Bartender

Name: Bartender
Price: 16.00 $
Rating: 4.5172 (248 reviews)

Version 5.0.43

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Bartender overview

Bartender lets you organize your menu-bar apps by hiding them, rearranging them, or moving them to Bartender's Bar. You can display the full menu bar, set options to have menu-bar items show in the menu bar when they have updated, or have them always visible in Bartender's Bar.

Features:

Lets you tidy your menu-bar apps how you want.
See your menu-bar apps when you want.
Hide the apps you need to run, but do not need to see.
Have the clean looking menu bar you want.
Rearrange your menu-bar items as you wish.

What’s new in version 5.0.43

Updated on Nov 14 2023

New Features

Re-added the ability to automatically hide left menu when showing hidden menu bar items. I have updated this feature to work with changes in macOS Sonoma so have re-added this feature.
Re-added the ability to leave menu bar items to the right of the Bartender menu bar item. 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 always or never swap out shown items for hidden items. 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.

Bug Fixes

Compatibility with Bitwarden app. I have found a workaround to prevent BitWarden showing its UI when its menu bar item is moved.
Compatibility with Sip app. I have found a workaround to prevent Sip showing its UI when its menu bar item is moved.
Menu Bar Style adjustment. 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). 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.
Menu Bar Style showing above Firefox and VPN fullscreen windows. Firefox and VPN can both use none native UI for there fullscreen, this was not detected by Bartender, so the menu bar style was applied above the fullscreen window. This has been fixed.
Typos and spellings. Thanks to the users reporting these, they have been fixed.
Smaller bug fixes and improvements. As stated, fixed small issues I found as I worked through the other bug fixes.

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Information

License

Shareware

Size

9.8 MB

Developer’s website

https://www.macbartender.com/

Downloads

73246

App requirements

Intel 64
Apple Silicon
macOS 14.0 or later

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User Ratings

thebridegrace

Oct 5 2023

5.0.36

5.0

Version: 5.0.36

Excellent Customer Service. Replied immediately and helped me find solutions for some menubar items that would not play nice.

Michael-Vilain

Sep 29 2023

5.0.27

Version: 5.0.27

Not upgrading to Sonoma until 14.1 in December. So half-price break will be long expired.

Just-Fred

Sep 28 2023

I have not yet taken the plunge to Sonoma yet (honestly, it's only been available for two days!), but once I do, Bartender 5 will be one of the first apps I update. I give the developers a lot of credit: They inform us that 5 will only run under Sonoma, and make 4 still available for those who are running Ventura or earlier. The 5 license will also be usable for earlier releases, and if you aren't running Sonoma, you will be informed of this if you try 5. Half-price (or free if you purchased 4 after July 2022) upgrades and a very reasonable price for one of what I consider to be a must-have utility program (I'm a menu bar junkie)! Kudos!

Derekcurrie

Sep 22 2023

5.0.10

Version: 5.0.10

Upgrade price from v4.x to v5.x is $8.00.

Where to download the latest VERSION 4.x of Bartender: https://www.macbartender.com/B2/updates/B4Latest/Bartender%204.dmg

Bartender 4.2.25 is now out. Note that v4.x is *NOT* fully optimized for macOS 14 Sonoma. "With this update Bartender 4 will display a message on macOS Sonoma prompting the user to download Bartender 5." - - RELEASE NOTES: "Bug Fixes - • macOS Sonoma compatibility improvements. I have made Bartender 4 as compatible with macOS Sonoma as possible. Including re-introducing Show for Updates, NOTE: the macOS purple "Bartender is capturing your screen" menu bar item will show for any image comparison Show for Updates.  Also there are some deeper macOS changes Bartender 4 cannot take into account, which could cause odd behaviour sometimes. • Show for update image comparison trigger false positive - When changing between light and dark menu bar some menu bar items icons/emoji would have their opacity changed, this could be enough for the image comparison to trigger a change, this is now taken into account. • Mouse cursor not changing after changing spaces over a text field. - When changing spaces with the mouse cursor sitting over a text field, the cursor would not change from the default pointer to the caret cursor. This has been fixed."

Sep 21 2023

5.0.9

Version: 5.0.9

NOTE: Bartender 5.x is ONLY (only) for macOS 14 Sonoma. It is NOT (not) for any earlier versions of macOS. To quote: "Q: Can I use Bartender 5 on macOS Ventura or earlier? A: Bartender 5 is only compatible with macOS Sonoma. Because of internal changes in macOS, Bartender 5 could only be designed to work with the newest version of macOS. A Bartender 5 license will work with Bartender 4 if you need."

4.2.24

Version: 4.2.24

v4.2.21 remains the current version of paid users, according to the developer's Support. v4.2.24 is intended for both new users and for those testing macOS 14 Sonoma. This is why it doesn't show up as an update within v4.2.21.

Panocha

Jan 1 2023

4.2.21

Version: 4.2.21

One time purchase for $16, and covers all my computers. Never crashes, just works, and works well! Like all software, I'm tired of being screwed, and trials never work out, so I get it somewhere else first to really try it. I had way too much money wasted on crap in the past. It is great, and I registered. Unlike other greedy companies, and all of this new scam-ware with monthly fees, this software works as advertised, and they are not greedy. Please register if you like it to keep honest companies like this one alive!

Dec 10 2022

v4.2.21 public release is now out! - - [I wish I could take down previous posts! But we can't.]

Dec 6 2022

v4.2.21 is a TEST BUILD, aka BETA version. Don't install it unless that's what you want. Today the current version of publicly released Bartender is *4.2.16* (Sixteen, not twenty-one). Beta versions of apps seriously should NOT be available via MacUpdate, IMHO. They can lead to serious trouble and frustration, having been a beta-tester for decades.

Nov 10 2022

4.2.14

Version: 4.2.14

Oddly, v4.2.12 thinks it's the current version when it's not. v4.2.14 is indeed what downloads direct from the developer. Clunky update systems is tending to be the norm these days. :-P

Oct 20 2022

4.2.12

Version: 4.2.12

(In case the new review feature, still in beta, doesn't work): I've been a Bartender customer for a number of years, and it's one of my Mac "essentials." Whenever I buy a new Mac (I have six at present), one of the first things I do is add Bartender to the startup items. I like menu bar utilities for their convenience, but they can consume so much menu real estate that Bartender lets me manage them TO MY LIKING. There are other utilities that can hide menu items, but none matches the features, performance and management like Bartender.

Jun 10 2022

4.2.0

Version: 4.2.0

v4.2.0 doesn't show up as an update inside Bartender because it's just: "Initial macOS Ventura Support". Only beta-testers of macOS 13 need update.

May 16 2022

4.1.49

Version: 4.1.49

v4.1.50 is out. There is a long list of patches, which I won't post here. - - [Sorry about the previous post "4.1.20". Tough day, and we can't delete posts. :-(

v4.1.20 is out. There is a long list of patches, which I won't post here.

May 13 2022

4.1.40

Version: 4.1.40

v4.1.49 is out: "Bug Fixes: • Fix for macOS 12.4 beta 4 & clock and date: macOS 12.4 beta 4 introduces an option, turned on by default to only show the date when there is room in the menu bar, this means the date is not visible when Bartender is running unless you turn this to "always" in System Preferences > Dock And Menu Bar > Clock.  The changes in macOS 12.4 to support this also upset Bartenders logic, this has been fixed. Bartender not hiding items on 6K screen. This has been fixed. • Bartender script editor replacing quotes. This has been fixed. • Bartender script editor not resizing to window size. This has been fixed. • Spacers stated size changing in popup This has been fixed. • Items clicked on in Bartender Bar not moving to shown space if previously shown recently. This has been fixed. • Screens slider labels overlapping with many screens. Made this clearer. • Accessibility Labels for Bartender menu bar items. Added more accessibility labels. • UI glitch in Bartender Bar with Full Keyboard Access enabled in macOS. This has been fixed. • Show for Update comparison returning 0% difference in Advanced Image Comparison. This has been fixed. • Autohide menu bar in macOS getting stuck in fullscreen. This has been fixed."

bobembry

Jan 31 2022

4.1.31

Version: 4.1.31

★★★★★ Essential for those with lots of menubar apps

Eric•Woehler

Oct 30 2021

4.1.14

Version: 4.1.14

Highly recommended. For me it is indispensible utility, with so many embedded options and remarkable flexibility. My menu bar has just 4 or 5 items in it - the ones I use frequently - all the other, less-frequently used items are placed on secondary list and only appear when I need them. I have spacers between items and can group related items. Sadly, I can't remove Apple's time and notifications menu bar items - they are locked to the menu bar and nothing on earth can shift from where they "have" to be. Highly recommended, definitely a 5-star product.

ShotBlocker

Oct 26 2021

4.1.7

Version: 4.1.7

P.S. I didn't mean to give Bartender 0.0 stars! I hope that doesn't factor into its overall rating. Did I miss how one gives star ratings when posting a comment? Evidently so, otherwise I would have assigned five stars.