{"id":86939,"date":"2023-10-24T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T23:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=86939"},"modified":"2023-10-24T18:00:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T23:00:30","slug":"bartender-5-serves-up-your-mac-menu-bar-with-custom-decluttered-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/86939-bartender-5-serves-up-your-mac-menu-bar-with-custom-decluttered-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Bartender 5 Serves Up Your Mac Menu Bar With Custom, Decluttered Style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Depending on your preferences, a crowded bar can be a good thing. It can spark new connections with other patrons. It can also be a place where you can share merriment and blow off some steam at the end of a long week. But a crowded bar isn’t so great if the bar in question is your Mac’s menu bar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you use your Mac with any regularity, it’s not a question of “if”, but rather “when” your Mac’s menu bar items start to feel a bit too crowded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An unwieldy menu bar (before Bartender).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately for Mac aficionados, there are several third party solutions to help tame your Mac’s menu bar clutter. Chief among them is Bartender<\/a>, now at version 5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more than a decade, Bartender has provided users control over their menu bar items. Bartender does this by giving users the ability to specify which menu bar items are shown, and which remain hidden. After you first install Bartender, by default, the app will hide all menu bar items except for the Control Center icon and the Siri icon (if you have the Siri icon enabled in your menu bar<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To view the hidden items in the menu bar, you can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n