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. Bartender 5 has been completely redeveloped for macOS Sonoma.īartender 4 is not optimised for macOS Sonoma. This has been fixed.īartender 5.0.43 Important Info Bartender 5īartender 5 is a paid upgrade. Menu Bar Style showing above Firefox and VPN fullscreen windowsįirefox and VPN can both use none-native UI for their fullscreen modes this was not detected by Bartender, so the menu bar style was applied above the fullscreen window. In previous versions this would leave a 1px strip of the desktop wallpaper visible above an windows positioned just below the menu bar, this has been fixed. When you have menu bar style setup with separate sides and below menu bar rounding, it gives a black background between the two sides of the menu bar (great for hiding the notch). I have found a workaround to prevent Sip showing its UI when its menu bar item is moved. I have found a workaround to prevent BitWarden showing its UI when its menu bar item is moved. I have updated this feature to work with changes in macOS Sonoma so have re-added this feature.īug Fixes Compatibility with Bitwarden app They have been fixed.Īs stated, fixed small issues I found as I worked through the other bug fixes.īartender 5.0.48 New Features Image comparison triggers (formally show for update image comparisons) are backīug Fixes Image comparison triggers firing for certain color changesīartender 5.0.44 New Features Re-added the ability to automatically hide left menu when showing hidden menu bar items I have found a workaround to prevent Bitwarden showing its UI when its menu bar item is moved. Menu bar style not applying correctly on some none english language systemsĭue to name changes some none english language systems the wallpaper would not get drawn around rounded menu bar styles, this has been fixed. Looking at the opensource code for Proton VPN I saw they already had a specific compatibility fix for Bartender, this did not work with Bartender 5, I have changed Bartender 5 so this compatibility fix can work again. Proton VPN popup showing when it shouldn't There was a bug in Bartender, that would stop it checking icons with transparent centers sometimes (it thought they were blank icons). Image comparison triggers not getting checked when icon had transparent center There was a bug in Bartender, that would mean icons that just changed colors a certain amount would not fire the image trigger condition. Image comparison triggers firing for certain color changes This was previously done automatically, only when there wasn't enough room to show your items unless swapped, now you can choose to keep it automatically, or never do this, or always do it.īug Fixes macOS music recognition (Shazam) menu bar item cannot be hiddenĪpple have made the music recognition (Shazam) menu bar item a special menu bar item, that demands to be visible and cannot be hidden. Re-added the ability to always or never swap out shown items for hidden items This feature will keep any items to the right of the Bartender menu bar item always visible, even when Bartender swaps out your shown items for your hidden ones. Re-added the ability to leave menu bar items to the right of the Bartender menu bar item With macOS 14.1 Apple implemented changes I requested so I could recreate this feature without macOS showing the screen capture purple menu bar item.Īny previous image comparison show for updates from Bartender 4 should automatically be converted into triggers for you. This is caused by an issue in macOS that may prevent some menu bar items working with Bartender until they are relaunched, or the Mac is restarted.Bartender 5.0.49 New Features Image comparison triggers (formally show for update image comparisons) are back NOTE: If some menu bar items do not work with Bartender - The quickest fix is to log out and back in, or restart your Mac. Once installed you can configure what you want Bartender to do with each of your menu bar apps.įor more help with this please see Bartender Preferences This is caused by an issue in OS X that may prevent some menu bar items working with Bartender until they are relaunched, or the Mac is restarted. Then you will be able to explore the preferences and setup Bartender as you want. Without this Bartender cannot operate.Īfter clicking continue you will be asked for your administrator password. These files are used to add the Bartender Helper to your menu bar apps. /Library/ScriptingAdditions/BartenderHelper.osax.

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