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Bartender Changelog

What's new in Bartender 5.0.48

Dec 18, 2023
  • New Features:
  • Image comparison triggers (formally show for update image comparisons) are back:
  • 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.
  • Any previous image comparison show for updates from Bartender 4 should automatically be converted into triggers for you.
  • 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:
  • Image comparison triggers firing for certain color changes:
  • There was a bug in Bartender, that would mean icons that just changed colors a certain amount would not fire the image trigger condition. This has been fixed.
  • Image comparison triggers not getting checked when icon had transparent center:
  • There was a bug in Bartender, that would stop it checking icons with transparent centers sometimes (it thought they were blank icons). This has been fixed.
  • Proton VPN popup showing when it shouldn't:
  • 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. Big thanks to the Proton Devs.
  • Menu bar style not applying correctly on some none english language systems:
  • Due to name changes some none english language systems the wallpaper would not get drawn around rounded menu bar styles, this has been fixed.
  • Compatibility with Bitwarden app:
  • I have found a workaround to prevent Bitwarden showing its UI when its menu bar item is moved.
  • 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.

New in Bartender 5.0.44 (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.

New in Bartender 5.0.16 (Sep 23, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • Ability to apply a menu bar style to all spaces
  • You can now apply a menu bar style to all your current spaces. Each space is stil individually editable too.
  • Bug Fixes
  • Menu bar item group editing:
  • Items added to a menu bar item group when first created would not be saved, this has been fixed.
  • Typos in UI:
  • Thanks for all the feedback, I am working hard to fix all the small issues.
  • Fix for Trigger script conditions not running:
  • Trigger script conditions would not run if the "Run script every" time had not been adjusted from its default value, this has been fixed
  • Crashes:
  • Fixed 2 possible crashes.
  • Items stop showing/hiding:
  • Fixed a bug were bartender would stall, stop controlling items.
  • Wrong script showing when editing multiple triggers:
  • The previous triggers script would show when editing another script. This has been fixed.
  • Trigger activated indicator not updating:
  • This has been fixed.
  • Menu Bar styling drawing badly:
  • After a mac sleeping or screens changing some user shave seen the styling could draw incorrectly, this should be fixed.
  • Trigger script saving issues:
  • Newly created script would not save for some users first time, this has been fixed.
  • Wi-Fi trigger condition not firing:
  • For some users the Wi-Fi trigger condition would not fire. This has been fixed.
  • Timemachine trigger not firing:
  • For some users the timemachine trigger would not fire. This has been fixed.

New in Bartender 5.0.6 (Sep 21, 2023)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Added back option to use Bartender Bar:
  • In macOS Sonoma getting images of menu bar items that are offscreen causes the purple "Bartender is Capturing your screen" menu bar item to show, as such this happens when the Bartender Bar shows your menu bar items. So until I could come up with a solution I had disabled the Bartender Bar. But it seems many of you REALLY like the Bartender Bar so I have re-enabled the option to use it, but it is turned off by default.
  • Bartender always hiding items before showing others on screens with notch:
  • There was an issue with the logic for deciding if Bartender needs to hide currently shown items before showing others to create enough room for them, the bug was only screens with a notch, that caused Bartender to always think it needed to create more room, this has been fixed.

New in Bartender 4.2.24 (Sep 21, 2023)

  • Important Info:
  • macOS Sonoma message about Bartender 5:
  • With this update Bartender 4 will display a message on macOS Sonoma prompting the user to download Bartender 5.
  • Bartender 4 is not optimised for macOS Sonoma. 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.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • 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.

New in Bartender 4.2.21 (Dec 4, 2022)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Bartender Bar color mismatch for some users:
  • This oddly still appeared to be an issue for some users after the last release, this update aims to get this working for all users.
  • Bartender Bar missing menu bar item icons:
  • When changing multiple spaces quickly, Bartender may not have been able to display your hidden menu bar item icons in the Bartender Bar, this has been fixed.

New in Bartender 4.2.16 (Nov 26, 2022)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • macOS Ventura Permissions not reported correctly at login:
  • macOS Ventura seems for some users to reports the permsissions incorrectly when a user first logs in, this update tries to work around this issue.
  • Bartender Bar color missing:
  • Improvments were made to the color of the Bartender Bar backround, but this caused a color not to be applied for some users, sometimes. This has been fixed.
  • macOS Ventura FaceTime Handoff menu bar item not accounted for:
  • The macOS FaceTime Handoff menu bar item is another special menu bar item that macOS forces to show (cannot be hidden) Bartender did not take this into account, it does now.
  • Show for Updates table, truncated text:
  • The description of SHow For Updates should now truncate if the Preferences window is made wider.
  • Bartender Bar Color:
  • I have refinded the code that colors the BBartender Bar to better take into account the position of the Bartender Bar under the menu bar, as the menu bar can change color along its length.

New in Bartender 4.2.14 (Nov 9, 2022)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • macOS Ventura Support:
  • Bartender 4 is ready for macOS Ventura
  • Bug Fixes:
  • macOS Ventura FaceTime Handoff menu bar item not accounted for:
  • The macOS FaceTime Handoff menu bar item is another special menu bar item that macOS forces to show (cannot be hidden) Bartender did not take this into account, it does now.
  • Show for Updates table, truncated text:
  • The description of SHow For Updates should now truncate if the Preferences window is made wider.
  • Bartender Bar Color:
  • I have refinded the code that colors the BBartender Bar to better take into account the position of the Bartender Bar under the menu bar, as the menu bar can change color along its length.

New in Bartender 4.2.12 (Oct 19, 2022)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Keyboard Navigation issues:
  • The updates to support macOS Ventura had caused keyboard navigation to stop working on older macOS releases, this has been fixed. With the latest macOS Ventura beta the keyboard navigation highlight may not have automatically hidden when it should, this has been fixed.

New in Bartender 4.2.11 (Oct 5, 2022)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • macOS Ventura Support:
  • Bartender 4 is ready for macOS Ventura
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Small fixes for issues fixed in latest macOS Ventura Betas:
  • Small changes after issues resolved in macOS Ventura's latets betas.
  • Items not showing smoothly from Bartender Bar on macOS Ventura Beta 7:
  • With macOS Ventura Beta 7 the showing of items from the Bartender Bar could jitter or fail, this has been fixed.
  • On macOS Ventura sometimes Bartenders windows/UI will not display:
  • This has been fixed
  • Bartender Bar taking keyboard focus:
  • Whe you show the Bartender Bar it would takes keyboard focus to allow the user to keyboard navigate their menu bar items, this would prevent the user continuing typing in whatever window they were using (if they had just put the mouse in the menu bar say). There is now a setting to turn of Bartender Bar keyboard navigation in Bartenders Advanced Preferences.
  • Menu Bar items not controlled correctly on Ventura later betas sometimes:
  • On macOS Ventura for some users, items would not move into the menu bar (when clicked in the Bartender Bar), This has been fixed
  • Sometimes menu bar item spacing not applied after macOS restart:
  • For a small number of users there set menu bar item spacing would not be applied after restarting macOS, this has been fixed.
  • Scroll Bar covering menu bar items in the Bartender Bar:
  • If a user had more menu bar items in the Bartender Bar than the width of their screen scrolling would be required, the scroll bar for this partially covered the menu bar item sin the Bartender Bar, this has been fixed.
  • Option + hover or click to show all hidden items not working in macOS Ventura:
  • This has been fixed.
  • macOS Ventura Settings links:
  • With the macOS changes from System Preferences to System Settings and the new UI, links from Bartender to specific preference panes didn't work, these have been updated and now work correctly.
  • Menu bar items activated by hotkey or quick search on hidden menu bar moved:
  • If the user has macOS set to automatically hide the menu bar or in full screen app, activating a menu bar that is already in the menu bar would move it to the end of the menu bar items, this has been fixed.
  • Small square window left on screen or in menu bar for a user:
  • This has been fixed
  • Menu bar layout dragging on macOS Ventura:
  • The dragging behaviour in menu bar layout had got worse due to changes in macOS Ventura, this has been fixed.

New in Bartender 4.2.0 (Jun 11, 2022)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • Initial macOS Ventura Support:
  • This is the initial support for macOS Ventura, supporting the macOS changes that prevented Bartender from working correctly. There are still some updates needed (renaming things to "Settings" instead of "Preferences") etc.

New in Bartender 4.1.50 (May 17, 2022)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fix for macOS 12.4 clock and date:
  • macOS 12.4 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.
  • Crash Fix:
  • Bartender 4.1.49 had a possible crash condition when opening Preferences, this has been fixed
  • Bartender not hiding items on 6K screens:
  • 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.

New in Bartender 4.1.49 (May 13, 2022)

  • 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 screens:
  • 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.

New in Bartender 4.1.40 (Mar 15, 2022)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • Show all hidden items on larger screens
  • Allows you to show all your menu bar items on larger screens, while stil hiding them on your laptop screen etc.
  • Quick Search selection hotkeys:
  • With Quick Search you can now select one of the visible results using ⌘+number key.
  • Quick Search speed improvements:
  • Quick Search should now appear/display twice as fast, compared to previous versions.
  • Bartender Bar visual improvements:
  • Bartender Bars UI has been slightly tweaked/improved on different screen setups, and should now also show a bit faster.
  • Set Show for update image trigger comparison threshold:
  • Bartender has a percentage difference it ignores before triggering a image comparison difference, you can now adjust this threshold, this is useful for menu bar items that do not change there icon much
  • Manually set menu bar item spacers width:
  • You can now enter the exact width you want a menu bar spacer to be, instead of having to use the slider. Great to get all your spacers exactly the same.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Show all items on large screen not taking effect at launch
  • This has been fixed.
  • Show for updates becoming stuck:
  • It was possible for some Show For updates to remain triggered, this has been fixed.
  • Bartender would not allow ⌘+ as a hotkey:
  • This has been fixed.
  • Unresponsive menu bar apps prevent items being arranged:
  • With macOS Monterey, unresponsive menu bar apps can prevent other menu bar items being arranged, this also stops Bartender being able to arrange your menu bar items, this is now detected and the user gets a prompt that there is a unresponsive menu bar item app so they can quit/restart it.
  • With Screen Sharing/remote connection to mac, Bartender would not move items:
  • This has been fixed.
  • Show full menu bar on some multiple screen setups, quickly flashing:
  • This has been fixed.
  • Items not hiding after showing in fullscreen apps:
  • For a small number of users items could stop hiding after showing them in a fullscreen app. This has been fixed.
  • Accessibility > Full Keyboard Access selected first item in Bartender Bar:
  • Work has been done to better support Full Keyboard Access in the Bartender Bar.
  • Possible crash in previous test build:
  • This has been fixed.
  • Showing removed menu bar items:
  • With macOS Monterey menu bar items removed by a app could still be shown in Bartender, this has been fixed.

New in Bartender 4.1.31 (Feb 1, 2022)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • Ability to show all hidden items using option key with mouse over and also using Bartender bar:
  • Now if you hold down option, and mouse over the menu bar, all hidden menu bar items (including Always Hidden menu bar items) will be shown.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Battery Show For Update Trigger label:
  • macOS has changed its low battery warning threshold from 22% to 20 minutes remaining, as such the text for the trigger has been updated.
  • If a user had reduced transparency and autohide menu bar enabled in macOS the background color of menu bar layout could be incorrect/change:
  • This has been fixed.
  • Couldn't activate items from Bartender Bar on ultra-wide screens:
  • This has been fixed.
  • Items becomming unmovable when autohide menu bar enabled:
  • If a user had a setup with 1 screen and menu bar autohide enabled in system preferences, it was possible for items to become unmovable. This has been fixed.
  • Fix for bug introduced in previous test build 4.1.21:
  • The bug could cause items not to show/hide correctly, and cause mouse flickering when interactions occurred with other apps. This has been fixed.
  • Blank Bartender Bar:
  • After leaving certain fullscreen apps, it could be possible for the Bartender Bar to appear empty until you chnage active app, this has been fixed
  • Bartender preventing sleeping:
  • Under a rare situation in macOS Monterey, it was possible for Bartender to prevent the computer sleeping. This has been fixed.
  • Menu Bar Layout showing wrong menu bar color:
  • Bartender Preferences > Menu Bar Layout could display a old menu bar color, this has been fixed
  • Bartender Preferences not showing menu bar item images when in fullscreen space on macOS Monterey:
  • Bartender Preferences, will now open on a none fullscreen space to prevent this.
  • Fix for battery SFU showing/hiding repeatedly when on reduced checking:
  • The battery menu bar item could show/hide repeatedly when showing for updates, and Bartender set to reduced checking, this has been fixed.
  • Menu Bar items appearing blank on macOS 11 with multiple screens:
  • When activating a menu bar item via the Bartender Bar, they could appear blank, this has been fixed.
  • Excessive CPU usage with autohide menu bar enabled in macOS:
  • If macOS was set to autohide its menu bar, Bartender could start using excessive CPU, this has been fixed.
  • Menu bar items not moving after a period of time:
  • With changes in macOS Monterey for the notch, there was a possibility of Bartender stopping moving some menu bar items, this should be fixed.
  • Fix for Show For Update sizing on notched screen when at certain resolutions:
  • If the notched screen was set at a custom resolution, Show For Update items could render at a large size, this has been fixed.
  • Fix for positioning of items shown when notch and justifying would make it appear in wrong place:
  • On MacBook Pros with a notch, macOS will sometime increase the spacing between items so they fill the space between the screen edge and the notch, this could cause Bartender to place items incorrectly, this has been fixed.
  • Fix for not showing on hover:
  • Changes in macOS Monterey meant show on hover was not working sometimes for some users, this has been fixed.
  • Keyboard Navigation Improvment:
  • Keyboard Navigation would sometimes highlight hidden menu bar items, this has been fixed.

New in Bartender 4.1.21 (Nov 29, 2021)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • macOS Monterey Support:
  • Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.
  • MacBook Pro 2021 Notch Support:
  • Full support for the new MacBook Pro 2021 Notch.
  • Bartender Bar enabled only on Notched Screens:
  • You can now have the Bartender Bar only enabled on screens with a notch.
  • Activate Bartender from the Notch:
  • Now Bartender can activate when you mouse over, or click in the Notch.
  • Bartender Bar displays items hidden by the Notch:
  • The Bartender Bar will now show items that have been hidden by the Notch or the left menu.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Items not showing on large screens when activated from Bartender Bar or Search:
  • If the user had a very wide screen, items would not be shown when activating them from Bartender Bar, HotKey or Search, this has been fixed.
  • Activate on click in menu bar hiding again on mouse button release:
  • If the user did a slow click on the menu bar and had autohide enabled, the hidden items would hide again when releasing the mouse button. This has been fixed.
  • Items not placed correctly on Notched MacBook Pros:
  • On MacBook Pros with a notch, macOS will sometime increase the spacing between items so they fill the space between the screen edge and the notch, this could cause Bartender to place items incorrectly, this has been fixed.
  • Fix for multiple displays without seperate spaces on macOS Monterey:
  • The logic for this has changed slightly in macOS Monterey, Bartender should now work better with this setup.

New in Bartender 4.1.14 (Oct 31, 2021)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • macOS Monterey Support:
  • Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.
  • MacBook Pro 2021 Notch Support:
  • Working on full support for the new MacBook Pro 2021 Notch.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • MacBook Pro 2021 Notch Support:
  • Many small bugs with icons either too small or too large etc. Also show on hover not working well.
  • Crash with 4.1.12 on older systems:
  • There was a crash in version 4.1.12 on older systems for some users, this has been fixed.
  • Activate on mouse over menu bar, or click menu bar not working:
  • For some users with specific setups, this stopped working with the latest test builds. This has been fixed
  • Multiscreen fixes for Monterey:
  • Some small fixes for setups with multiple screens.
  • 1 Password 8 popup showing when item moved:
  • A workaround specifically for 1 Password 8 has been added.
  • Items becoming unmovable on multiscreen setups:
  • Setups with multiple screens and hidden menu bars (fullscreen apps etc.) could end up with items not being arranged correctly on macOS Monterey, this has been fixed.
  • Some items not moving to correct position in Monterey:
  • This has been fixed.
  • Location menu bar item and Screen Recording not showing in expected positions:
  • This has been improved.
  • Not hiding left menu when needed on Monterey:
  • This has been fixed.
  • Memory leak:
  • There was a slow memory leak effecting a small number of users, this has been fixed.
  • Typos:
  • There was a couple of typos in Bartenders preferences, these have been fixed. thanks all who reported them.

New in Bartender 4.1.5 (Sep 21, 2021)

  • macOS Monterey Support:
  • Bartender 4.1 fully supports macOS Monterey.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Multiscreen fixes for Monterey:
  • Some small fixes for setups with multiple screens.
  • 1 Password 8 popup showing when item moved:
  • A workaround specifically for 1 Password 8 has been added.
  • Items becoming unmovable on multiscreen setups:
  • Setups with multiple screens and hidden menu bars (fullscreen apps etc.) could end up with items not being arranged correctly on macOS Monterey, this has been fixed.
  • Some items not moving to correct position in Monterey:
  • This has been fixed.
  • Location menu bar item and Screen Recording not showing in expected positions:
  • This has been improved.
  • Not hiding left menu when needed on Monterey:
  • This has been fixed.
  • Memory leak:
  • There was a slow memory leak effecting a small number of users, this has been fixed.
  • Typos:
  • There was a couple of typos in Bartenders preferences, these have been fixed. thanks all who reported them.

New in Bartender 4.0.48 (Jun 14, 2021)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • Public Beta Finished:
  • I am super excited to announce that with this release Bartender 4 has finished its public beta.
  • This does not mean I am stopping working on Bartender 4, anything but! As I still have many exciting features I want to add.
  • This means Bartender 4 has now been thoroughly tested by all you great users (thank you!) and I am confident it works as expected on all the many different user setups.
  • If you have not yet purchased a license, your 4 week trial of Bartender 4 will start now.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Screen recording menu bar item:
  • The screen recording menu bar item should now show a lot faster when you start recording your screen, and is in the shown section by default. You can move it to the hidden section if you prefer.
  • Hidden items not hiding again, if in app with menu bar item:
  • Bartender will keep hidden items shown when you are using the UI of a menu bar item, this could stop items hiding if in an app that also has a menu bar item, this has been fixed.
  • Small UI adjustments:
  • Small changes to the UI to help initial user experience.
  • iMazing mini popup not showing with custom keyboard shortcut:
  • This has been fixed.
  • ⌘+Q quitting Bartender from Bartender Bar:
  • Command+Q would quit Bartender from any of its UI, even when not the active app which is not desirable. The ability to quit Bartender with command Q has been removed.
  • Show for Updates Image Comparison Tuning:
  • Thank you to the user who provided me with examples of Show for update image comparisons that have given incorrect results, using these I have tuned the image comparison more.
  • Option key added to click from Bartender Bar:
  • Activating menu bar items from the Bartender Bar would sometimes wrongly include the option key, this has been fixed.
  • Shift in menu bar items when changing space:
  • Bartender could shift the menu bar items for a split second when changing spaces, this has been fixed.
  • Menu bar item spacing not applied after macOS restart:
  • For some users menu bar item spacing is not being applied after a macOS restart, and a logout and back in is required. This version has test fixes in place for this.
  • Rare slowdown loading of Menu Bar Layout Screen, and high CPU usage:
  • This has effected a very small number of users and seems linked to accessing Current Session Dictionary, I have removed this and it should hopefully fix this issue.
  • MacUpdater left click not working:
  • This has been fixed
  • Quick Search, Esc not resetting search:
  • Pressing Esc in Quick search after searching for something would not reset the shown results back to all items, it does now.

New in Bartender 3.1.23 (Jun 2, 2020)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fix for order of items in Bartender Preferences:
  • Apps starting with a lowercased name would appear after all uppercased names in Bartender Preferences, this has been fixed.
  • Fix for show Full menu bar requiring 3 activations:
  • After changing space, Bartender would require activating full menu bar 3 times before working this has been fixed.
  • Fix for Permissions Success window showing when starting Bartender:
  • For some users when starting Bartender at login, the permissions success window would show. this should now be fixed.
  • Crash fix:
  • We receive occasional crash reports of a crash we have not seen here, we believe this build fixes the crash.

New in Bartender 3.1.22 (May 31, 2020)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Menu item order being lost by macOS - For some users, macOS would occasionally lose the order of their menu items. In this release Bartender has extra workarounds to prevent this.
  • Gap left on inactive menu bar - On macOS Catalina if the user hid the Bartender menu item a gap would be left on the inactive menu bar of a multi screen setup. This has now been fixed.
  • Fix for Bartender menu not showing on secondary screen - A bug in macOS Catalina would prevent Bartenders menu showing when the user has 2 screens setup with one above the other. Bartender now works around this bug to display the menus on all screens.
  • Fix for order of items in Bartender Preferences - Apps starting with a lowercased name would appear after all uppercased names in Bartender Preferences, this has been fixed.
  • Fix for show Full menu bar requiring 3 activations - After changing space, Bartender would require activating full menu bar 3 times before working this has been fixed.
  • Fix for Permissions Success window showing when starting Bartender - For some users when starting Bartender at login, the permissions success window would show. this should now be fixed.
  • Crash fix - We receive occasional crash reports of a crash we have not seen here, we believe this build fixes the crash.
  • Multipass app not controllable - Multipass has an uncommon app setup, which Bartender didn't handle. Bartender will now handle apps like this correctly.
  • Apple Text input menu item not named correctly in Preferences - With macOS 10.15.4 apple changed the way the Text Input menu item works. As such Bartender did not know to treat it as a special Apple item and name it as such in Bartender preferences. This has now been fixed.

New in Bartender 3.1.7 (Oct 11, 2019)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • Notification Center can now be hidden:
  • Its been a long time coming, and now Notification Center can now be set to "Always Hide" or "Always Show".
  • macOS 10.15 Catalina Support:
  • This release fully supports macOS Catalina and will now ask the user for the new "Screen Recording" permission required for Bartender to work.
  • It needs this permission so that it can get information about your menu bar items, and capture images of the menu bar and menu bar items, it does this for 4 reasons, to know which menu items you have, to make “show for updates” work, to display the menu items in preferences, and to create a smooth transition when switching states.
  • Bartender does not record your screen, and does not save or transmit these images.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fix for not adding to Screen Recording Permissions in System Preferences:
  • If the user clicked to open system preferences, Bartender may not be listed in Screen Recording, this has been fixed.
  • Rare crash fix:
  • We receive occasional crash reports of a crash we have not seen here, we believe this build fixes the crash.
  • Crashing when macOS does not apply Accessibility Permission Correctly:
  • There is a bug in macOS that can cause Accessibility permissions to fail for an app, even though it has been setup correctly and is reported as such. Bartender now tries to detect this and help the user fix the issue by toggling the permission.
  • Item position being lost:
  • There is a another bug in macOS that can cause menu items to appear overlapped and loose their order, Bartender has always tried to detect this and recover the positioning (but not the order), some users are experiencing the order of their items being lost, Changes have been made to try and prevent this.
  • UI layout issues on Permissions Screens:
  • The permissions screens had layout issues in macOS version older than 10.15, this has been fixed.
  • Hiding left menu not activating:
  • Some users have experienced issues with the left menu not being hidden when needed, work has been done to fix this.
  • Some UI elements not correct colour in dark mode:
  • These should now all work correctly in Dark mode.
  • Apps without Display Name would be not be displayed correctly:
  • Apps that do not have a display name could end up without a name in Bartender Preferences, this has now been fixed.

New in Bartender 3.0.64 (Apr 19, 2019)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • Ability to show the menu bar via hotkey when hidden:
  • If you have autohide menu bar set in macOS or are in a fullscreen app, Bartender can now display the menu bar when activated via hotkey.
  • Added support for Little Snitch Internet Access Policy:
  • Little Snitch now allows applications to declare the connections they make and why, giving users better insight into what an app is doing. Bartender now supports this.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Bartender would autohide if an iStat Menus menu item was activated then dismissed:
  • We now take this into account and Bartender should not autohide when a iStat Menus items popup is dismissed.
  • If autohide menu bar is enabled in macOS the menu bar would hide when Bartender was clicked:
  • In macOS Mojave with autohide menu bar enabled there is a bug that will hide the menu bar when a menu items position is changed, this would cause the menu bar to hide when a user clicked on Bartender to show hidden items. Bartender will now keep the menu bar visible.
  • Spotlight being dismissed when showing for updates:
  • The spotlight window could get dismissed when menu items showed for updates, this has been fixed.
  • macOS not sleeping or screensaver showing:
  • In macOS Mojave the location menu item has changed its behaviour, and will now forget its position whenever it leaves the menu bar. This, along with settings in Bartender to hide the location menu item would cause Bartender to move it every time it showed. If the user ran anything which would show/hide the location menu item regularly this would prevent the screen saver from activating. This has now been fixed.
  • Slow transitions on larger setups:
  • Some users with larger setups (many menu items, multiple screens etc.) could experience slower transitions, this build contains changes to try and improve this.
  • Support for apps with binaries signed with different ID to executable name:
  • Some apps not in a bundle format have a different signing ID to there executable name, this would prevent Bartender being able to control them. This has been fixed.
  • Show All Items being hidden again straight away after showing for first time:
  • Fixed issue with show all items or search being dismissed first time they were shown.
  • Possible Crash Fix:
  • A possible crash and exception have been fixed.
  • Show for updates with multiple screens giving false positives:
  • Due to an odd behaviour by an Apple framework, show for updates could think there was a change when the user has mutiple monitors setup in a specific way, this has been worked around.
  • Transparent side panel in Bartender Preferences:
  • In macOS High Sierra, 10.14.3 and newer the Menu Items side panel in Bartender preferences could show with a very transparent background when using light mode, this has been fixed.
  • Updated UI text:
  • Some of the description text in Preferences has been updated to make it easier for new users.
  • Typo fixes:
  • There was a typo in the previous version, this is fixed.

New in Bartender 3.0.47 Build 347 (Jul 2, 2018)

  • NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
  • macOS Mojave Beta Support:
  • This test build will prompt for accessibility authorization (and not crash when its not authorized). It has initial support for dark mode, hardened runtime enabled and is notarized.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Ask for Accessibility Authorization:
  • Bartender 3 will now ask for Accessibility Authorization and will not crash when it does not have authorization.
  • Changed wording of some UI elements to help new users:
  • Some new users found some UI labels confusing, we have reworded them to try and help with this, please let us know if this helps or not.
  • Fix for apps moving position:
  • Some apps would change position in the menu bar (dropbox was one example), this should be fixed.
  • Typo fix:
  • There was a typo in the previous version, this is fixed.
  • KNOWN ISSUES:
  • Some elements in dark mode not showing correctly:
  • We are aware of this, and currently it appears to me a macOS Mojave Beta issue, we will monitor this and fix when appropriate.
  • Crash reporter showing:
  • Bartender will show the crash reporter if the previous version crashed before launching this version, this is not the current version crashing, just reporting the previous crash.

New in Bartender 3.0.46 Build 346 Test (Jun 14, 2018)

  • NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Initial macOS Mojave Beta 1 Support:
  • This test build will prompt for accessibility authorization (and not crash when its not authorized). It has initial support for dark mode, hardened runtime enabled and is notarized.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Ask for Accessibility Authorization:
  • Bartender 3 will now ask for Accessibility Authorization and will not crash when it does not have authorization.
  • Changed wording of some UI elements to help new users:
  • Some new users found some UI labels confusing, we have reworded them to try and help with this, please let us know if this helps or not.
  • Fix for apps moving position:
  • Some apps would change position in the menu bar (Dropbox was one example), this should be fixed.
  • Known Issues:
  • Some elements in dark mode not showing correctly
  • We are aware of this, and currently it appears to me a macOS Mojave Beta issue, we will monitor this and fix when appropriate.

New in Bartender 3.0.45 Build 345 (Mar 9, 2018)

  • NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Completely rewritten for modern macOS:
  • Bartender 3 has been completely rewritten from the ground up in Swift using best practices to work with modern macOS, it also paves the way for many new features we have planned.
  • The biggest change is we no longer require a helper to be installed in menu item apps to control them. This means we no longer do anything that SIP (System Integrity Protection) is interested in and can work with any menu bar app including those with increased security (Such as Apple System items).
  • What this does now mean though is that Bartender is no longer able to display the Bartender Bar beneath the menu bar but instead displayed it in the main menu bar removing normally shown items to display the Bartender Bar items.
  • macOS High Sierra Compatibility:
  • Full macOS High Sierra compatibility. We did consider calling it High Bartender but thought better of it.
  • iStat Menus Individual item control:
  • We 💚 iStat Menus and now Bartender 3 can control iStat menus items individually.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Better compatibility with some app setups:
  • Adding in compatibility for more unusual app setups.
  • Improved reliability on some systems:
  • For some users Bartender has been underperforming/not working correctly. With a lot of help from a user (thank you) to debug/log this, it should now work correctly and performance should be better. We are still working on improving this.
  • UI Fixes and improvements:
  • Small things, such as typo fixes and better explanations. Added remove button for menu item settings.
  • Fix for Airplay Display still moving:
  • Airplay Display could still change position if set to "Always show in menu bar" this has been fixed.
  • Fix for individual item control of Setapp version of iStat Menus:
  • The Setapp version of iStat menus could not be individually controlled, this has been fixed.
  • Fix for crash in previous test build:
  • Version 3.0.36 had a crashing bug, this has been fixed.
  • Google Backup and Sync and other apps without a name in localised languages:
  • Apps that do not have a process name in a localisation would not be controlled by Bartender, this has been fixed.
  • Bartender deactivating Screen Saver:
  • It was possible for Bartender to deactivate the screen saver if manually activated. But only in the initial 40 seconds. This has been fixed.
  • Show for updates activating on screen change:
  • It was possible for Bartender to show show for update items when activating another screen, this has been improved, but is still possible in some specific situations, this will be fixed in a coming update.
  • Better Amphetamine compatibility:
  • It was possible for Bartender to not be able to control Amphetamine in some setups, we have worked around this.
  • Search menu hotkey bug:
  • If you pressed the search hotkey more than once the menu would reappear for each extra hotkey press. This has been fixed.
  • Notification Center Activating:
  • For a few users, Notification Center could sometimes activate by mistake, this should now be fixed.
  • Private Internet Access V77 Support:
  • Previous versions of Bartender 3 could not control PIA V77 die to changes to the PIA app, We have now added support for PIA version 77.

New in Bartender 3.0.42 Build 342 Beta (Feb 7, 2018)

  • Better Amphetamine compatibility:
  • It was possible for Bartender to not be able to control Amphetamine in some setups, we have worked around this.
  • Search menu hotkey bug:
  • If you pressed the search hotkey more than once the menu would reappear for each extra hotkey press. This has been fixed.
  • Notification Center Activating:
  • For a few users, Notification Center could sometimes activate by mistake, this should now be fixed.

New in Bartender 3.0.39 Build 339 Beta (Jan 23, 2018)

  • NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Completely rewritten for modern macOS:
  • Bartender 3 has been completely rewritten from the ground up in Swift using best practices to work with modern macOS, it also paves the way for many new features we have planned.
  • The biggest change is we no longer require a helper to be installed in menu item apps to control them. This means we no longer do anything that SIP (System Integrity Protection) is interested in and can work with any menu bar app including those with increased security (Such as Apple System items).
  • What this does now mean though is that Bartender is no longer able to display the Bartender Bar beneath the menu bar but instead displayed it in the main menu bar removing normally shown items to display the Bartender Bar items.
  • macOS High Sierra Compatibility:
  • Full macOS High Sierra compatibility. We did consider calling it High Bartender but thought better of it.
  • iStat Menus Individual item control:
  • We 💚 iStat Menus and now Bartender 3 can control iStat menus items individually.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Better compatibility with some app setups:
  • Adding in compatibility for more unusual app setups.
  • RTL Support:
  • Bartender 3 would not work on a RTL setup mac, as all logic assumed menu items on the right of the screen, this is a initial attempt at adding RTL support.
  • Improved reliability on some systems:
  • For some users Bartender has been underperforming/not working correctly. With a lot of help from a user (thank you) to debug/log this, it should now work correctly and performance should be better. We are still working on improving this.
  • UI Fixes and improvements:
  • Small things, such as typo fixes and better explanations. Added remove button for menu item settings.
  • Fix for Airplay Display still moving:
  • Airplay Display could still change position if set to "Always show in menu bar" this has been fixed.
  • Fix for individual item control of Setapp version of iStat Menus:
  • The Setapp version of iStat menus could not be individually controlled, this has been fixed.
  • Fix for crash in previous test build:
  • Version 3.0.36 had a crashing bug, this has been fixed.
  • Google Backup and Sync and other apps without a name in localised languages:
  • Apps that do not have a process name in a localisation would not be controlled by Bartender, this has been fixed.
  • Bartender deactivating Screen Save:
  • It was possible for Bartender to deactivate the screen saver if manually activated. But only in the initial 40 seconds. This has been fixed.
  • Show for updates activating on screen change:
  • It was possible for Bartender to show show for update items when activating another screen, this has been improved, but is still possible in some specific situations, this will be fixed in a coming update.

New in Bartender 3.0.32 Build 332 (Dec 12, 2017)

  • Multi-screen setups:
  • Bartender now works more reliably on setups with multiple screens.
  • Bartender transition speed:
  • Bartender should be slightly faster at switching states for some users.
  • Bartender already running check:
  • Bartender was not checking to see if another version of Bartender may be running, this has been fixed.

New in Bartender 3.0.30 Build 330 (Nov 21, 2017)

  • Airport Displays Position changing:
  • We have added in more fixes to try and get Airport Displays to not jump position.
  • Licenses with white space not accepted:
  • Bartender 3 license checking is a bit more stringent than Bartender 2, if a user had trailing white space in there license name from Bartender 2 it would fail to verify in Bartender 3.
  • Fix for crash in Test Build 3.0.20:
  • Bartender 3 3.0.20 had a crashing bug we discovered shortly after releasing it as a test build, this has been fixed.
  • Small UI fixes:
  • Fixes for UI issues in Preferences, and spelling mistakes
  • GiFox compatibility message:
  • Version 1.4.0 of GiFox is compatible with Bartender 3, we have updated the message shown for older versions of GiFox, letting them know if they update it will work.
  • Private Internet Access compatibility message:
  • Version 72 of PIA is compatible with Bartender 3, we have updated the message shown for older versions of PIA, letting them know if they update it will work.

New in Bartender 3.0.20 Build 320 (Oct 19, 2017)

  • Better compatibility with some app setups:
  • Some apps have old preferences remaining from previous versions etc, Bartender now better detects this correctly.
  • Crash fix:
  • We have had reports of a crash, we believe we have fixed this.
  • RTL Support:
  • Bartender 3 would not work on a RTL setup mac, as all logic assumed menu items on the right of the screen, this is a initial attempt at adding RTL support.
  • Autohide on App Switching:
  • Autohide would only trigger on mouse events, we now also autohide when a new app becomes active (say via keyboard app switching).
  • Better checking for removed items:
  • Bartender checks for items removed by menu bar apps, but was producing some false positives in some situations, causing items to not be shown, we have improved on this.
  • Menu item positions saved:
  • We now save menu bar positions (previously we relied on macOS to do this) this should help maintain positions between Bartender restarts/reboots.
  • Esc and Enter Keys while searching:
  • Pressing esc while searching will now exit search and reset the menu bar, pressing enter will start keyboard navigation.
  • Bartender Icons:
  • Fixed the vertical positioning of the ●●● icon. Other icon options now display a variation of the icon when Bartender is showing Bartender items in the menu bar.
  • Improved reliability on some systems:
  • For some users Bartender has been underperforming/not working correctly. With a lot of help from a user (thank you) to debug/log this, it should now work correctly and performance should be better. We are still working on improving this.
  • Expanded menu bar not always showing:
  • For some users Bartender would not always expand the menu bar when needed (remove teh left menu so all items could be seen) this is now fixed.
  • Items messed up in menu bar, not aligned to each other correctly.
  • For a small number of users, items can become messed up in the menu bar, not aligned to each other correctly (we are investigating the cause still). With this version Bartender should be able to reset them.
  • Bartender transition speed:
  • Bartender should be slightly faster at switching states.

New in Bartender 3.0.12 Build 312 (Oct 5, 2017)

  • In Preferences some menu items would sometimes show in Apps with Settings instead of Active Menu Bar Items. This has been fixed.

New in Bartender 3.0.11 Build 311 (Oct 4, 2017)

  • BUG FIXES:
  • Not able to change System Item Settings in Preferences:
  • Version 3.0.9 could not change the preferences of System Items. this is fixed.
  • Show for updates issues:
  • A number of bugs when showing for updates have been fixed, this should be a lot better.
  • Quit Button in Preferences:
  • Previously if you have the Bartender menu item hid, you could not quit Bartender, we added in a Quit button to the About Preferences tab.
  • Items showing for updates on space change:
  • Items should no longer show for updates on a space change.

New in Bartender 3.0.9 Build 309 (Oct 2, 2017)

  • NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
  • iStat Menus Individual item control:
  • We 💚 iStat Menus and now Bartender 3 can control iStat menus items individually.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Multiscreen issues:
  • With previous versions there was a bug that would effect setups with multiple screens (items out of position, showing as not working, slow transitions), this should now be fixed.
  • AppleConnect menu item not controllable:
  • This should now be controllable.
  • Menu item positioning:
  • Some users have been experiencing items not keeping there position (especially Air Display), this version should improve on this, if not totally fix it, we are still working on getting this spot on.
  • Search not searching all items:
  • Search would only search items with settings, this has been fixed.
  • Search not displaying correctly:
  • When Bartenders menu item was hidden the search menu would not display correctly, this has been fixed.
  • About window showing trial info after licensing:
  • The about window would show trial information after a license was applied. This has been fixed.

New in Bartender 3.0.8 Build 308 (Sep 26, 2017)

  • BUG FIXES:
  • Compatibility improvements:
  • Some apps could interpret Bartender control as a click, this has been improved.
  • Gap on second screen when Bartender item hidden:
  • This is fixed.
  • Hide left application menu when needed:
  • This has been improved and should now reliably remove the left menu when needed to show all Bartender Bar items. Also added an Advanced setting to disable this.

New in Bartender 3.0.7 Build 307 (Sep 26, 2017)

  • NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Completely rewritten for modern macOS:
  • Bartender 3 has been completely rewritten from the ground up in Swift using best practices to work with modern macOS, it also paves the way for many new features we have planned.
  • The biggest change is we no longer require a helper to be installed in menu item apps to control them. This means we no longer do anything that SIP (System Integrity Protection) is interested in and can work with any menu bar app including those with increased security (Such as Apple System items).
  • What this does now mean though is that Bartender is no longer able to display the Bartender Bar beneath the menu bar but instead displayed it in the main menu bar removing normally shown items to display the Bartender Bar items.
  • macOS High Sierra Compatibility:
  • Full macOS High Sierra compatibility. We did consider calling it High Bartender but thought better of it.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Fix for Harvest App from App Store:
  • This used a different bundle ID to direct download, both should work now.
  • Search window appearing in wrong place on multi screen setups
  • This is fixed.
  • Known bugs:
  • We have 2 known bugs that we needed more logging in to investigate, bartender not removing the left menu when needed (to show all items), and apps not working with Bartender after a period of time on some systems, the extra logging is now in for these.
  • Apple Keychain:
  • Previously we could not control the Apple Keychain item, this is now working.
  • Fix for wrong icon shown for Bartender menu item icon:
  • If you set your own image for the Bartender icon, then selected another item, it would still show your image as selected, this is now fixed.

New in Bartender 3.0 Build 300 Beta (Sep 2, 2017)

  • NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Completely rewritten for modern macOS:
  • Bartender 3 has been completely rewritten from the ground up in Swift using best practices to work with modern macOS, it also paves the way for many new features we have planned.
  • The biggest change is we no longer require a helper to be installed in menu item apps to control them. This means we no longer do anything that SIP (System Integrity Protection) is interested in and can work with any menu bar app including those with increased security (Such as Apple System items).
  • What this does now mean though is that Bartender is no longer able to display the Bartender Bar beneath the menu bar but instead displayed it in the main menu bar removing normally shown items to display the Bartender Bar items.
  • macOS High Sierra Compatibility:
  • Full macOS High Sierra compatibility. We did consider calling it High Bartender but thought better of it.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Issue with Bartender 3 not hiding any items:
  • This was caused by a setting from Bartender 2 for hiding Bartender's menu item, this has been fixed.
  • Typo in Preferences:
  • "vidible" instead of visible, thanks for reporting.
  • Crashes:
  • We have had 2 separate crashes reported, we believe these are both fixed.
  • Little Snitch compatibility:
  • Bartender 3 now works correctly with Little Snitch.
  • Slow transition/animations when a menu item is not controllable:
  • If a menu item cannot be moved Bartender 3 will wait until its timeout to display the items, in this version we will start ignoring non controllable items after a certain number of attempts, at this point transitions will be faster.

New in Bartender 2.1.6 Build 223 (Sep 14, 2016)

  • NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
  • macOS Sierra Compatibility: Full macOS Sierra compatibility.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Fix for Volume being completely hidden on Sierra after restarting Bartender. This is now fixed.

New in Bartender 2.1.5 Build 222 (Sep 9, 2016)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • macOS Sierra Compatibility

New in Bartender 2.1.5 Build 222 Test (Aug 11, 2016)

  • NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
  • macOS Sierra Compatibility:
  • This is the test build of Bartender 2 with macOS Sierra compatibility.
  • Notes: You may have to rearrange items in the menu bar again to your desired location by ⌘ dragging.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Items not showing in Bartender Bar or remaining on screen:
  • In the previous version items were more likely to stop responding to Bartenders commands and not appear in the Bartender Bar, or remain on screen. This should be fixed.

New in Bartender 2.1.0 Build 221 Test (Jul 14, 2016)

  • BUG FIXES:
  • Experimental Fix for Missing/Floating Items:
  • We believe we have found an issue in OS X that is causing the floating/missing items and are trying to work around it, this release has our second attempt at this.

New in Bartender 2.0.9 Build 220 Test (Jan 7, 2016)

  • BUG FIXES:
  • Experimental Fix for Missing/Floating Items:
  • We believe we have found an issue in OS X that is causing the floating/missing items and are trying to work around it, this release has our second attempt at this.

New in Bartender 2.0.7 Build 218 (Dec 8, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Ability to disable Bartender Bar Search:
  • Some users experienced workflow issues with other apps, as Bartender would still have keyboard focus when trying to enter text, we have added an option to disable search for those users.
  • Ability to show items in the Bartender Bar without hiding the left app menu or showing a bartender dock icon:
  • This will show items in the menu bar that are in the Bartender Bar, but not hidden items, and will not hide the left hand app menu, this means a dock icon is also not displayed for Bartender.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Missing or stuck Bartender Bar Items:
  • Some users have experienced Bartender Bar items not showing, or remaining after the Bartender Bar closes, we have made changes to prevent this.
  • Fix for autohiding menu bar in OS X 10.11.2 Beta:
  • Internal notifications of the menu bar autohiding have changed with OS X 10.11.2, this update handles the change.
  • Blue highlight on System Items:
  • Some users have experienced a blue highlight on system items when they shouldn't be highlighted, this has been fixed.
  • High CPU Usage:
  • Some users have experienced high CPU usage, we have fixed these.
  • Crashes:
  • We have fixed some possible crashes.
  • Security Improvements:
  • We are now using https for all web traffic.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Many small bug fixes and improvements.

New in Bartender 2.0.6 Build 217 Test (Nov 13, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Ability to disable Bartender Bar Search:
  • Some users experienced workflow issues with other apps, as Bartender would still have keyboard focus when trying to enter text, we have added an option to disable search for those users.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Missing or stuck Bartender Bar Items:
  • Some users have experienced Bartender Bar items not showing, or remaining after the Bartender Bar closes, we have made chenges to prevent this.
  • High CPU Usage:
  • Some users have experienced high CPU usage, we have fixed these.
  • Crashes:
  • We have fixed some possible crashes.

New in Bartender 2.0.5 Build 215 (Oct 27, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Install System Component Prompt after each Reboot - The previous version would prompt some users to install the System Component after each reboot when they had SIP disabled, this should be fixed. We have also added in a check box to not show this message again.
  • White Bartender Bar - Some users were still experiencing a white Bartender Bar, this should now be fixed.
  • Blue highlight on Bartender Preferences cog - If a user had keyboard navigation setup to navigate all controls in System Preferences the cog would display a blue highlight. This has been fixed.
  • Debug messages - The previous version left some debug messages in, these have been removed.
  • Small Bug Fixes and Improvements - We have made many other small bug fixes and improvements.

New in Bartender 2.0.5 Build 215 Test (Oct 22, 2015)

  • BUG FIXES
  • Install System Component Prompt after each Reboot:
  • The previous version would prompt some users to install the System Component after each reboot when they had SIP disabled, this should be fixed. We have also added in a check box to not show this message again.
  • White Bartender Bar:
  • Some users were still experiencing a white Bartender Bar, this should now be fixed.
  • Blue highlight on Bartender Preferences cog:
  • If a user had keyboard navigation setup to navigate all controls in System Preferences the cog would display a blue highlight. This has been fixed.
  • Debug messages:
  • The previous version left some debug messages in, these have been removed.
  • Small Bug Fixes and Improvements:
  • We have made many other small bug fixes and improvements.

New in Bartender 2.0.4 Build 214 (Oct 14, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fix for custom icon image not scaling correctly - In the previous version the custom icon image would not scale correctly, this has been fixed.
  • Fix for missing System items on OS X restart - In the previous version, if Bartender was set to launch at login, it was possible to loose the settings for system items from System Preferences, you would then need to reset these in System Preferences. This has been fixed.
  • Better messages for licensing - Some users have struggled with licensing Bartender 2, we have improved the messages displayed when entering licenses.

New in Bartender 2.0.3 Build 212 (Oct 9, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Helper Install Loop: In the previous version the helper could fail to install due to OS X believing there was a code signing issue with the Helper, this has been fixed.
  • Sorry it has taken a few days to track this down.

New in Bartender 2.0.2 Build 211 (Oct 7, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Dock Icon - In previous versions it was possible for the Dock icon to remain visible, after displaying the full menu bar, this has been fixed.
  • White Bartender Bar - Bartender was picking up an old preference for menu bar transparency and making the Bartender Bar white, this has been fixed.
  • Own Image Incompatibility - In previous versions of Bartender 2 using your own image for the Bartender icon would render them as template images (black/white) and alpha, we have changed this back to the old behaviour displaying color etc.
  • Could not order menu bar items when Bartender menu bar icon is hidden - This has been fixed
  • Prompt to install helper after each reboot - In the previous version the timeout for the helper was too short, and it would request to reinstall after each boot, we have increased the timeout and retry attempts. This has been improved from the previous test build.
  • Right most menu bar gap - Bartender 2 added a gap to the right of the menu bar when Notification Center was hidden, this is to maintain the default gap at the screen edge, a lot of users liked not having this gap, so this is now a preference under Appearance. This setting is now saved correctly.
  • Could not position Notification Center in Bartender Bar - Notification Center could not be moved left/right in the Bartender Bar, this has been fixed.
  • Prompt to install System Component when SIP partially disabled - Bartender would prompt the user to install its system component repeatedly when SIP is partially disabled, but file system access was still restricted, this has been fixed.
  • Exceptions and Crashed - We have fixed a number of exceptions and crashed reported.
  • System Item Control Changes - We have changed the mechanism used to control system items.

New in Bartender 2.0.1 Build 210 (Oct 5, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Dock Icon - In previous versions it was possible for the Dock icon to remain visible, after displaying the full menu bar, this has been fixed.
  • White Bartender Bar - Bartender was picking up an old preference for menu bar transparency and making the Bartender Bar white, this has been fixed.
  • Own Image Incompatibility - In previous versions of Bartender 2 using your own image for the Bartender icon would render them as template images (black/white) and alpha, we have changed this back to the old behaviour displaying color etc.
  • Could not order menu bar items when Bartender menu bar icon is hidden
  • This has been fixed - Prompt to install helper after each reboot
  • In the previous version the timeout for the helper was too short, and it would request to reinstall after each boot, we have increased the timeout and retry attempts. This has been improved from the previous test build.
  • Right most menu bar gap - Bartender 2 added a gap to the right of the menu bar when Notification Center was hidden, this is to maintain the default gap at the screen edge, a lot of users liked not having this gap, so this is now a preference under Appearance. This setting is now saved correctly.
  • Could not position Notification Center in Bartender Bar - Notification Center could not be moved left/right in the Bartender Bar, this has been fixed.
  • Prompt to install System Component when SIP partially disabled - Bartender would prompt the user to install its system component repeatedly when SIP is partially disabled, but file system access was still restricted, this has been fixed.
  • Exceptions and Crashed - We have fixed a number of exceptions and crashed reported.

New in Bartender 2.0.1 Build 209 (Oct 1, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Could not order menu bar items when Bartender menu bar icon is hidden - This has been fixed
  • Prompt to install helper after each reboot - In the previous version the timeout for the helper was too short, and it would request to reinstall after each boot, we have increased the timeout and retry attempts.
  • Right most menu bar gap - Bartender 2 added a gap to the right of the menu bar when Notification Center was hidden, this is to maintain the default gap at the screen edge, a lot of users liked not having this gap, so this is now a preference under Appearance.

New in Bartender 2.0 Build 208 (Sep 28, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes: Fix for Exception on launch for users without separate spaces
  • If OS X had been setup to not have separate spaces on each screen bartender would have an exception on launch. This has been fixed.

New in Bartender 1.2.40 Build 91 Test (May 21, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Rearranging menu bar items improved:
  • Improved the dragging of items when rearranging them in the menu bar and Bartender Bar.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Wrong position of item given to app after ⌘+dragging in menu bar:
  • If a user ⌘+dragged a menu bar item but did not change its position in the menu bar the location on screen returned to the app could be incorrect, this has been fixed.

New in Bartender 1.2.39 Build 90 (May 14, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Performance Improvements:
  • Improvements added for Yosemite 10.10.3 and newer versions.
  • Internals Changes:
  • Many small changes, fixes etc.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Notification Centre Icon Disappearing for some users:
  • This is fixed! We have worked a lot with a user effected by this issue (Thanks Sulaiman) and managed to recreate it and fix it.
  • Notification Centre Location in menu bar after Restart:
  • Some users have experienced Notification Centre appearing in its original location in the menu bar after restarting OS X and launching Bartender, instead of moving to its pre defined position in the menu bar, this is now fixed.

New in Bartender 1.2.39 Build 90 Test (May 5, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Notification Centre Icon Disappearing for some users: This is fixed! We have worked a lot with a user effected by this issue (Thanks Sulaiman) and managed to recreate it and fix it.

New in Bartender 1.2.38 Build 89 Test (Apr 20, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Performance Improvements:
  • Improvements added for Yosemite 10.10.3 and newer versions.
  • Internals Changes:
  • Many small changes, fixes etc.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Notification Centre Location in menu bar after Restart:
  • Some users have experienced Notification Centre appearing in its original location in the menu bar after restarting OS X and launching Bartender, instead of moving to its pre defined position in the menu bar, this is now fixed.
  • NOTE: Notification Center Icon Disappearing:
  • We are aware that there are some users are still effected by a bug that makes the Notification Center item in the menu become transparent, clicking on its location will bring back its icon. It seems this bug is being caused by an interaction with something (settings/cache/app) on the effected users OS X login account (trying in a new user account the issue does not seem to happen). We are still actively working on finding the cause of the issue and any information that can be provided by effected users would be greatly appreciated. The best way to do so initially is by sending feedback from Bartender

New in Bartender 1.2.37 Build 88 (Apr 14, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Items not appearing in Bartender Bar - Some users have had items missing from the Bartender Bar when they first open the Bartender Bar, this has been fixed.
  • Crash bug in OS X 10.9 - Users on OS X 10.9 with may have experienced a crashing bug, this has been fixed.

New in Bartender 1.2.36 Build 86 (Apr 14, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Items not appearing in Bartender Bar
  • Some users have had items missing from the Bartender Bar when they first open the Bartender Bar, this has been fixed.

New in Bartender 1.2.35 Build 85 (Apr 8, 2015)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • Performance Improvements - We continue to make Bartender work faster and use less resources.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Menu items appearing/disappearing on OS X 10.10.3 - Using the OS X 10.10.3 some users have experienced menu items appearing and disappearing on the menu bar when they should be hidden, this has been seen most on multi-screen setups, but also on some single screens. This should now be fixed.
  • Settings gear not updating immediately on theme changes - When changing menu bar theme from light to dark or dark to light the settings gear in the Bartender Bar would not update until clicked. This is now fixed.
  • Notification Center not movable in Yosemite - Some users could not change the position of Notification Center in the menu bar, this is now fixed.
  • Notification Center icon disappearing till clicked - Some users have experienced the Notification icon disappearing in the menu bar until clicked, we have made changes that we hope fix this, please let us know if you still experience issues.
  • OS X 10.10.3 Fixes - Updates and fixes for OS X 10.10.3.

New in Bartender 1.2.35 Build 84 Test (Apr 1, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Performance Improvements:
  • We continue to make Bartender work faster and use less resources.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Notification Center not movable in Yosemite:
  • Some users could not change the position of Notification Center in the menu bar, this is now fixed.
  • Notification Center icon disappearing till clicked:
  • Some users have experienced the Notification icon disappearing in the menu bar until clicked, we have made changes that we hope should fix this, please let us know if you still experience issues.
  • Yosemite Beta Fixes:
  • Updates and fixes for the latest Yosemite Beta (14D127a).

New in Bartender 1.2.33 Build 83 Test (Mar 6, 2015)

  • Menu items appearing/disappearing on OS X 10.10.3 Beta:
  • Using the OS X 10.10.3 Beta some users have experienced menu items appearing and disappearing on the menu bar when they should be hidden, this has been seen most on multi-screen setups, but also on some single screens. This should now be fixed.
  • Settings gear not updating immediately on theme changes:
  • When changing menu bar theme from light to dark or dark to light the settings gear in the Bartender Bar would not update until clicked. This is now fixed.

New in Bartender 1.2.32 Build 82 (Mar 3, 2015)

  • OS X 10.10.3 Beta 2 Compatibility:
  • Apple seem to have fixed the flickering item issue for multiple monitors in Yosemite with 10.10.3 Beta 2, but in doing so Bartender stopped working correctly, we have made the necessary changes to Bartender for 10.10.3 Beta 2 and it should now be working, if you see any issues with Bartender please do let us know.
  • System Items not working with Bartender correctly in OS X 10.10.2 for some users:
  • With OS X 10.10.2 some users have experienced issues with System Items not working with Bartender correctly, including items not moving into the bar when they should, or moving slowly. This should be fixed with this update.
  • Trickster Compatibility:
  • Previously Bartender caused the Trickster window to close straight after opening. This is fixed with this update.

New in Bartender 1.2.31 Build 81 Test (Feb 25, 2015)

  • OS X 10.10.3 Beta 2 Compatibility:
  • Apple seem to have fixed the flickering item issue for multiple monitors in Yosemite with 10.10.3 Beta 2, but in doing so Bartender stopped working correctly, we have made the necessary changes to Bartender for 10.10.3 Beta 2 and it should now be working, if you see any issues with Bartender please do let us know.

New in Bartender 1.2.30 Build 80 Test (Feb 25, 2015)

  • System Items not working with Bartender correctly in OS X 10.10.2 for some users:
  • With OS X 10.10.2 some users have experienced issues with System Items not working with Bartender correctly, including items not moving into the bar when they should, or moving slowly. This should be fixed with this update.
  • NOTE: Yosemite items flickering:
  • If you are running Yosemite and have a multi-screen setup with "screens have separate spaces" enabled, you will notice a flickering/corruption of the menu bar icons when changing from one display to another, this appears to be a Yosemite issue we hope will be fixed soon, in the meantime we are still looking into what we can do to improve this.

New in Bartender 1.2.29 Build 79 Test (Jan 29, 2015)

  • Trickster Compatibility:
  • Previously Bartender caused the Trickster window to close straight after opening. This is fixed with this update.
  • NOTE: Yosemite items flickering:
  • If you are running Yosemite and have a multi-screen setup with "screens have separate spaces" enabled, you will notice a flickering/corruption of the menu bar icons when changing from one display to another, this appears to be a Yosemite issue we hope will be fixed soon, in the meantime we are still looking into what we can do to improve this.

New in Bartender 1.2.28 Build 78 (Dec 15, 2014)

  • NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Dark mode improvements:
  • Updated dark mode settings button. Custom icons now work better in dark mode. NOTE: Custom icons will not invert automatically for dark mode.
  • UI Performance improvements:
  • For multi-screen setups we have improved the UI responsiveness to screen changes. Generally increased UI drawing performance.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Accessibility:
  • Previously Bartender disabled Accessibility access to the System Items and navigation via keyboard; this has been fixed.
  • AppleScript:
  • Previously Bartender disabled AppleScript access to the System Items; this has been fixed.
  • Unbalanced UI calls issue in Yosemite:
  • Bartender now works around an issue in Yosemite that could cause unbalanced UI updates with Bartender.
  • Item rearranging on multi-screen setups:
  • Fixed remaining issues with rearranging items in multi-screen setup.
  • Bartender Bar displaying in wrong vertical location in some multi-screen setups:
  • With some multi-screen setups, Bartender could display partially down the screen. This has been fixed.
  • Show for Updates showing incorrectly in Yosemite, on multi-screen setups:
  • When switching from a retina screen to a non-retina screen the size of the rendered menu item changes, this would cause Bartender to show it as an update, this has been fixed.
  • Crash when licensing after trial ends:
  • If Bartender was running when applying the license it was possible to lockup Bartender, this has been fixed.
  • Notification Center in wrong position in OS X 10.9 and earlier:
  • With version 1.2.25 a change to improve Yosemite support, caused Notification Center to not maintain its position in previous OS X releases. This has been fixed. And now should restore its previous position. If it is still in the wrong position you can ⌘+drag it to the correct position and it should then stay there.
  • NOTE: Yosemite items flickering:
  • If you are running Yosemite and have a multi-screen setup with "screens have separate spaces" enabled, you will notice a flickering/corruption of the menu bar icons when changing from one display to another, this appears to be a Yosemite issue we hope will be fixed soon, in the meantime we are still looking into what we can do to improve this.

New in Bartender 1.2.25 Build 75 (Nov 21, 2014)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • Performance improvements and reduced energy usage - We have made Bartender faster and use even less energy than before.
  • Improved item rearranging - Arranging items using ⌘+dragging should be a lot smoother.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Excessive CPU and energy usage - Along with improvements for everyone some users had experienced extreme CPU and energy usage on Yosemite with Bartender 1.2.24, this should now be fixed.
  • Rearranging items issues - For some users rearranging items in the menu bar and Bartender Bar using ⌘ + drag could cause flickering, jumping or just not work, it would also not work at all on secondary Monitors, this has all been fixed and it should work a lot better.
  • Spotlight/Notification Center location changing - With the update to Yosemite both Spotlight and Notification Center changed their ID's as such Bartender lost there set location in the menu bar, you can put them back in the location you want by ⌘ + dragging them. For users updating to Yosemite from now this will not be an issue as we have taken the changed ID's into account.

New in Bartender 1.2.24 Build 74 (Oct 18, 2014)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • Bartender now works with Google Chrome menu items - Bartender can now control Google Chrome menu items, thanks to the Chrome team for working with us on this.
  • Light Bartender Bar - There is now a hidden defaults setting (LightBartenderBar = true) to make the Bartender Bar light even when Yosemite is in Dark Mode, allowing you to store Dark Mode incompatible apps in the Bartender Bar.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Launchpad Folders not opening - Due to a strange bug in OSX, Launchpad folders would not open for some users when Bartender was running. This is now fixed.
  • Thank you to the users who provided all the info that helped us track this one down.
  • Issues with Multiple Monitors in Yosemite - There was some issues with items showing incorrectly in multi-monitor setups under Yosemite, this is now fixed.
  • Autohide working with Chrome and Finder - Autohide will now work when you click on a Chrome or Finder Window.
  • Notification Center not working with Bartender - Bartender would not work with Notification Center when OSX Yosemite was set to a language other than English, this is now fixed.
  • Dark Mode Preferences icon color - We have updated the icon color for Dark Mode in Yosemite.

New in Bartender 1.2.21 Build 71 (Sep 4, 2014)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • OSX Yosemite Dark Mode Support - The Bartender Bar will now match the theme of the menu bar in Yosemite, the menu bar icon also inverts for Dark mode.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Notification Center not working with Bartender - Bartender will now work correctly with Notification Center again.

New in Bartender 1.2.20 Build 70 (Jul 24, 2014)

  • OSX Yosemite Beta Support:
  • Bartender should now supports OSX Yosemite Beta.
  • This is a beta release so please do send feedback about any possible issues/bugs.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Yosemite Incompatibility - Bartender had a incompatibility with Yosemite so stopped itself from launching, we have fixed the incompatibility issue and it is now working on Yosemite.
  • System Items not working on single Display - In Yosemite System items were not behaving correctly on a single display setup, this is now fixed.
  • Spotlight not showing under System Items - In Yosemite Spotlight is now its own process, and was showing under Active Apps, we have moved this to System Items.
  • Notification Center not showing - In Yosemite Notification Center's menu item is now part of teh System Items. As such we needed to update Bartender to find this, it is now working.

New in Bartender 1.2.11 Build 67 (Nov 18, 2013)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Spotlight not in correct location in Lion and Snow Leopard - In previous versions of 1.2 Spotlight would show in a bad location when hidden by Bartender and using the hotkey to launch Spotlight. This has been fixed.
  • App's popups displaying in wrong location or not at all - Bartender 1.2 caused some apps including Trickster and Mint to display their popups in the wrong location when hidden by Bartender, this has been fixed.
  • Apps not showing in Preferences - Some older apps that do not include a new identifier would not show in Bartender 1.2 preferences, this has also been fixed.
  • Text fields and controls not selectable - With previous 1.2 versions, Bartender would prevent text boxes and controls from being selected in some menu bar apps, such as Omnipresence and Bills To Pay, this has now been fixed.
  • High CPU usage - Some people have experienced occasional high CPU usage by the disnoted process, this should be fixed.

New in Bartender 1.2.9 Build 64 (Sep 23, 2013)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • Mavericks Support - Bartender now fully supports the Multi-monitor features of Mavericks, including multiple Menu Bars and spaces. Bartender will hide the menu bar icons on each menu bar, and will display the Bartender Bar on the Active Space/Screen.
  • Show For Updates for System Items - Show for updates now works with system items, no need to say any more, give it a try its great.
  • Show For Updates, Image recognition - Bartender now uses image recognition to detect changes in Menu Bar Items, this prevents false positives, i.e. showing when a update didn't really happen and an app just refreshed its state.
  • Show For Updates, remaining in the Menu Bar until timeout - Previous versions of Bartender would show items in the menu bar from the first update until the timeout, then hide and show again if another update happened. Now an item will show in the Menu Bar from the last update until the specified timeout, so if updates keep happening the item will stay in the menubar.
  • Power Usage - We have improved Bartenders power usage dramatically to help extend battery life for users of Mavericks.
  • Compatibility - We have been making major changes to the control code of Bartender to improve compatibility with the few apps that didnt work well with Bartender, these should see a huge improvement, and all apps should work better with Bartender.
  • Dragging to Bartender - You can now drag items to Bartenders Menu Bar Icon and the default click action will be performed allowing you to drag and drop to apps hidden by Bartender.
  • Fullscreen detection - If you are on Mountain Lion or newer versions of OSX, Bartender will now detect when switching to a fullscreen app and automatically hide the Bartender Bar, it will then reopen it when you switch to a non fullscreen space, works very nicely on Mavericks with fullscreen apps on a separate display.
  • OSX Compatibility Checks - Bartender now checks that it is compatible with the version of OSX you are running and will prompt you to inform us of compatibility issues.
  • New URL Schemas - We have added new url schemas that allow links to directly launch the feedback window, check for updates, and update to test builds. Useful for support.
  • UI improvements - A general sweep of the UI tidying up.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Grey System Items - In previous versions System Items would appear slightly grey, instead of black when in the Bartender Bar, this has been fixed.
  • Bartender filesystem location limits - In previous versions of Bartender had to be in a location accessible by sandboxed apps, such as /Applications/ instead of say ~/Applications/ with this release this is no longer required and Bartender works from any location.
  • System Items not present on new OSX installs - On new installs of OSX, System Items would not be populated in Bartender Preferences until they were edited in System Preferences; this now works.
  • Dynamic System Items - Previously dynamic system items would not show in Bartender Preferences, they now show as expected.
  • Skype Support - With the latest update to Skype they included a security measure that unfortunately also prevented Bartender from working with it. We have found a way to still work with Skype.
  • LaunchBar Compatibility - Currently LaunchBar does not display a Menubar item that needs controlling as such we detect this and do not allow settings to be added for LaunchBar.
  • Using discrete graphics on late 2010 MBP's after 10.8.3 - Bartender should now not switch to discrete graphics.
  • SystemUIServer high CPU usage on rare occasions - For some users on rare occasions SystemUIServer would display high CPU usage, this is now fixed.
  • Tunnelbrick Compatibility - For some users TunnelBrick would create multiple menu bar items when used with Bartender, this is now fixed.
  • Custom Menu Bar Icon Image large in drop down in Preferences - Selecting a large image for the menu bar icon of Bartender would cause the drop down to display this image larger than other items, this is now fixed.
  • Warning in log - Previous versions of Bartender would log warnings about apps not being scriptable; this is now fixed.

New in Bartender 1.0.9 Build 25 (Mar 8, 2013)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Popup Location - Additional work to improve the popup fix for some apps displaying their popup's in slightly the wrong location.
  • Non Responsive Menu Bar Apps - After restarting your system and having Bartender launch at login some apps in the menu bar could stop responding to clicks, and restarting Bartender would fix this. With this version this should no longer happen.
  • Bartender Bar position when switching Screens/Resolutions - The Bartender Bar would appear at different locations with different resolutions/screens. This has now been fixed.
  • Drag and Drop Support - Bartender should allow you to drag an item up to its icon and this will cause the Bartender Bar to display allowing you to drag things onto menu bar Items in the Bartender Bar, but this has not always worked on all users systems, we have been working on identifying the issue and this version should work for everyone.
  • Changing Spaces when in Fullscreen App - If you use Bartender to display the full menu bar or display items in the menu bar when in a fullscreen app, Bartender would cause you to switch to another space. This has now been modified so that we do not display the full menu bar when in a fullscreen app (as this would always cause a space change) but will show all menu bar items in the menu bar.
  • App compatibility improvements - Some apps did not work well with Bartender, work has been done to improve on this.

New in Bartender 1.0.8 Build 24 (Dec 20, 2012)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • Developers - Ability to make Bartender Ignore your App locally
  • This is a feature for App Developers, you can add your Apps Bundle Identifier to the Bartenders .plist and it will not load Bartender, this is good for when you are testing to prevent "Bartender Loaded" appearing in your logs.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Popup Location
  • Fix for some apps displaying there popups in slightly the wrong location.
  • Apps not Quitting
  • With the last version some apps would not quit when in Bartender Bar, this should now be fixed.
  • Some Apps failing with exception when quitting
  • Bug fix for a small number of users and apps throwing an exception when terminating.
  • Bartender Bar Items disappearing when in Full Screen App
  • When displaying the Bartender Bar when an app is fullscreen some items would not appear, this should now be fixed.

New in Bartender 1.0.6 Build 22 (Dec 10, 2012)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Code improvement and fixes:
  • Have been working extremely hard to polish up Bartender after releasing 1.0. In this version a lot of effort has been put into stabilizing everything and preventing rare issues.
  • Notification Center UI bug:
  • In the previous version, if you: Showed the Bartender Bar.
  • Displayed Notification Centre.
  • Closed the Bartender Bar and reopened it.
  • A visual bug appeared that all contained items did not shift with the Bartender Bar frame; this is now fixed.
  • Missing Icons:
  • Very rarely some users would have icons missing in the Bartender Bar, this should be fixed, we have not seen this issue here, so please do send feedback if you see this.
  • System Slowdown:
  • Again a very small number of users have reported slowing down of their system after extended periods. We have made many improvements to memory usage and performance to prevent this.
  • Crashes in other Apps controlled by Bartender:
  • OSX has a bug that would cause some apps controlled by Bartender to crash, this was a very rare issue but an unacceptable one. We have worked around the OSX bug and after a restart the issue should be gone.

New in Bartender 1.0.5 Build 21 (Nov 19, 2012)

  • New Features / Improvements:
  • Update to Test Build Option in Preferences
  • We have added an option for you to take our more frequent Test Builds, this will allow you (if you want) to test our latest improvements and fixes. Please do realize that these builds will likely contain bugs and may be unstable, and are not recommended for all users.
  • Any feedback you can provide about features/issues you have is always a great help.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Menu Bar Items Reordering after restart / login or adding System Items
  • There was a bug that could cause items to reorder when you restart, login, or add System Items.
  • This has now been fixed.
  • We do have to do some cleanup of the menu bar order list to correct the bug, hence some items may change position initially with this version. Dragging them to their correct location should fix this.
  • Show Full Menu Bar not working for some users
  • Show full Menu Bar should clear the Menu Bar of any menu's to allow the maximum space for Menu Bar Items, this feature stopped working for some users in Lion and Mountain Lion after fixing a bug for Snow Leopard. This should now be working for all supported OS's and all users.

New in Bartender 1.0.4 Build 20 (Nov 12, 2012)

  • Menu Bar Items appearing on right instead of left of other Items:
  • With the introduction of the ability to organize menu bar items, new Menu Bar items started it the right most position. This has now been fixed so that they will load in the left most position as before.
  • Ordering items inconsistent:
  • When ordering items, some items would jump positions, we have done a lot of work on the rearranging code and it should now be a lot better.
  • VPN Menu Item not removing after disconnect:
  • The System VPN item would not disappear as it normally would when Bartender was running, this is now working.
  • Clicking on right most screen location would not activate right most Menu Item:
  • With Bartender running, the rightmost Menu Bar Item would not be at the screen edge, preventing clicking it when mouse is at screen edge. This is now fixed.
  • Performance Improvements:
  • We have been improving the performance of Bartender, especially for System Items.
  • Missing Icons:
  • In previous versions it was possible for some items to not appear in the Bartender Bar, leaving blank spaces. This should be better.
  • Crash and Exception:
  • In version 1.0.3 we had one possible crash, and another exception, these are both now fixed.
  • Support for System Item - AirPlay Display:
  • Added support for the AirPlay - Display system item.
  • Buy Now Button showing when licensed:
  • A Buy Now button was still visible after licensing. This is fixed.
  • Dropzone not working with Bartender correctly:
  • On the previous versions Dropzone would not work with Bartender unless its settings were set each time Bartender started, also the icon for Dropzone could display above other windows, these are both now fixed.
  • Update causing issues with old version till restart:
  • We have improved the reliability of updates, working correctly when still interacting with the old version. But again if you get any strange behavior after updating, restarting your Mac, or logging out and back in should fix this.
  • High CPU Load:
  • It was possible for Bartender to cause high CPU load under some circumstances with earlier versions. This is now fixed.