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by bayindirh 73 days ago
A couple of my colleagues have so many applications running at the menu bar, so they have to use Bartender to be able to have anything resembling a functional menu bar.

I understand power users, but I don't understand these users.

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… on my MBP, if we discount the icons that ship with macOS, the limit is 4 items. Past that, they're hidden by the notch.

I don't get why an overflow arrow once the limit is reached is so hard here.

Or letting users decide what the order of items in the bar should be.

command-click-and-drag them to where you want 'em. don't need bartender for this
Weird. I think I have about 4.

Someone is confusing the menu bar for the Dock

Try a corporate laptop. Every stupid thing you don’t need except to know it’s running is there, but you don’t know it’s running because they may just be hidden.

Jamf, zscaler, virus checkers, etc. need to all go to hell with this crap. I’m glad Tailscale are removing theirs.

Your experience is not everyone s experience. Are you one of their colleagues. No? Then they weren’t talking about you.
They don't have to be one of my colleagues to share their own perspective and experience. We're a rather large band of computer using people here, and it's good to share experiences and viewpoints.
Currently I have 6 extras, which is a rare number I see. My normal number is 3.