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Bartender 5 Release Notes
Bartender 5 is headed to your downloads folder!
You will find Bartender 5.dmg in your Downloads folder. Please open this then move Bartender to your Applications folder and launch it from there.
This download is both the trial and the full version (with license).
You can use the trial for 4 weeks; after this Bartender will prompt you to purchase a license.
Bartender 5 is designed for macOS Sonoma, and will not run on older versions of macOS.
Bartender 5 is a paid upgrade.
Not on macOS Sonoma? You can download previous Bartender versions from here
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Stable Releases
Test Builds
Bartender 5.2.4
Improvements & Bug Fixes
We've made several improvements under the hood to boost overall performance and efficiency. With this update, Bartender runs more smoothly, especially on macOS Sequoia.
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Bartender 5.2.3
Improvements & Bug Fixes
We've made several improvements under the hood to boost overall performance and efficiency. With this update, Bartender runs more smoothly, especially on macOS Sequoia.
Configurable hover delay
Auto apply preset on launch
Fix showing/hiding when toggling Bartender Bar
Fix an issue with signing
Add setting to apply default style to new displays
Improvements to Bartender bar performance
Bug fixes and performance enhancements for triggers
Fix image alignment issues
Fix a focus issue that some users encountered
Thank you for your continued support, and as always, feel free to reach out with any feedback or issues!
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Bartender Test Build 5.2.3
Improvements & Bug Fixes
We've made several improvements under the hood to boost overall performance and efficiency. With this update, Bartender runs more smoothly, especially on macOS Sequoia.
Configurable hover delay
Auto apply preset on launch
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Bartender 5.1.8
Improvements & Bug Fixes
We've made several improvements under the hood to boost overall performance and efficiency. With this update, Bartender runs more smoothly, especially on macOS Sequoia.
Lots of bug fixes
Fix an issue with transition between light mode and dark mode
Better, more efficient caching
Fixed an issue with launching at login
Fix a bug with Time Machine
Enhanced compatibility and performance optimizations for macOS Sequoia.
Fixed a few memory leaks to ensure better stability.
Resolved minor bugs to improve your user experience.
Fix an issue where some images would load correctly
Thank you for your continued support, and as always, feel free to reach out with any feedback or issues!
Download Link
Bartender Test Build 5.1.8
Improvements & Bug Fixes
We've made several improvements under the hood to boost overall performance and efficiency. With this update, Bartender runs more smoothly, especially on macOS Sequoia.
Lots of bug fixes
Fix an issue with transition between light mode and dark mode
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Bartender 5.1.5
Improvements & Bug Fixes
We've made several improvements under the hood to boost overall performance and efficiency. With this update, Bartender runs more smoothly, especially on macOS Sequoia.
Enhanced compatibility and performance optimizations for macOS Sequoia.
Fixed a few memory leaks to ensure better stability.
Resolved minor bugs to improve your user experience.
Fix an issue where some images would load correctly
Thank you for your continued support, and as always, feel free to reach out with any feedback or issues!
Bartender Test Build 5.1.5
Improvements & Bug Fixes
We've made several improvements under the hood to boost overall performance and efficiency. With this update, Bartender runs more smoothly, especially on macOS Sequoia.
Enhanced compatibility and performance optimizations for macOS Sequoia.
Fixed a few memory leaks to ensure better stability.
Resolved minor bugs to improve your user experience.
Fix an issue where some images would load correctly
Thank you for your continued support, and as always, feel free to reach out with any feedback or issues!
Bartender Test Build 5.1.4
Improvements & Bug Fixes
We've made several improvements under the hood to boost overall performance and efficiency. With this update, Bartender runs more smoothly, especially on macOS Sequoia.
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Bartender 5.1.2
Updates
Import/Export Settings: You can now easily transfer your Bartender settings between devices or share them with others. Simplify your setup process by importing your preferred configurations or exporting them for backup and safe keeping.
Bug fixes
Fix bug where icons would disappear
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Bartender Test Build 5.1.2
Updates
Import/Export Settings: You can now easily transfer your Bartender settings between devices or share them with others. Simplify your setup process by importing your preferred configurations or exporting them for backup and safe keeping.
Bug fixes
Fix bug where icons would disappear
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Bartender 5.1.1
Updates
Import/Export Settings: You can now easily transfer your Bartender settings between devices or share them with others. Simplify your setup process by importing your preferred configurations or exporting them for backup and safe keeping.
Download Link
Bartender Test Build 5.1.1
Updates
Import/Export Settings: You can now easily transfer your Bartender settings between devices or share them with others. Simplify your setup process by importing your preferred configurations or exporting them for backup and safe keeping.
Download Link
Bartender Test Build 5.1.0
Updates
Import/Export Settings: You can now easily transfer your Bartender settings between devices or share them with others. Simplify your setup process by importing your preferred configurations or exporting them for backup and safe keeping.
Download Link

Bartender 5.0.54
Updates
Bartender is now part of the Applause family! We’re a small team of indie devs based in NYC that has
been using Bartender for years. We’re excited to continue delivering updates and improvements to
make Bartender better than ever.
We are enhancing privacy in this update by removing Amplitude product analytics, which was added in
version 5.0.52. This was originally included to count the number of users encountering issues
with permissions outlined here: https://www.macbartender.com/Bartender5/PermissionIssues/.
Improvements
Download Link
Bartender Test Build 5.0.54
Updates
Bartender is now part of the Applause family! We’re a small team of indie devs based in NYC that has
been using Bartender for years. We’re excited to continue delivering updates and improvements to
make Bartender better than ever.
We are enhancing privacy in this update by removing Amplitude product analytics, which was added in
version 5.0.52. This was originally included to count the number of users encountering issues
with permissions outlined here: https://www.macbartender.com/Bartender5/PermissionIssues/.
Improvements
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You will find Bartender 5.dmg in your Downloads folder. Please open this then move Bartender to your Applications folder and launch it from there.
You can use the trial for 4 weeks; after this Bartender will prompt you to purchase a license.
Bartender 5 is designed for macOS Sonoma, and will not run on older versions of macOS.
Not on macOS Sonoma? You can download previous Bartender versions from here
Bartender 5.0.52
New Features
Image comparison improvements
Re-added the ability to only use the Bartender Bar on screens with a notch
Now you can once again set Bartender to only use the Bartender Bar on screens with a notch.
Bug Fixes
CPU usage creeping up over days
With a menu bar style applied it was possible for the CPU usage to start increasing over days, this has been fixed.
Small improvement to menu bar style when switching spaces
It could take a second for the menu bar style to be applied when changing spaces, this has been fixed.
Small improvements to image comparisons
Making small incremental improvements to image comparisons.
Fix for highlight showing when Bartenders menu bar item set to be hidden
This has been fixed.
Bartender Advanced settings window resizing causing window to move offscreen
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Bartender 5.0.49
New Features
Image comparison triggers (formally show for update image comparisons) are back
With macOS 14.1 Apple implemented changes I requested so I could recreate this feature without macOS showing the screen capture purple menu bar item.
Any previous image comparison show for updates from Bartender 4 should automatically be converted into triggers for you.
Re-added the ability to leave menu bar items to the right of the Bartender menu bar item
This feature will keep any items to the right of the Bartender menu bar item always visible, even when Bartender swaps out your shown items for your hidden ones.
Re-added the ability to always or never swap out shown items for hidden items
This was previously done automatically, only when there wasn't enough room to show your items unless swapped, now you can choose to keep it automatically, or never do this, or always do it.
Bug Fixes
macOS music recognition (Shazam) menu bar item cannot be hidden
Apple have made the music recognition (Shazam) menu bar item a special menu bar item, that demands to be visible and cannot be hidden. Bartender now respects this.
Image comparison triggers firing for certain color changes
There was a bug in Bartender, that would mean icons that just changed colors a certain amount would not fire the image trigger condition. This has been fixed.
Image comparison triggers not getting checked when icon had transparent center
There was a bug in Bartender, that would stop it checking icons with transparent centers sometimes (it thought they were blank icons). This has been fixed.
Proton VPN popup showing when it shouldn't
Looking at the opensource code for Proton VPN I saw they already had a specific compatibility fix for Bartender, this did not work with Bartender 5, I have changed Bartender 5 so this compatibility fix can work again. Big thanks to the Proton Devs.
Menu bar style not applying correctly on some none english language systems
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Bartender 5.0.48
New Features
Image comparison triggers (formally show for update image comparisons) are back
With macOS 14.1 Apple implemented changes I requested so I could recreate this feature without macOS showing the screen capture purple menu bar item.
Any previous image comparison show for updates from Bartender 4 should automatically be converted into triggers for you.
Re-added the ability to leave menu bar items to the right of the Bartender menu bar item
This feature will keep any items to the right of the Bartender menu bar item always visible, even when Bartender swaps out your shown items for your hidden ones.
Re-added the ability to always or never swap out shown items for hidden items
This was previously done automatically, only when there wasn't enough room to show your items unless swapped, now you can choose to keep it automatically, or never do this, or always do it.
Bug Fixes
Image comparison triggers firing for certain color changes
There was a bug in Bartender, that would mean icons that just changed colors a certain amount would not fire the image trigger condition. This has been fixed.
Image comparison triggers not getting checked when icon had transparent center
There was a bug in Bartender, that would stop it checking icons with transparent centers sometimes (it thought they were blank icons). This has been fixed.
Proton VPN popup showing when it shouldn't
Looking at the opensource code for Proton VPN I saw they already had a specific compatibility fix for Bartender, this did not work with Bartender 5, I have changed Bartender 5 so this compatibility fix can work again. Big thanks to the Proton Devs.
Menu bar style not applying correctly on some none english language systems
Due to name changes some none english language systems the wallpaper would not get drawn around rounded menu bar styles, this has been fixed.
Compatibility with Bitwarden app
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Bartender 5.0.44
New Features
Re-added the ability to automatically hide left menu when showing hidden menu bar items
I have updated this feature to work with changes in macOS Sonoma so have re-added this feature.
Re-added the ability to leave menu bar items to the right of the Bartender menu bar item
This feature will keep any items to the right of the Bartender menu bar item always visible, even when Bartender swaps out your shown items for your hidden ones.
Re-added the ability to always or never swap out shown items for hidden items
This was previously done automatically, only when there wasn't enough room to show your items unless swapped, now you can choose to keep it automatically, or never do this, or always do it.
Bug Fixes
Compatibility with Bitwarden app
I have found a workaround to prevent BitWarden showing its UI when its menu bar item is moved.
Compatibility with Sip app
I have found a workaround to prevent Sip showing its UI when its menu bar item is moved.
Menu Bar Style adjustment
Menu Bar Style showing above Firefox and VPN fullscreen windows
Firefox and VPN can both use none native UI for there fullscreen, this was not detected by Bartender, so the menu bar style was applied above the fullscreen window. This has been fixed.
Typos and spellings
Thanks to the users reporting these, they have been fixed.
Smaller bug fixes and improvements
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