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Bartender

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Bartender lets you organize your Menu Bar Apps, by hiding them, rearranging them, or moving them to the Bartenders Bar. You can display the full menu bar, set options to have Menu Bar Apps show in the menu bar when they are updating, or have them always visible in the Bartenders...

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  • Mac
3.6 / 5 Avg rating (7)
60likes
5comments

Features

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  1.  System Tweaker
  2.  Hide apps
  3.  Organization

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  • menu-bar

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  • Raphty liked Bartender
    about 2 months ago
  • cloudinger rated Bartender  
    2 months ago
  • cloudinger, noctis-x and deenahai liked Bartender
    2 months ago
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    POX added Bartender as alternative to Menu Bar Spacing
    9 months ago
  • alternativetos reviewed Bartender  
    10 months ago

    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...

  • jory3 reviewed Bartender  
    11 months ago

    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.

  • MattSuda liked Bartender
    11 months ago
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    POX added Bartender as alternative to Barbee
    11 months ago
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Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
RemovedUser
Apr 20, 2022
0

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.

Top Negative Comment
jory3
Jun 5, 2024
1

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.

alternativetos
Jun 14, 2024
0

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).

jnjn
Aug 10, 2020
0

Without Bartender, my menu bar would be an absolute mess!

wvilberg
Nov 22, 2012
0

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.

What is Bartender?

Bartender lets you organize your Menu Bar Apps, by hiding them, rearranging them, or moving them to the Bartenders Bar. You can display the full menu bar, set options to have Menu Bar Apps show in the menu bar when they are updating, or have them always visible in the Bartenders Bar.

Bartender information

  • Developed by

    Surtees Studios
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Commercial product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $15.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.6
  • Alternatives

    10 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 5 comments and reviews about Bartender, and it has gotten 60 likes

Bartender was added to AlternativeTo by th3fallen on Nov 21, 2012 and this page was last updated Aug 8, 2023.