Bartender 3 - big update useful utility for Mac menu bar
Macos / / December 26, 2019
With the new version macOS updates appear popular applications with the redesign and new features. The developers known utility for organizing icons in the menu bar Bartender are not left behind. To exit macOS High Sierra, they released a third version numbering.
Recall that the utility allows you to customize the display of system indicators and third-party application icons in the menu bar. With it you can hide rarely used icons in a special panel, and unnecessary to completely hide, so as not to interfere. In addition, Bartender makes it possible to customize the behavior of the icons has hot keys to call them, as well as an easy search.
Bartender 3, in addition to full compatibility with the new macOS High Sierra, received several important innovations. The most important of them - the new interface. Previously, users had the choice of available display options panel Bartender: in the form of travelers subject of the second row of icons under the main menu bar or collapsible ribbon.
In the new version the developers have left only the last option, so that the utility looks now as part macOS interface, not alien superstructure above it. Moreover, now have the option to automatically turn off the menu after selecting the desired icon, and switch to another application.
Shortcuts in Bartender 3 became even more functional and without a single touch your mouse or trackpad allow you to open a menu, navigate through it with the arrow keys and select the application by pressing input.
Also appeared search icon in the menu bar, which will be useful to anyone with so many applications, they do not fit on the screen. Now to search for any application, just press the selected shortcut key and type a few characters from the name of the program. By the way, the name can be set for each element for which it will be located in the search.
The Bartender settings available bit more options. A list of all icons obzavolsya thumbnails instead of the usual signatures. Also, for each application, you can switch on the display when you update the status. Bartender will check their status at a specified interval, and when changing the display will show an icon in the menu bar, even if it is hidden.
The utility is now faster and more stable. This was made possible thanks to the developers to completely rewrite the code, which is now compliant with the latest technologies and best practices.
Bartender 3 propagate through the official site and costs 15 dollars. Before you buy, you can evaluate the features of the application with the help of a free trial for 30 days. For owners Bartender 2 update for free.
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