Guides
Short, practical guides to a tidier Mac menu bar.
How to hide menu bar icons on Mac
Three ways to clean up a crowded Mac menu bar — what macOS can do on its own, and a free app that collapses every icon behind one chevron.
Menu bar icons hidden behind the MacBook notch
Why the notch swallows menu bar icons on a MacBook, what macOS does about it, and how to see and open the hidden ones.
How to collapse the Mac menu bar into one icon
macOS can't collapse the whole menu bar on its own. Here's how a free app tucks every icon behind a single chevron — with no Accessibility permission.