Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Mac menu bar is iconic. With the Apple logo in the top-left and ...

You know all about how to customize your MacBook’s Dock, but don’t sleep on its Menu Bar, either. Some of your Mac’s best apps sit unassumingly in the Menu Bar and allow you to use all of their best ...

The menu bar may not take up much room on your macOS screen, but there’s a whole lot of functionality packed into that little strip, whether it’s showing you how quickly your battery will run out or ...

Anyone using a Mac in the workplace knows it’s a productivity powerhouse. Not only do Macs run business staples like Microsoft Office and Google’s suite of online software but, thanks to Apple Silicon ...

The Option key (sometimes marked ⌥ on your Mac’s keyboard) offers you extra options, whether you’re using the keyboard or the mouse. Hold it down while dragging a file, for example, and it will create ...

For years, Bartender has remained one of the best ways to manage the Mac’s menu bar, especially on newer MacBook models with a notch where menu bar real estate is even more valuable. I reviewed the ...

The last time Bartender received a major update was back in 2021. Bartender 4 brought many new powerful features to help declutter the menu bar, particularly on the new MacBook models with a notch, ...

The menu bar in macOS is a system element that runs along the top edge of the screen. It consists of the Apple menu in the leftmost corner, the app menus in the middle, and the status menus on the top ...

macOS includes a few different options for customizing the Dock, such as changing the positioning, adjusting the size, and choosing between showing and hiding it. These settings, however, can’t be ...

To tone down the Liquid Glass transparency effect in macOS Tahoe, click the Apple menu in the top-left corner of the screen ...

Amidst an increasingly crowded field of catch-all Mac utilities where the program works to address several concerns at once (i.e., cleaning up gigabytes of system clutter, allowing the user to see ...