![]() ![]() I just wanted to create a simple Slack integration into the menu bar (more on that later), but it seemed my only recourse was to build an entire app from scratch. I kept searching, but everything I found was either hopelessly broken or entirely too opinionated. If you search the web for “custom menu bar app” or something like it, you’ll probably be pointed towards BitBar-which comes tantalizingly close to delivering on its promise to “put the output from any script or program in your Mac OS X Menu Bar.” Unfortunately, it’s basically abandonware and has two big issues that render it unusable for me: (1) the menu bars you create are maddeningly misaligned by one pixel and (2) it’s incompatible with menu bar hiders like Bartender and Dozer. Thankfully, you can now reorder menu bar apps (command + drag) and you can often remove the ones you don’t want. ![]() Yet somehow it’s both underutilized (lots of empty space, especially on big monitors) and overutilized (needlessly cluttered by tasteless “updaters” and other daemons). It’s the one interface element that remains constant as you navigate across applications. Still, the inability to easily customize the menu bar gnaws at me. ![]() I’m a system tweaker by nature but, for the most part, I’m at peace with the limitations of macOS because I know that they exist to protect us from our more careless instincts. an attractive UI that magically balances the competing concerns of stability, security, and customization.The lasting appeal of Macs to software engineers is: Create custom macOS menu bar apps using Hammerspoon | Chris Zarate Create custom macOS menu bar apps using Hammerspoon ![]()
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