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Ice is a Strong Contender to Replace Bartender App

I talked a few weeks ago about the Bartender kerfuffle when developer Ben Surtees sold it to a company called Applause. While I’ve not taken up the alarm bells, many still remain skeptical of this new company. You’ll also remember that Physics Nerd Graeme reviewed Hidden Bar for us as an alternative to Bartender. This […]

My View of the Bartender App Kerfuffle

You may or may not have heard that there was quite the kerfuffle this week about the beloved-by-many Mac app, Bartender. If you’re unfamiliar with Bartender, the problem it solves is to help you manage your menu bar items. My most recent article about Bartender was just in November when developer Ben Surtees came out […]

Bartender 5 is a Major Upgrade in Style and Features

I think the first time I talked about the wonderful menu bar app organizer, Bartender, was in January of 2014. When I do my annual nuke and pave, Bartender is in the top list of critical apps I install first. It also has a warm place in my heart because it reminds me of the […]

Add Glanceable Information to Your Mac Menu Bar with SwiftBar

Hello Allison and NosillaCastaways, Allister from New Zealand here, once again, with a review of a geeky tool that will let you flex your Taming the Terminal muscles. On an episode of the Upgrade podcast Jason Snell talked about an open source utility called BitBar. This utility puts customisable information in the macOS menu bar […]

Bartender 4 – Huge Redesign for Big Sur

Whether it’s because you have a small screen or because you’re a menu bar app addict, if you have too many menu bar apps to fit on your menu bar, then you need Bartender from macbartender.com. If you haven’t heard about it before, Bartender is an app that allows you to control what you see […]

Bartender 4 for macOS Big Sur – Video Tutorial on ScreenCastsOnline

January 17, 2021
by podfeet

Bartender has been one of my mission-crictical apps on my Macs for many years. Without it, I wouldn’t have room for all of my menu bar items, even thought I use a 16″ MacBook Pro. Bartender 4 from www.macbartender.com/… is out in public beta right now, redesigned only for macOS Big Sur. My video tutorial […]

NC #764 It Just Works, Menu Bar Favorites, Secure Email Decision and Migration

December 29, 2019
by podfeet

I’ll be talking about how tech really doesn’t work these days, Frank Petrie will entertain us with his favorite menu bar apps, and then Dorothy, aka MacLurker, will regale us with the process she followed to migrate to a new, secure, email system. mp3 download

Menu Bar Favorites by Frank Petrie

The reason I was drawn to the Mac in the first place was as plain and simple as myself – it was the GUI. I didn’t have to know anything about computers, I could completely focus on creating musical compositions, videos, or my writing. I even taught myself some HTML5 and CSS then carved my […]

Parallels Toolbox – The Gift that Keeps On Giving

In July of 2017 I told you about a really cool suite of utilities called Parallels Toolbox from the same people that bring us the virtual machine software, Parallels Desktop. I walked through all of the apps it includes and then explained that it’s a subscription service, but that it’s only $20/year. They promised that […]

So Many Great Tools in Parallels Toolbox

Listener Kenneth Taylor wrote in asking if I had found a replacement for a little menu bar app I’d recommended called Mountain. Mountain is a perfect example of Tim Verpoorten’s “does one thing and does it well” menubar app. It sits in your menu bar and gives you instant access to mount or unmount physical […]