PSA: Bartender Mac App Under New Ownership, But Lack of Transparency Raises Concerns

www.macrumors.com PSA: Bartender Mac App Under New Ownership, But Lack of Transparency Raises Concerns

Popular Mac app Bartender appears to have been quietly sold approximately two months ago, with neither the prior owner nor the current owner...

I've been a paying user since 2015. This makes me sad, as it's one of my most beloved utilities and this isn't a good look. I'll keep running it without updating until it stops working or I find a replacement that I like. Also:

https://sixcolors.com/link/2024/06/bartender-has-a-new-owner/

Hacker News @lemmy.smeargle.fans

bot @lemmy.smeargle.fans

BOT

9mo ago

macOS Bartender Auto-Update Signed by Unknown New Owner

www.macrumors.com /2024/06/04/bartender-mac-app-new-owner/

9 1

Apple @discuss.online

jgrim @discuss.online

9mo ago

PSA: Bartender Mac App Under New Ownership, But Lack of Transparency Raises Concerns

www.macrumors.com /2024/06/04/bartender-mac-app-new-owner/

8 0

32 comments

That's a real shame. I've been trying to find a replacement for Bartender for ages, but I can't seem to find anything that matches up. Every alternative I've tested just isn't as good, so I always end up back with Bartender.
- How about Ice?
  https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice
  
  @ASeriesOfPoorChoices @land Just FYI, Ice won't yet let you change the spacing between icons like Bartender does but if that's a concern see https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice/issues/67
  
  Thanks for sharing! Do you know if it can show/hide icons based on screen size? I used to only hide my icons when I'm not connected to a larger screen with Bartender.
  
  haven't played with it yet.
- There is Dozer but it is pretty basic.
  
  Dozer hasn’t been updated in the last five years.
  
  Good point, I didn’t notice.
- Discovered vanilla yesterday and are quite happy about it https://matthewpalmer.net/vanilla/