Bidbar For Mac

There’s a lot you can do with Terminal commands, and if it’s not something you do frequently, entering them manually isn't an issue. However, if you have certain commands that need to be executed often, typing them each and every time isn’t very productive.

Bidbar presents you with an alternative – simply save these commands and run them at any time, either from the menu bar or using a set of hotkeys. The app is very simple and intuitive, and it can prove invaluable.

This part is very straightforward. Simply open the app from the menu bar and add your commands or scripts, then give them a title to make them easy to tell apart. Their order can be changed at any time.

Commands added to the first nine slots can also be executed with a hotkey. Just press ⌘⌥ + [1-9] to run them and ⇧⌘⌥ + [1-9] to just copy the text to the clipboard.

A notification is displayed after launching any command; if it generates any output, you can click Show to view it in a new window.

While this may not be a big issue for some, especially those who aren’t using the dark mode in macOS, the lack of an optional dark theme is definitely a downside.

It is also worth noting that the key combinations used to execute the first nine commands are not customizable. While they are intuitive, some may prefer to use different modifiers.

Bidbar is a great idea that works very well in practice as well. It makes it a lot easier to execute Terminal commands that you need to use on a regular basis, and it runs unobtrusively in the menu bar.