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I switched to HiddenBar a few years ago when a Bartender licence ran out. It's open source, it's free, and it hasn't been taken over by a new owner who won't identify themselves. https://github.com/dwarvesf/hidden

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Sadly it's as good as not functional (it doesn't even begin to work on my Mac). I used to use https://github.com/Mortennn/Dozer and that also started misbehaving (and now the shortcut won't work). I used hidden's fork as well which also doesn't work. Ice doesn't work either. All of these apps are abandoned.

What isn't working for you? I've been using it for years and have no issues on the most recent versions of macOS. I don't use much of the functionality though, really only just use it to hide icons I don't care about.

It doesn't do anything at all. No |, or > shows up, nothing. Tried homebrew, direct, app store. Killed, restarted both the app and the Mac, etc etc.

Hiding icons is the only use-case I have, same as you.

Hidden Bar is working on my M1 Max MBP 16" with macOS 14.5. Not an option for me because it can't handle the notch, but the basic functionality works.

Ice ( https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice ) also works, although it's still missing a lot of stuff and also still doesn't have anything to work around the notch. It's being updated though.

If no app works, then it might be something to do with your setup? Maybe some app you use or some change you've made? Very annoying in any case.

MacBook M1 Pro 2021 model 16 inch. Not working. For me nothing works and yes it anyway doesn't handle the notch. In case of Ice it didn't work in first 2 goes and then I gave up because I kind of felt weird that it uses accessibility permission workaround, kinda.

No idea what I changed. When I install back Dozer it starts working fine (with Shortcut not working). Then if I have to uninstall the Dozer I clear all files related to it using AppCleaner. So I guess that doesn't interfere either.

I will maybe debug it one of these days when I have some time.

Very weird. Someone else replied to my comment saying that Ice was working too, so it doesn't seem to be a widespread problem. Hope you manage to fix that.

I am now using Ice based on this post and it works, for me, as a drop-in replacement, aside from being able to pick what is permanently showing (wifi, primarily). I uninstalled Bartender after 10-12 years and am happily using this.

Thanks for the help!

> https://github.com/dwarvesf/hidden

Last update: 2 years ago

Last time I tested it, icons would be hidden by the notch. Have they fixed that yet?

Edit: Nope, no change and the last update was 2 years ago.

Ice ( https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice ) doesn't currently handle this either, but it's "on the roadmap" ( https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice/issues/1#issuecomment-192... ) and it's being updated.

No, it still isn't aware of the notch, and there has been no update in over 2 years. The app seems to be abandoned.

That menu bar icons can be hidden behind the notch seems like an Apple bug that should be handled in macOS.

Last update was three years ago, so probably not.

> .... by a new owner who won't identify themselves

Idk, but most of software I use were written by unidentified individuals.

You don't have to live like that.

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