuing typing in whatever window they were using (if they had just put the mouse in the menu bar say). There is now a setting to turn of Bartender Bar keyboard navigation in Bartenders Advanced Preferences.

On macOS Ventura for some users, items would not move into the menu bar (when clicked in the Bartender Bar), This has been fixed

For a small number of users there set menu bar item spacing would not be applied after restarting macOS, this has been fixed.

If a user had more menu bar items in the Bartender Bar than the width of their screen scrolling would be required, the scroll bar for this partially covered the menu bar item sin the Bartender Bar, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

With the macOS changes from System Preferences to System Settings and the new UI, links from Bartender to specific preference panes didn't work, these have been updated and now work correctly.

If the user has macOS set to automatically hide the menu bar or in full screen app, activating a menu bar that is already in the menu bar would move it to the end of the menu bar items, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed

The dragging behaviour in menu bar layout had got worse due to changes in macOS Ventura, this has been fixed.

Bartender 4 is ready for macOS Ventura

This has been fixed

Whe you show the Bartender Bar it would takes keyboard focus to allow the user to keyboard navigate their menu bar items, this would prevent the user continuing typing in whatever window they were using (if they had just put the mouse in the menu bar say). There is now a setting to turn of Bartender Bar keyboard navigation in Bartenders Advanced Preferences.

On macOS Ventura for some users, items would not move into the menu bar (when clicked in the Bartender Bar), This has been fixed

For a small number of users there set menu bar item spacing would not be applied after restarting macOS, this has been fixed.

If a user had more menu bar items in the Bartender Bar than the width of their screen scrolling would be required, the scroll bar for this partially covered the menu bar item sin the Bartender Bar, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

With the macOS changes from System Preferences to System Settings and the new UI, links from Bartender to specific preference panes didn't work, these have been updated and now work correctly.

If the user has macOS set to automatically hide the menu bar or in full screen app, activating a menu bar that is already in the menu bar would move it to the end of the menu bar items, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed

The dragging behaviour in menu bar layout had got worse due to changes in macOS Ventura, this has been fixed.

This is the initial support for macOS Ventura, supporting the macOS changes that prevented Bartender from working correctly. There are still some updates needed (renaming things to "Settings" instead of "Preferences") etc.

Restarting Bartender should fix this (you may need to quit Bartender from Activity Monitor, as its menu will not show), this seems like a macOS beta bug, I am waiting on the next macOS beta before looking more deeply into it.

This is the initial support for macOS Ventura, supporting the macOS changes that prevented Bartender from working correctly. There are still some updates needed (renaming things to "Settings" instead of "Preferences") etc.

Restarting Bartender should fix this (you may need to quit Bartender from Activity Monitor, as its menu will not show), this seems like a macOS beta bug, I am waiting on the next macOS beta before looking more deeply into it.

For a small number of users this setting would not get applied when connecting to a large screen sometimes. This should be fixed.

For a small number of users this setting would not get applied when connecting to a large screen sometimes. This should be fixed.

macOS 12.4 introduces an option, turned on by default to only show the date when there is room in the menu bar, this means the date is not visible when Bartender is running unless you turn this to "always" in System Preferences > Dock And Menu Bar > Clock.
The changes in macOS 12.4 to support this also upset Bartenders logic, this has been fixed. Also Bartender now includes a message about changing this setting.

Bartender 4.1.49 had a possible crash condition when opening Preferences, this has been fixed

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

Made this clearer.

Added more accessibility labels.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

macOS 12.4 introduces an option, turned on by default to only show the date when there is room in the menu bar, this means the date is not visible when Bartender is running unless you turn this to "always" in System Preferences > Dock And Menu Bar > Clock.
The changes in macOS 12.4 to support this also upset Bartenders logic, this has been fixed.

Bartender 4.1.49 had a possible crash condition when opening Preferences, this has been fixed

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

Made this clearer.

Added more accessibility labels.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

macOS 12.4 beta 4 introduces an option, turned on by default to only show the date when there is room in the menu bar, this means the date is not visible when Bartender is running unless you turn this to "always" in System Preferences > Dock And Menu Bar > Clock.
The changes in macOS 12.4 to support this also upset Bartenders logic, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

Made this clearer.

Added more accessibility labels.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

macOS 12.4 beta 4 introduces an option, turned on by default to only show the date when there is room in the menu bar, this means the date is not visible when Bartender is running unless you turn this to "always" in System Preferences > Dock And Menu Bar > Clock.
The changes in macOS 12.4 to support this also upset Bartenders logic, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

Made this clearer.

Added more accessibility labels.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

Made this clearer.

Added more accessibility labels.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

Allows you to show all your menu bar items on larger screens, while stil hiding them on your laptop screen etc.

With Quick Search you can now select one of the visible results using ⌘+number key.

Quick Search should now appear/display twice as fast, compared to previous versions.

Bartender Bars UI has been slightly tweaked/improved on different screen setups, and should now also show a bit faster.

Bartender has a percentage difference it ignores before triggering a image comparison difference, you can now adjust this threshold, this is useful for menu bar items that do not change there icon much

You can now enter the exact width you want a menu bar spacer to be, instead of having to use the slider. Great to get all your spacers exactly the same.

This has been fixed.

It was possible for some Show For updates to remain triggered, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

With macOS Monterey, unresponsive menu bar apps can prevent other menu bar items being arranged, this also stops Bartender being able to arrange your menu bar items, this is now detected and the user gets a prompt that there is a unresponsive menu bar item app so they can quit/restart it.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

For a small number of users items could stop hiding after showing them in a fullscreen app. This has been fixed.

Work has been done to better support Full Keyboard Access in the Bartender Bar.

This has been fixed.

With macOS Monterey menu bar items removed by a app could still be shown in Bartender, this has been fixed.

Allows you to show all your menu bar items on larger screens, while stil hiding them on your laptop screen etc.

With Quick Search you can now select one of the visible results using ⌘+number key.

Quick Search should now appear/display twice as fast, compared to previous versions.

Bartender Bars UI has been slightly tweaked/improved on different screen setups, and should now also show a bit faster.

Bartender has a percentage difference it ignores before triggering a image comparison difference, you can now adjust this threshold, this is useful for menu bar items that do not change there icon much

You can now enter the exact width you want a menu bar spacer to be, instead of having to use the slider. Great to get all your spacers exactly the same.

This has been fixed.

It was possible for some Show For updates to remain triggered, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

With macOS Monterey, unresponsive menu bar apps can prevent other menu bar items being arranged, this also stops Bartender being able to arrange your menu bar items, this is now detected and the user gets a prompt that there is a unresponsive menu bar item app so they can quit/restart it.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

For a small number of users items could stop hiding after showing them in a fullscreen app. This has been fixed.

Work has been done to better support Full Keyboard Access in the Bartender Bar.

This has been fixed.

Allows you to show all your menu bar items on larger screens, while stil hiding them on your laptop screen etc.

With Quick Search you can now select one of the visible results using ⌘+number key.

Quick Search should now appear/display twice as fast, compared to previous versions.

Bartender Bars UI has been slightly tweaked/improved on different screen setups, and should now also show a bit faster.

This has been fixed.

It was possible for some Show For updates to remain triggered, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

With macOS Monterey, unresponsive menu bar apps can prevent other menu bar items being arranged, this also stops Bartender being able to arrange your menu bar items, this is now detected and the user gets a prompt that there is a unresponsive menu bar item app so they can quit/restart it.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

For a small number of users items could stop hiding after showing them in a fullscreen app. This has been fixed.

Work has been done to better support Full Keyboard Access in the Bartender Bar.

Allows you to show all your menu bar items on larger screens, while stil hiding them on your laptop screen etc.

With Quick Search you can now select one of the visible results using ⌘+number key.

Quick Search should now appear/display twice as fast, compared to previous versions.

Bartender Bars UI has been slightly tweaked/improved on different screen setups, and should now also show a bit faster.

This has been fixed.

With macOS Monterey, unresponsive menu bar apps can prevent other menu bar items being arranged, this also stops Bartender being able to arrange your menu bar items, this is now detected and the user gets a prompt that there is a unresponsive menu bar item app so they can quit/restart it.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

For a small number of users items could stop hiding after showing them in a fullscreen app. This has been fixed.

Work has been done to better support Full Keyboard Access in the Bartender Bar.

Allows you to show all your menu bar items on larger screens, while stil hiding them on your laptop screen etc.

This has been fixed.

Now if you hold down option, and mouse over the menu bar, all hidden menu bar items (including Always Hidden menu bar items) will be shown.

macOS has changed its low battery warning threshold from 22% to 20 minutes remaining, as such the text for the trigger has been updated.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

If a user had a setup with 1 screen and menu bar autohide enabled in system preferences, it was possible for items to become unmovable. This has been fixed.

The bug could cause items not to show/hide correctly, and cause mouse flickering when interactions occurred with other apps. This has been fixed.

After leaving certain fullscreen apps, it could be possible for the Bartender Bar to appear empty until you chnage active app, this has been fixed

Under a rare situation in macOS Monterey, it was possible for Bartender to prevent the computer sleeping. This has been fixed.

Bartender Preferences > Menu Bar Layout could display a old menu bar color, this has been fixed

Bartender Preferences, will now open on a none fullscreen space to prevent this.

The battery menu bar item could show/hide repeatedly when showing for updates, and Bartender set to reduced checking, this has been fixed.

When activating a menu bar item via the Bartender Bar, they could appear blank, this has been fixed.

If macOS was set to autohide its menu bar, Bartender could start using excessive CPU, this has been fixed.

With changes in macOS Monterey for the notch, there was a possibility of Bartender stopping moving some menu bar items, this should be fixed.

If the notched screen was set at a custom resolution, Show For Update items could render at a large size, this has been fixed.

On MacBook Pros with a notch, macOS will sometime increase the spacing between items so they fill the space between the screen edge and the notch, this could cause Bartender to place items incorrectly, this has been fixed.

Changes in macOS Monterey meant show on hover was not working sometimes for some users, this has been fixed.

Keyboard Navigation would sometimes highlight hidden menu bar items, this has been fixed.

Now if you hold down option, and mouse over the menu bar, all hidden menu bar items (including Always Hidden menu bar items) will be shown.

macOS has changed its low battery warning threshold from 22% to 20 minutes remaining, as such the text for the trigger has been updated.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

If a user had a setup with 1 screen and menu bar autohide enabled in system preferences, it was possible for items to become unmovable. This has been fixed.

The bug could cause items not to show/hide correctly, and cause mouse flickering when interactions occurred with other apps. This has been fixed.

After leaving certain fullscreen apps, it could be possible for the Bartender Bar to appear empty until you chnage active app, this has been fixed

Bartender Preferences > Menu Bar Layout could display a old menu bar color, this has been fixed

Bartender Preferences, will now open on a none fullscreen space to prevent this.

The battery menu bar item could show/hide repeatedly when showing for updates, and Bartender set to reduced checking, this has been fixed.

When activating a menu bar item via the Bartender Bar, they could appear blank, this has been fixed.

If macOS was set to autohide its menu bar, Bartender could start using excessive CPU, this has been fixed.

With changes in macOS Monterey for the notch, there was a possibility of Bartender stopping moving some menu bar items, this should be fixed.

If the notched screen was set at a custom resolution, Show For Update items could render at a large size, this has been fixed.

On MacBook Pros with a notch, macOS will sometime increase the spacing between items so they fill the space between the screen edge and the notch, this could cause Bartender to place items incorrectly, this has been fixed.

Changes in macOS Monterey meant show on hover was not working sometimes for some users, this has been fixed.

Keyboard Navigation would sometimes highlight hidden menu bar items, this has been fixed.

Now if you hold down option, and mouse over the menu bar, all hidden menu bar items (including Always Hidden menu bar items) will be shown.

The bug could cause items not to show/hide correctly, and cause mouse flickering when interactions occurred with other apps. This has been fixed.

After leaving certain fullscreen apps, it could be possible for the Bartender Bar to appear empty until you chnage active app, this has been fixed

Bartender Preferences > Menu Bar Layout could display a old menu bar color, this has been fixed

Bartender Preferences, will now open on a none fullscreen space to prevent this.

The battery menu bar item could show/hide repeatedly when showing for updates, and Bartender set to reduced checking, this has been fixed.

When activating a menu bar item via the Bartender Bar, they could appear blank, this has been fixed.

If macOS was set to autohide its menu bar, Bartender could start using excessive CPU, this has been fixed.

With changes in macOS Monterey for the notch, there was a possibility of Bartender stopping moving some menu bar items, this should be fixed.

If the notched screen was set at a custom resolution, Show For Update items could render at a large size, this has been fixed.

On MacBook Pros with a notch, macOS will sometime increase the spacing between items so they fill the space between the screen edge and the notch, this could cause Bartender to place items incorrectly, this has been fixed.

Changes in macOS Monterey meant show on hover was not working sometimes for some users, this has been fixed.

Keyboard Navigation would sometimes highlight hidden menu bar items, this has been fixed.

Now if you hold down option, and mouse over the menu bar, all hidden menu bar items (including Always Hidden menu bar items) will be shown.

The bug could cause items not to show/hide corretcly, and cause mouse flickering when interactions occured with other apps. This has been fixed.

The battery menu bar item could show/hide repeatedly when showing for updates, and Bartender set to reduced checking, this has been fixed.

When activating a menu bar item via the Bartender Bar, they could appear blank, this has been fixed.

If macOS was set to autohide its menu bar, Bartender could start using excessive CPU, this has been fixed.

With changes in macOS Monterey for the notch, there was a possibility of Bartender stopping moving some menu bar items, this should be fixed.

If the notched screen was set at a custom resolution, Show For Update items could render at a large size, this has been fixed.

On MacBook Pros with a notch, macOS will sometime increase the spacing between items so they fill the space between the screen edge and the notch, this could cause Bartender to place items incorrectly, this has been fixed.

Changes in macOS Monterey meant show on hover was not working sometimes for some users, this has been fixed.

Keyboard Navigation would sometimes highlight hidden menu bar items, this has been fixed.

Now if you hold down option, and mouse over the menu bar, all hidden menu bar items (including Always Hidden menu bar items) will be shown.

The battery menu bar item could show/hide repeatedly when showing for updates, and Bartender set to reduced checking, this has been fixed.

When activating a menu bar item via the Bartender Bar, they could appear blank, this has been fixed.

If macOS was set to autohide its menu bar, Bartender could start using excessive CPU, this has been fixed.

With changes in macOS Monterey for the notch, there was a possibility of Bartender stopping moving some menu bar items, this should be fixed.

If the notched screen was set at a custom resolution, Show For Update items could render at a large size, this has been fixed.

On MacBook Pros with a notch, macOS will sometime increase the spacing between items so they fill the space between the screen edge and the notch, this could cause Bartender to place items incorrectly, this has been fixed.

Changes in macOS Monterey meant show on hover was not working sometimes for some users, this has been fixed.

Keyboard Navigation would sometimes highlight hidden menu bar items, this has been fixed.

Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.

Full support for the new MacBook Pro 2021 Notch.

You can now have the Bartender Bar only enabled on screens with a notch.

Now Bartender can activate when you mouse over, or click in the Notch.

The Bartender Bar will now show items that have been hidden by the Notch or the left menu.

If the user had a very wide screen, items would not be shown when activating them from Bartender Bar, HotKey or Search, this has been fixed.

If the user did a slow click on the menu bar and had autohide enabled, the hidden items would hide again when releasing the mouse button. This has been fixed.

On MacBook Pros with a notch, macOS will sometime increase the spacing between items so they fill the space between the screen edge and the notch, this could cause Bartender to place items incorrectly, this has been fixed.

The logic for this has changed slightly in macOS Monterey, Bartender should now work better with this setup.

Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.

Full support for the new MacBook Pro 2021 Notch.

You can now have the Bartender Bar only enabled on screens with a notch.

Now Bartender can activate when you mouse over, or click in the Notch.

The Bartender Bar will now show items that have been hidden by the Notch or the left menu.

If the user had a very wide screen, items would not be shown when activating them from Bartender Bar, HotKey or Search, this has been fixed.

If the user did a slow click on the menu bar and had autohide enabled, the hidden items would hide again when releasing the mouse button. This has been fixed.

On MacBook Pros with a notch, macOS will sometime increase the spacing between items so they fill the space between the screen edge and the notch, this could cause Bartender to place items incorrectly, this has been fixed.

The logic for this has changed slightly in macOS Monterey, Bartender should now work better with this setup.

Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.

Full support for the new MacBook Pro 2021 Notch.

You can now have the Bartender Bar only enabled on screens with a notch.

Now Bartender can activate when you mouse over, or click in the Notch.

If the user had a very wide screen, items would not be shown when activating them from Bartender Bar, HotKey or Search, this has been fixed.

If the user did a slow click on the menu bar and had autohide enabled, the hidden items would hide again when releasing the mouse button. This has been fixed.

On MacBook Pros with a notch, macOS will sometime increase the spacing between items so they fill the space between the screen edge and the notch, this could cause Bartender to place items incorrectly, this has been fixed.

The logic for this has changed slightly in macOS Monterey, Bartender should now work better with this setup.

Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.

Full support for the new MacBook Pro 2021 Notch.

You can now have the Bartender Bar only enabled on screens with a notch.

Now Bartender can activate when you mouse over, or click in the Notch.

If the user did a slow click on the menu bar and had autohide enabled, the hidden items would hide again when releasing the mouse button. This has been fixed.

On MacBook Pros with a notch, macOS will sometime increase the spacing between items so they fill the space between the screen edge and the notch, this could cause Bartender to place items incorrectly, this has been fixed.

The logic for this has changed slightly in macOS Monterey, Bartender should now work better with this setup.

Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.

Full support for the new MacBook Pro 2021 Notch.

You can now have the Bartender Bar only enabled on screens with a notch.

Now Bartender can activate when you mouse over, or click in the Notch.

On MacBook Pros with a notch, macOS will sometime increase the spacing between items so they fill the space between the screen edge and the notch, this could cause Bartender to place items incorrectly, this has been fixed.

The logic for this has changed slightly in macOS Monterey, Bartender should now work better with this setup.

Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.

Full support for the new MacBook Pro 2021 Notch.

You can now have the Bartender Bar only enabled on screens with a notch.

Now Bartender can activate when you mouse over, or click in the Notch.

On MacBook Pros with a notch, macOS will sometime increase the spacing between items so they fill the space between the screen edge and the notch, this could cause Bartender to place items incorrectly, this has been fixed.

The logic for this has changed slightly in macOS Monterey, Bartender should now work better with this setup.

Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.

Working on full support for the new MacBook Pro 2021 Notch.

The logic for this has changed slightly in macOS Monterey, Bartender should now work better with this setup.

Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.

Working on full support for the new MacBook Pro 2021 Notch.

Many small bugs with icons either too small or too large etc. Also show on hover not working well.

There was a crash in version 4.1.12 on older systems for some users, this has been fixed.

For some users with specific setups, this stopped working with the latest test builds. This has been fixed

Some small fixes for setups with multiple screens.

A workaround specifically for 1 Password 8 has been added.

Setups with multiple screens and hidden menu bars (fullscreen apps etc.) could end up with items not being arranged correctly on macOS Monterey, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been improved.

This has been fixed.

There was a slow memory leak effecting a small number of users, this has been fixed.

There was a couple of typos in Bartenders preferences, these have been fixed. thanks all who reported them.

Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.

Working on full support for the new MacBook Pro 2021 Notch.

Many small bugs with icons either too small or too large etc. Also show on hover not working well.

Some small fixes for setups with multiple screens.

A workaround specifically for 1 Password 8 has been added.

Setups with multiple screens and hidden menu bars (fullscreen apps etc.) could end up with items not being arranged correctly on macOS Monterey, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been improved.

This has been fixed.

There was a slow memory leak effecting a small number of users, this has been fixed.

There was a couple of typos in Bartenders preferences, these have been fixed. thanks all who reported them.

Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.

I have not been able to test on a MacBook Pro with a notch yet, but using all information I can gather, I have made any changes I can think of to hopefully provide launch day support. I will be testing on a MacBook Pro with a notch from 26th October.

Some small fixes for setups with multiple screens.

A workaround specifically for 1 Password 8 has been added.

Setups with multiple screens and hidden menu bars (fullscreen apps etc.) could end up with items not being arranged correctly on macOS Monterey, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been improved.

This has been fixed.

There was a slow memory leak effecting a small number of users, this has been fixed.

There was a couple of typos in Bartenders preferences, these have been fixed. thanks all who reported them.

Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.

I have not been able to test on a MacBook Pro with a notch yet, but using all information I can gather, I have made any changes I can think of to hopefully provide launch day support. I will be testing on a MacBook Pro with a notch from 26th October.

Some small fixes for setups with multiple screens.

A workaround specifically for 1 Password 8 has been added.

Setups with multiple screens and hidden menu bars (fullscreen apps etc.) could end up with items not being arranged correctly on macOS Monterey, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been improved.

This has been fixed.

There was a slow memory leak effecting a small number of users, this has been fixed.

There was a couple of typos in Bartenders preferences, these have been fixed. thanks all who reported them.

Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.

Some small fixes for setups with multiple screens.

A workaround specifically for 1 Password 8 has been added.

Setups with multiple screens and hidden menu bars (fullscreen apps etc.) could end up with items not being arranged correctly on macOS Monterey, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been improved.

This has been fixed.

There was a slow memory leak effecting a small number of users, this has been fixed.

There was a couple of typos in Bartenders preferences, these have been fixed. thanks all who reported them.

Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.

A workaround specifically for 1 Password 8 has been added.

Setups with multiple screens and hidden menu bars (fullscreen apps etc.) could end up with items not being arranged correctly on macOS Monterey, this has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been improved.

This has been fixed.

There was a slow memory leak effecting a small number of users, this has been fixed.

There was a couple of typos in Bartenders preferences, these have been fixed. thanks all who reported them.

Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.

This has been fixed.

This has been improved.

This has been fixed.

There was a slow memory leak effecting a small number of users, this has been fixed.

There was a couple of typos in Bartenders preferences, these have been fixed. thanks all who reported them.

Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.

This has been fixed.

There was a slow memory leak effecting a small number of users, this has been fixed.

There was a couple of typos in Bartenders preferences, these have been fixed. thanks all who reported them.

Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.

There was a slow memory leak effecting a small number of users, this has been fixed.

There was a couple of typos in Bartenders preferences, these have been fixed. thanks all who reported them.

The screen recording menu bar item should now show a lot faster when you start recording your screen, and is in the shown section by default. You can move it to the hidden section if you prefer.

Bartender will keep hidden items shown when you are using the UI of a menu bar item, this could stop items hiding if in an app that also has a menu bar item, this has been fixed.

Small changes to the UI to help initial user experience.

This has been fixed.

Command+Q would quit Bartender from any of its UI, even when not the active app which is not desirable. The ability to quit Bartender with command Q has been removed.

Thank you to the user who provided me with examples of Show for update image comparisons that have given incorrect results, using these I have tuned the image comparison more.

Activating menu bar items from the Bartender Bar would sometimes wrongly include the option key, this has been fixed.

Bartender could shift the menu bar items for a split second when changing spaces, this has been fixed.

For some users menu bar item spacing is not being applied after a macOS restart, and a logout and back in is required. This version has test fixes in place for this.

This has effected a very small number of users and seems linked to accessing Current Session Dictionary, I have removed this and it should hopefully fix this issue.

This has been fixed

Pressing Esc in Quick search after searching for something would not reset the shown results back to all items, it does now.

This is a quick patch to Bartender 4 so that its basic features can be used on macOS Menterey, it just disables the features that are not yet compatible. I am working on a fully compatible version, but I may need to wait until at least the next macOS beta to see if any of the incombatibilities/issues have been fixed.
I do not need feedback on whats not working in this version.

I am super excited to announce that with this release Bartender 4 has finished its public beta.
This does not mean I am stopping working on Bartender 4, anything but! As I still have many exciting features I want to add.
This means Bartender 4 has now been thoroughly tested by all you great users (thank you!) and I am confident it works as expected on all the many different user setups.
If you have not yet purchased a license, your 4 week trial of Bartender 4 will start now.

The screen recording menu bar item should now show a lot faster when you start recording your screen, and is in the shown section by default. You can move it to the hidden section if you prefer.

Bartender will keep hidden items shown when you are using the UI of a menu bar item, this could stop items hiding if in an app that also has a menu bar item, this has been fixed.

Small changes to the UI to help initial user experience.

This has been fixed.

Command+Q would quit Bartender from any of its UI, even when not the active app which is not desirable. The ability to quit Bartender with command Q has been removed.

Thank you to the user who provided me with examples of Show for update image comparisons that have given incorrect results, using these I have tuned the image comparison more.

Activating menu bar items from the Bartender Bar would sometimes wrongly include the option key, this has been fixed.

Bartender could shift the menu bar items for a split second when changing spaces, this has been fixed.

For some users menu bar item spacing is not being applied after a macOS restart, and a logout and back in is required. This version has test fixes in place for this.

This has effected a very small number of users and seems linked to accessing Current Session Dictionary, I have removed this and it should hopefully fix this issue.

This has been fixed

Pressing Esc in Quick search after searching for something would not reset the shown results back to all items, it does now.

Showing the Quick Search via apple script, you can now set the initial search text you want.

This has been fixed.

Command+Q would quit Bartender from any of its UI, even when not the active app which is not desirable. The ability to quit Bartender with command Q has been removed.

Thank you to the user who provided me with examples of Show for update image comparisons that have given incorrect results, using these I have tuned the image comparison more.

Activating menu bar items from the Bartender Bar would sometimes wrongly include the option key, this has been fixed.

Bartender could shift the menu bar items for a split second when changing spaces, this has been fixed.

For some users menu bar item spacing is not being applied after a macOS restart, and a logout and back in is required. This version has test fixes in place for this.

This has effected a very small number of users and seems linked to accessing Current Session Dictionary, I have removed this and it should hopefully fix this issue.

This has been fixed

Pressing Esc in Quick search after searching for something would not reset the shown results back to all items, it does now.

Showing the Quick Search via apple script, you can now set the initial search text you want.

Thank you to the user who provided me with examples of Show for update image comparisons that have given incorrect results, using these I have tuned the image comparison more.

Activating menu bar items from the Bartender Bar would sometimes wrongly include the option key, this has been fixed.

Bartender could shift the menu bar items for a split second when changing spaces, this has been fixed.

For some users menu bar item spacing is not being applied after a macOS restart, and a logout and back in is required. This version has test fixes in place for this.

This has effected a very small number of users and seems linked to accessing Current Session Dictionary, I have removed this and it should hopefully fix this issue.

This seemed to still be an issue for some users, this should be fixed.

Pressing Esc in Quick search after searching for something would not reset the shown results back to all items, it does now.

Showing the Quick Search via apple script, you can now set the initial search text you want.

Thank you to the user who provided me with examples of Show for update image comparisons that have given incorrect results, using these I have tuned the image comparison more.

Bartender could shift the menu bar items for a split second when changing spaces, this has been fixed.

For some users menu bar item spacing is not being applied after a macOS restart, and a logout and back in is required. This version has test fixes in place for this.

This has effected a very small number of users and seems linked to accessing Current Session Dictionary, I have removed this and it should hopefully fix this issue.

This seemed to still be an issue for some users, this should be fixed.

Pressing Esc in Quick search after searching for something would not reset the shown results back to all items, it does now.

Showing the Quick Search via apple script, you can now set the initial search text you want.

Bartender could shift the menu bar items for a split second when changing spaces, this has been fixed.

For some users menu bar item spacing is not being applied after a macOS restart, and a logout and back in is required. This version has test fixes in place for this.

This has effected a very small number of users and seems linked to accessing Current Session Dictionary, I have removed this and it should hopefully fix this issue.

This seemed to still be an issue for some users, this should be fixed.

Pressing Esc in Quick search after searching for something would not reset the shown results back to all items, it does now.

Showing the Quick Search via apple script, you can now set the initial search text you want.

For some users menu bar item spacing is not being applied after a macOS restart, and a logout and back in is required. This version has test fixes in place for this.

This has effected a very small number of users and seems linked to accessing Current Session Dictionary, I have removed this and it should hopefully fix this issue.

This seemed to still be an issue for some users, this should be fixed.

Pressing Esc in Quick search after searching for something would not reset the shown results back to all items, it does now.

Now with Bartender you can now assign hot keys to any menu bar items, Activating the hot key will show the menu bar item (if its hidden) and optionally left click or right click it.
Great for apps that are hidden, or apps that don't let you assign a hot key (like Control Center or Notification Center).

You can now perform a number of Bartender functions via AppleScript (see its library in Script Editor). This includes showing menu bar items, and activating them.

You can now search for menu bar items and activate them using spotlight, start your search with the keyword "Bartender ".

The image comparison algorithm has been completely re-written, it has always worked in light/dark mode and with different backgrounds, but it now has less chance of false positives, and better detection of real even very small changes (This now works with Arq), all this and it uses less CPU to do the check.

There are new images for the sidebar icons in Bartender Preferences.

A Bartender menu would show when Bartender was supposed to hide the left menu, this has been fixed.

A menu bar item shown via hotkey, Bartender Bar, or Quick Search could hide again while the user was still interacting with its UI. This has been fixed.

Menu bar items revealed by hotkey/quick search should stay visible while their UI is in use, this has been fixed.

A possible crashes have been reported and fixed in this release.

Normal keyboard shortcuts to hide windows and show preferences were not working in some of Bartenders UI (like Quick search) this has been fixed.

For a small number of users occasionally Bartender could not get the color of the menu bar to apply to the background of the menu bar layout tab in Bartender preferences, in this case Bartender now defaults to a grey so items are easy to see still.

Now with Bartender you can now assign hot keys to any menu bar items, Activating the hot key will show the menu bar item (if its hidden) and optionally left click or right click it.
Great for apps that are hidden, or apps that don't let you assign a hot key (like Control Center or Notification Center).

The image comparison algorithm has been completely re-written, it has always worked in light/dark mode and with different backgrounds, but it now has less chance of false positives, and better detection of real even very small changes (This now works with Arq), all this and it uses less CPU to do the check.

There are new images for the sidebar icons in Bartender Preferences.

A Bartender menu would show when Bartender was supposed to hide the left menu, this has been fixed.

A menu bar item shown via hotkey, Bartender Bar, or Quick Search could hide again while the user was still interacting with its UI. This has been fixed.

Now with Bartender you can now assign hot keys to any menu bar items, Activating the hot key will show the menu bar item (if its hidden) and optionally left click or right click it.
Great for apps that are hidden, or apps that don't let you assign a hot key (like Control Center or Notification Center).

The image comparison algorithm has been completely re-written, it has always worked in light/dark mode and with different backgrounds, but it now has less chance of false positives, and better detection of real even very small changes (This now works with Arq), all this and it uses less CPU to do the check.

There are new images for the sidebar icons in Bartender Preferences.

A Bartender menu would show when Bartender was supposed to hide the left menu, this has been fixed.

A menu bar item shown via hotkey, Bartender Bar, or Quick Search could hide again while the user was still interacting with its UI. This has been fixed.

Now with Bartender you can now assign hot keys to any menu bar items, Activating the hot key will show the menu bar item (if its hidden) and optionally left click or right click it.
Great for apps that are hidden, or apps that don't let you assign a hot key (like Control Center or Notification Center).

The image comparison algorithm has been completely re-written, it has always worked in light/dark mode and with different backgrounds, but it now has less chance of false positives, and better detection of real even very small changes (This now works with Arq), all this and it uses less CPU to do the check.

Specific fix so MacUpdater shows its UI when activated form Bartender Bar or Quick Search.

Quick search would not show the menu bar, or activate its selected menu bar item in some Fullscreen apps, this has been fixed.

Show on mouse over or click on menu bar would not work when Alacritty was the active app, a specific fix for this has been added.

Menu bar items should now show tooltips of the app name in Menu bar layout.

You can now set the location menu bar item to be always hidden, this is in Advanced preferences.

This allows you to set a longer delay for show on mouse over to prevent accidental activation when moving over menu bar.

This is in Advanced settings and allows you to not show hidden items when dragging a menu bar item in the menu bar.

Improved voice over support in menu bar layout to include menu bar item app names.

SHow for updates can follow the macOS Do Not Disturb state, so show for updates will not show when Do Not Disturb is on.

Now you can show always hidden items by alt/option clicking on empty menu bar space.

This has been fixed.

4 possible crashes have been reported and fixed in this release.

You should now be able to right click items in the Bartender Bar and have them right click in the menu bar.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This should now be fixed.

This should now be fixed.

With the previous test build custom menu bar spacing would not be maintained until macOS was restarted again, this has been fixed.

Bartender now only shows the message if you change the setting, if you go back to already set spacing, the message is not shown.

Bartender would not handle Multipass as it has set its ID to nothing, Bartender can now handle this, and works with Multipass.

Right clicking a show for update menu bar item should now work.

A left click on the MacUpdater menu bar item when showing for updates, should now work.

Menu bar items should now show tooltips of the app name in Menu bar layout.

You can now set the location menu bar item to be always hidden, this is in Advanced preferences.

This allows you to set a longer delay for show on mouse over to prevent accidental activation when moving over menu bar.

This is in Advanced settings and allows you to not show hidden items when dragging a menu bar item in the menu bar.

Improved voice over support in menu bar layout to include menu bar item app names.

This has been fixed.

4 possible crashes have been reported and fixed in this release.

You should now be able to right click items in the Bartender Bar and have them right click in the menu bar.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

Bartender 4 can now reduce the space between menu bar items, set it back to previous macOS version, or to no spacing (to fit lots of menu bar items on screen).

This has been fixed.

This was an issue in multi screen setups that has now been fixed, thanks to those who provided diagnostics for this.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This should now be fixed.

Bartender used the user configured shell, this would not work for some shells and the setup configurations. Defaulted Bartender to use zsh.

This should now be fixed.

Found and fixed some more obscure memory leaks.

This should now be fixed.

Small changes to some icons etc.

This was a bug introduced in previous test builds, when a small number of user has "Bartender 3 style" reveal setup. This has been fixed.

Bartender 4 can now reduce the space between menu bar items, set it back to previous macOS version, or to no spacing (to fit lots of menu bar items on screen).

This should now be fixed.

Bartender used the user configured shell, this would not work for some shells and the setup configurations. Defaulted Bartender to use zsh.

This should now be fixed.

Found and fixed some more obscure memory leaks.

This has been fixed.

This was an issue in multi screen setups that has now been fixed, thanks to those who provided diagnostics for this.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This should now be fixed.

Bartender used the user configured shell, this would not work for some shells and the setup configurations. Defaulted Bartender to use zsh.

This should now be fixed.

Found and fixed some more obscure memory leaks.

This has been fixed.

This was an issue in multi screen setups that has now been fixed, thanks to those who provided diagnostics for this.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This should now be fixed.

This should now be fixed.

Found and fixed some more obscure memory leaks.

This has been fixed.

This was an issue in multi screen setups that has now been fixed, thanks to those who provided diagnostics for this.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This was an issue in multi screen setups that has now been fixed, thanks to those who provided diagnostics for this.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

Bartender 4 now runs natively on Apple Silicon macs.

This has been fixed.

The dock icon would not disappear reliably in the previous build. It should now.

Now if you have selected to use the Bartender Bar the hotkey will show the Bartender Bar.

Bartender Bar should now display above almost any other window.

The Always hidden divider always had the "Always Hidden" label, this took up space when it isn't needed, it now only shows that label when dragging items.

This would pickup the background colour from the other screens menu bar, this has now been fixed.

This has been fixed and the Bartender Bar should be the correct size for its items.

There is now an option to disable this in Advanced Preferences.

When Bartender ran users SFU trigger scripts zsh or bash would load the users startup scripts, this could cause a delay and extra CPU usage, this has been stopped.

I have found and fixed 2 memory leaks that over time would lead to Bartender using a lot of memory.

Bartender would not move items if there was any menu open on macOS, this was so it didn't move a menu item if it is showing its menu. Some users reported Bartender not hiding SFU menu bar items and it was discovered that in some situations macOS will not correctly report when a menu closes, hence Bartender not moving items. Bartender now detects if a menu is showing for a menu item and will only not move items if a menu is for a menu bar app.

I have received reports of 4 different crashes, these should be fixed.

Added 2 new options for Bartenders menu bar item image, a single dot, and a arrow.

If an Application had a menu bar item, and you clicked on its Application menu (left menu) Bartender would activate. This has been fixed.

Due to a bug in macOS, changing spaces could prevent Bartender from being able to display some show for updates menu bar items, A work around has been added to prevent this.

If the user had used the mouse to select an item in Quick Search, enter would not work the next time to select an item, and the search field would not have keyboard focus. This has been fixed.

This would leave a gap in the menu bar. This has been fixed.

Apps that create multiple items with the same ID, would not have those items handled individually, and could lead to items not showing. This has been fixed

This has been fixed.

After making preferences bigger and closing it, then re-opening it, it could not be resized back down. This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

This now correctly works.

Bartender 4 now runs natively on Apple Silicon macs.

Apps that create multiple items with the same ID, would not have those items handled individually, and could lead to items not showing. This has been fixed

This has been fixed.

The dock icon would not disappear reliably in the previous build. It should now.

Now if you have selected to use the Bartender Bar the hotkey will show the Bartender Bar.

Bartender Bar should now display above almost any other window.

The Always hidden divider always had the "Always Hidden" label, this took up space when it isn't needed, it now only shows that label when dragging items.

This would pickup the background colour from the other screens menu bar, this has now been fixed.

This has been fixed and the Bartender Bar should be the correct size for its items.

There is now an option to disable this in Advanced Preferences.

When Bartender ran users SFU trigger scripts zsh or bash would load the users startup scripts, this could cause a delay and extra CPU usage, this has been stopped.

I have found and fixed 2 memory leaks that over time would lead to Bartender using a lot of memory.

Bartender would not move items if there was any menu open on macOS, this was so it didn't move a menu item if it is showing its menu. Some users reported Bartender not hiding SFU menu bar items and it was discovered that in some situations macOS will not correctly report when a menu closes, hence Bartender not moving items. Bartender now detects if a menu is showing for a menu item and will only not move items if a menu is for a menu bar app.

I have received reports of 4 different crashes, these should be fixed.

Added 2 new options for Bartenders menu bar item image, a single dot, and a arrow.

If an Application had a menu bar item, and you clicked on its Application menu (left menu) Bartender would activate. This has been fixed.

Due to a bug in macOS, changing spaces could prevent Bartender from being able to display some show for updates menu bar items, A work around has been added to prevent this.

If the user had used the mouse to select an item in Quick Search, enter would not work the next time to select an item, and the search field would not have keyboard focus. This has been fixed.

This would leave a gap in the menu bar. This has been fixed.

Bartender 4 now runs natively on Apple Silicon macs.

Quickly spotted a potential crash in previous test build, now fixed.

A possible crash created in the previous test builds has been fixed.

This would leave a gap in the menu bar. This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

The dock icon would not disappear reliably in the previous build. It should now.

Now if you have selected to use the Bartender Bar the hotkey will show the Bartender Bar.

Bartender Bar should now display above almost any other window.

The Always hidden divider always had the "Always Hidden" label, this took up space when it isn't needed, it now only shows that label when dragging items.

This would pickup the background colour from the other screens menu bar, this has now been fixed.

This has been fixed and the Bartender Bar should be the correct size for its items.

There is now an option to disable this in Advanced Preferences.

When Bartender ran users SFU trigger scripts zsh or bash would load the users startup scripts, this could cause a delay and extra CPU usage, this has been stopped.

I have found and fixed 2 memory leaks that over time would lead to Bartender using a lot of memory.

Bartender would not move items if there was any menu open on macOS, this was so it didn't move a menu item if it is showing its menu. Some users reported Bartender not hiding SFU menu bar items and it was discovered that in some situations macOS will not correctly report when a menu closes, hence Bartender not moving items. Bartender now detects if a menu is showing for a menu item and will only not move items if a menu is for a menu bar app.

I have received reports of 4 different crashes, these should be fixed.

Added 2 new options for Bartenders menu bar item image, a single dot, and a arrow.

If an Application had a menu bar item, and you clicked on its Application menu (left menu) Bartender would activate. This has been fixed.

Due to a bug in macOS, changing spaces could prevent Bartender from being able to display some show for updates menu bar items, A work around has been added to prevent this.

If the user had used the mouse to select an item in Quick Search, enter would not work the next time to select an item, and the search field would not have keyboard focus. This has been fixed.

Bartender 4 now runs natively on Apple Silicon macs.

A possible crash created in the previous test builds has been fixed.

This would leave a gap in the menu bar. This has been fixed.

This has been fixed.

The dock icon would not disappear reliably in the previous build. It should now.

Now if you have selected to use the Bartender Bar the hotkey will show the Bartender Bar.

Bartender Bar should now display above almost any other window.

The Always hidden divider always had the "Always Hidden" label, this took up space when it isn't needed, it now only shows that label when dragging items.

This would pickup the background colour from the other screens menu bar, this has now been fixed.

This has been fixed and the Bartender Bar should be the correct size for its items.

There is now an option to disable this in Advanced Preferences.

When Bartender ran users SFU trigger scripts zsh or bash would load the users startup scripts, this could cause a delay and extra CPU usage, this has been stopped.

I have found and fixed 2 memory leaks that over time would lead to Bartender using a lot of memory.

Bartender would not move items if there was any menu open on macOS, this was so it didn't move a menu item if it is showing its menu. Some users reported Bartender not hiding SFU menu bar items and it was discovered that in some situations macOS will not correctly report when a menu closes, hence Bartender not moving items. Bartender now detects if a menu is showing for a menu item and will only not move items if a menu is for a menu bar app.

I have received reports of 4 different crashes, these should be fixed.

Added 2 new options for Bartenders menu bar item image, a single dot, and a arrow.

If an Application had a menu bar item, and you clicked on its Application menu (left menu) Bartender would activate. This has been fixed.

Due to a bug in macOS, changing spaces could prevent Bartender from being able to display some show for updates menu bar items, A work around has been added to prevent this.

If the user had used the mouse to select an item in Quick Search, enter would not work the next time to select an item, and the search field would not have keyboard focus. This has been fixed.

Bartender 4 now runs natively on Apple Silicon macs.

This has been fixed.

The dock icon would not disappear reliably in the previous build. It should now.

Now if you have selected to use the Bartender Bar the hotkey will show the Bartender Bar.

Bartender Bar should now display above almost any other window.

The Always hidden divider always had the "Always Hidden" label, this took up space when it isn't needed, it now only shows that label when dragging items.

This would pickup the background colour from the other screens menu bar, this has now been fixed.

This has been fixed and the Bartender Bar should be the correct size for its items.

There is now an option to disable this in Advanced Preferences.

When Bartender ran users SFU trigger scripts zsh or bash would load the users startup scripts, this could cause a delay and extra CPU usage, this has been stopped.

I have found and fixed 2 memory leaks that over time would lead to Bartender using a lot of memory.

Bartender would not move items if there was any menu open on macOS, this was so it didn't move a menu item if it is showing its menu. Some users reported Bartender not hiding SFU menu bar items and it was discovered that in some situations macOS will not correctly report when a menu closes, hence Bartender not moving items. Bartender now detects if a menu is showing for a menu item and will only not move items if a menu is for a menu bar app.

I have received reports of 4 different crashes, these should be fixed.

Added 2 new options for Bartenders menu bar item image, a single dot, and a arrow.

If an Application had a menu bar item, and you clicked on its Application menu (left menu) Bartender would activate. This has been fixed.

Due to a bug in macOS, changing spaces could prevent Bartender from being able to display some show for updates menu bar items, A work around has been added to prevent this.

If the user had used the mouse to select an item in Quick Search, enter would not work the next time to select an item, and the search field would not have keyboard focus. This has been fixed.

Bartender 4 now runs natively on Apple Silicon macs.

Added 2 new options for Bartenders menu bar item image, a single dot, and a arrow.

If an Application had a menu bar item, and you clicked on its Application menu (left menu) Bartender would activate. This has been fixed.

Due to a bug in macOS, changing spaces could prevent Bartender from being able to display some show for updates menu bar items, A work around has been added to prevent this.

This has been fixed.

The dock icon would not disappear reliably in the previous build. It should now.

Now if you have selected to use the Bartender Bar the hotkey will show the Bartender Bar.

Bartender Bar should now display above almost any other window.

The Always hidden divider always had the "Always Hidden" label, this took up space when it isn't needed, it now only shows that label when dragging items.

This would pickup the background colour from the other screens menu bar, this has now been fixed.

This has been fixed and the Bartender Bar should be the correct size for its items.

There is now an option to disable this in Advanced Preferences.

When Bartender ran users SFU trigger scripts zsh or bash would load the users startup scripts, this could cause a delay and extra CPU usage, this has been stopped.

I have found and fixed 2 memory leaks that over time would lead to Bartender using a lot of memory.

Bartender would not move items if there was any menu open on macOS, this was so it didn't move a menu item if it is showing its menu. Some users reported Bartender not hiding SFU menu bar items and it was discovered that in some situations macOS will not correctly report when a menu closes, hence Bartender not moving items. Bartender now detects if a menu is showing for a menu item and will only not move items if a menu is for a menu bar app.

I have received reports of 3 different crashes, these should be fixed.

Bartender 4 now runs natively on Apple Silicon macs.

When Bartender ran users SFU trigger scripts zsh or bash would load the users startup scripts, this could cause a delay and extra CPU usage, this has been stopped.

The changes in the last test build meant Bartender wouldn't hide the left menu when needed for some users. This has been fixed

I have found and fixed 2 memory leaks that over time would lead to Bartender using a lot of memory.

Bartender would not move items if there was any menu open on macOS, this was so it didn't move a menu item if it is showing its menu. Some users reported Bartender not hiding SFU menu bar items and it was discovered that in some situations macOS will not correctly report when a menu closes, hence Bartender not moving items. Bartender now detects if a menu is showing for a menu item and will only not move items if a menu is for a menu bar app.

Another crash was reported and should be fixed.

This has been fixed.

The dock icon would not disappear reliably in the previous build. It should now.

Now if you have selected to use the Bartender Bar the hotkey will show the Bartender Bar.

Bartender Bar should now display above almost any other window.

The Always hidden divider always had the "Always Hidden" label, this took up space when it isn't needed, it now only shows that label when dragging items.

This would pickup the background colour from the other screens menu bar, this has now been fixed.

This has been fixed and the Bartender Bar should be the correct size for its items.

There is now an option to disable this in Advanced Preferences.

I have received reports of 2 different crashes, these should be fixed.

Bartender 4 now runs natively on Apple Silicon macs.

This has been fixed.

The dock icon would not disappear reliably in the previous build. It should now.

Now if you have selected to use the Bartender Bar the hotkey will show the Bartender Bar.

Bartender Bar should now display above almost any other window.

The Always hidden divider always had the "Always Hidden" label, this took up space when it isn't needed, it now only shows that label when dragging items.

This would pickup the background colour from the other screens menu bar, this has now been fixed.

This has been fixed and the Bartender Bar should be the correct size for its items.

There is now an option to disable this in Advanced Preferences.

I have received reports of 2 different crashes, these should be fixed.