Looking at the menu bar on my Mac, you might think I’ve started working in hieroglyphics instead of English. Starting at the right side and extending to the middle of my PowerBook’s display, a ...

The right-hand side of the menu bar isn't just for a clock. With a considered selection of apps, it turns into an incredibly ...

It seems as though recently, more and more useful apps are opting to stick an icon in the menu bar rather than add an icon to the Dock. On my main Mac, between a few of Apple’s own menu extras and a ...

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Boy, you’d think this would be an easy one, right? Most third-party menu bar icons allow you to either drag and delete them from the menu bar itself, or at least provide a Quit or Disable function in ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. That's when I discovered Barbee, a powerful ...

Justin Pot is a freelance journalist who helps people get more out of technology. It's ridiculous that Apple still doesn't offer a way to hide menu bar icons in macOS. Windows has had this options ...

I live in a small, cramped apartment in a big city. For each item I bring into my house, I feel like I need to throw something out to keep clutter from piling up. In some ways, my battle with my ...

The Menu Bar along the top of your Mac’s screen is a handy place. Here you’ll find system icons related to features and functions such as the Notification Center, Wi-Fi, and Battery (if on a MacBook), ...

I'm trying to cleanup my menu bar of clutter and I would like to hide some of these icons without removing them. For example, Dropbox, Google Drive, scanner utility, evernote. I use all these and want ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Don't settle for the default look on macOS, when you can customize it as you like it. The Mac menu bar is iconic. With the Apple ...