Bartender
Lets users organize, hide, and rearrange menu bar items with custom actions and presets based on environment, supports grouping, custom appearance, and a dedicated bar for hidden items, while offering keyboard search and widgets for creating custom shortcuts.
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Support for Themes
Features
- System Tweaker
- Hide apps
- Custom widgets
- Sits in the menu bar
- Group Icons
- Presets
Bartender News & Activities
Recent News
- Fla published news article about Bartender
Bartender 6.6.2 cuts memory and CPU usage with layout improvementsBartender 6.6.2 delivers the lowest memory and energy usage recorded for the app, reducing CPU and ...
- POX published news article about Bartender
Bartender Pro expands beyond the menu bar with notch widgets, activities & music controlsBartender Pro, the newly launched premium version of the Bartender app for macOS, introduces a set ...
- POX published news article about Bartender
Popular macOS app Bartender changes ownership secretly, sparking user concernsBartender, a well-known macOS app for customizing the menu bar, has recently changed ownership in a...
Recent activities
SnowDrit added Bartender as alternative to Cornice AppIt used to be great. Now it barely works half the time and drains my battery in the background besides. Instead of optimizing the app, it seems like the devs are more interested in their new pro version. So on top of buying pro, they want you to get a pro subscription. Just get Ice/Thaw or Hidden Bar instead.
- Danilo_Venom updated Bartender
innsoul added Bartender as alternative to ChocolateBar
CharlesSnow added Bartender as alternative to Tuck Menu Bar
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What is Bartender?
Bartender is a software application that organizes Menu Bar Apps. It allows users to hide, rearrange, or relocate these apps, display the full menu bar, and set preferences for app visibility. Users can reveal hidden menu bar items through various actions and access items obscured by the MacBook notch. Bartender also includes a dedicated bar for storing hidden items.
The software offers features to enhance user experience, including customization options like tints, gradients, borders, shadows, and rounded bars. Users can group related items into a single customizable item and create presets for different environments. These presets can be automatically applied based on factors like battery status, Wi-Fi connection, location, time, and date. Bartender also includes a Quick Search feature for locating and activating any menu bar item from the keyboard, and widgets for building custom menu bar items.
Bartender information
Developed by
Surtees Studios Licensing
Proprietary and Commercial product.Pricing
One time purchase ranging between $17 and $70, and / or subscription that costs $1 per month.Rating
Average rating of 3.4Alternatives
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Comments and Reviews
Best features include: alltogether hide some apps, give a second submenu, and give updates for several apps so they appear only when cirtain conditions are met.
It used to be great. Now it barely works half the time and drains my battery in the background besides. Instead of optimizing the app, it seems like the devs are more interested in their new pro version. So on top of buying pro, they want you to get a pro subscription. Just get Ice/Thaw or Hidden Bar instead.
I used to love bartender and install it on every mac. However it was sold under some shady circumstances to a company that buys macOS apps from indie devs. There was no communication until they were caught red handed when the signing cert changed on a recent update. It has been speculated that mac apps that require a lot of permissions are getting scooped up by malicious actors. I don't know if that's the case here, but due to the lack of communication around this, I've uninstalled the app and moved to a free and open source solution (Ice).
Bartender used to be good. But now they changed owner secretly, without any communication at all. The app requires system permissions, which you might not want to give to someone who keeps their identity a secret.
Without Bartender, my menu bar would be an absolute mess!
If you are new to the Mac you probably only have a few menu bar icons, and they are all from Apple. But if you have been a Mac user for awhile, icons may extend across your menu bar and collide with the application's menu. Bartender is a GREAT program that creates a pop-up menu bar extension. Move the menu bar icons that you don't need there and you menu bar is instantly cleaned up. I could not live without it.