Bartender overview

Bartender lets you organize your menu-bar apps by hiding them, rearranging them, or moving them to Bartender's Bar. You can display the full menu bar, set options to have menu-bar items show in the menu bar when they have updated, or have them always visible in Bartender's Bar.

Features:

Lets you tidy your menu-bar apps how you want.
See your menu-bar apps when you want.
Hide the apps you need to run, but do not need to see.
Have the clean looking menu bar you want.
Rearrange your menu-bar items as you wish.

What’s new in version 6.2.1

Fixes a crash when coming from the lock screen or using start at login
Updates handling of Little Snitch so it will no longer be labelled “Menu Item” and should keep its location across macOS restarts
Some apps with multiple items that don’t have unique labels should now keep the same positions across restarts, i.e. OneDrive Personal & Work
Improved performance of menu item lookups & time to start a move after adjusting your profile
Fixes items in triggers not re-hiding after they de-activate, including image triggers
Prevents the launch at login toggle showing enabled on first launch

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4.5

(267 Reviews of Bartender)

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User Ratings

Derekcurrie

Nov 26 2025

6.2.1

4.0

Version: 6.2.1

And meanwhile... v5.5.8 is out. It solves a sPooKy problem, one that made the Mac appear to have been taking over by malware ghosts! 👻 "This update to Bartender includes a change to how we handle the mouse, aimed to stop Bartender getting in the way. We now won't perform any actoins whilst you're moving the mouse around, and we'll quickly fire them off as soon as you're idle. This may result in your bar layout being slightly out of date whilst we wait for you to stop moving the mouse, but will prevent the mouse from being hijacked whilst you work." - - Also: "• Fixes a crash when coming from the lock screen or using start at login ▪ Updates handling of Little Snitch so it will no longer be labelled “Menu Item” and should keep its location across macOS restarts ▪ Some apps with multiple items that don’t have unique labels should now keep the same positions across restarts, i.e OneDrive Personal & Work ▪ Improved performance of menu item lookups & time to start a move after adjusting your profile ▪ Fixes items in triggers not re-hiding after they de-activate, including image triggers ▪ Prevents the launch at login toggle showing enabled on first launch"

Nov 20 2025

6.1.3

Version: 6.1.3

Meanwhile... v5.5.7 is out. "Improvements & Bug Fixes: • Fixes an issue where the cursor could potentially stay hidden • Stopped items from bouncing back in the profile editor • Stopped items temporarily shown after clicking in Bartender bar from being instantly hidden by triggers • Prevented triggers from interrupting clicking in the bar • Updates handling of duplicate items for a given app, so they now maintain their own spots and won't jump around • Improved energy efficiency when performing large move" 😋

Nov 3 2025

6.1.2

Version: 6.1.2

v6.x is *ONLY* for macOS 26 Tahoe and above. It's a MESS on macOS 14 and 15, so don't. Use v5 instead. See the dev site for details. Tahoe. <- Only.

Oct 10 2025

6.0.4

Version: 6.0.4

***As of v6.1 (the current version), the dev designated version 6 as SPECIFICALLY (ONLY) for macOS 26 TAHOE! IOW don't bother trying it on earlier versions of macOS. IOW it's NOT for macOS 15 or earlier. That may clear up why it's a horrific mess on Sequoia. Hopefully, MU will correct its OS listing above. 😬

Lounge-Deluxe

0.0

Version 6.1.0 has been the current version of Bartender for days now, not 6.0.4. Still buggy though, I've moved temporarily to Ice which does work fine under MacOS 26.