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$20 for what should have been the workaround from Apple for their design decision. I mean really, too many icons - have a widget to display the rest on click - the number of times I have to kill Alfred to get to Docker Desktop is more than I can count on one hand.

I think it's worth emphasizing that, while Bartender does solve this egregious oversight from Apple - it also makes a number of enhancements to the top bar that are hard to write off as "bad Apple design". Even if the notch has never bothered you it may be worth your money.

Yea, Bartender does its job really well… simple and stable. Would also recommend.

This is mentioned in the third sentence of the article.

HiddenBar

When I open the hidden bar, they still expand "behind" the notch. What am I doing wrong?

Nothing. HiddenBar will declutter your menu bar by hiding things but it doesn’t help with having so many menu bar items that they’re obscured by the notch like Bartender does.

Damn, ok. Thanks for the clarification.

Use this whitespace reducing config with HiddenBar for a compact menu bar icon set