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  1. genexx

    MixDesk X — free mixing console for macOS & Windows: multi-output routing, per-device EQ & delay, CLAP effects

    Hi everyone, I'm the developer of MixDesk X, a free menu bar / tray app for macOS and Windows that treats your computer's audio like a small mixing console instead of a settings panel. Some of you may know my multi-device BlackHole installer from an earlier thread here — MixDesk X is the mixer...
    • genexx
    • Thread
    • audio blackhole clap core audio equalizer free menu bar mixer multi-output
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  2. Barrybarrywu

    Tutti for macOS — multi-output volume, per-app routing, and device delay

    Hi everyone, I’m Barry, the independent developer of Tutti, a native macOS menu bar app for managing multiple audio outputs. I started building it because I regularly use a display and a Bluetooth speaker with my Mac. Audio MIDI Setup can create a Multi-Output Device, but normal volume control...
    • Barrybarrywu
    • Thread
    • airpods audio core audio macos menu bar multi-output
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  3. StepGrab

    StepGrab – record a task once, get an annotated step-by-step guide (menu bar app)

    F Fair warning up front: I made this, so I'm biased. I'm the person my family and coworkers ask when they can't figure something out on their Mac. For years my answer was the same: screenshots, cropped by hand, arrows drawn in Preview, pasted into a document, sent off. Three weeks later someone...
    • StepGrab
    • Thread
    • documentation guides menu bar productivity screenshots
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  4. genexx

    MDE — Mix Desk EQ — menu bar audio mixer for macOS (route any source to up to 4 outputs, with 11/3/2 Band EQ - Gain - Balance - Level - Output Delay)

    Hi all, I'm the developer of MDE — Mix Desk EQ (Adelvo) — full disclosure, my own commercial macOS app, posting in line with the developer guidelines. It's one of a few tools I build for live production; I'll keep this thread focused on MDE. What it is macOS only lets you play to one output at...
    • genexx
    • Thread
    • audio audio routing blackhole delay equaliser macos app menu bar mixer obs. virtual audio
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  5. MauricioMorkun

    AudioRouterNow – free, open-source audio router for macOS (no kext, menu bar)

    Hi everyone, I built AudioRouterNow, a free and open-source macOS app that lets you route audio to multiple outputs simultaneously — headphones + speakers, two audio interfaces, whatever combination you need — all from the menu bar. - The problem it solves: macOS natively only lets you play to...
    • MauricioMorkun
    • Thread
    • audio coreaudio free macos menu bar open source routing
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  6. B_ctrim

    Strange Bug - Menu Bar disappeared

    After a few days, the menu bar started disappearing, and the only way to have it back is by restarting the Mac. Such an annoying bug :(
  7. S

    Side Calendar — a slide-out calendar that lives at the edge of your screen

    Side Calendar 2.1.0 — a calendar that lives at the edge of your screen Most calendar apps on the Mac fall into two shapes: a full window that takes over your screen, or a tiny menu-bar dropdown that's too small to actually plan in. Side Calendar is built around a third shape — a slide-out side...
    • shaun07776
    • Thread
    • calendar indie macos menu bar new release productivity
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  8. TB Tech

    Sonant - A native menu bar music controller for macOS

    Hi everyone, I'm the solo developer of Sonant, a macOS app I'd like to share with the community. I built Sonant because I wanted a simple, elegant way to control my music without constantly switching app windows. Sonant is a native menu bar controller for Apple Music and Spotify. It shows the...
    • TB Tech
    • Thread
    • apple music apple silicon audio visualizer mac app menu bar music controller spotify utility
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  9. PotentPeas

    Move Menu Bar items to Control Center?

    To note — I haven't upgraded to Tahoe yet. I'm continually evaluating it and will upgrade eventually, but I am not comfortable doing so yet. (It's less the visual mess that is holding me back, though I do have concerns about that. It is more just inconsistent reports around performance and bugs...
  10. R

    macOS Tahoe still terrible with bugs even with 26.2

    I’ve been running into some pretty frustrating bugs lately on macOS 26 Tahoe, and I’m curious if others are seeing the same thing. I got to say in terms of bugs, this is the worst macOS version Apple has ever released, worse than Ventura was three years ago! I have had it with macOS Tahoe. The...
  11. J

    Bartender Menu Bar + Live Activities + Unknown Symbol

    I am running macOS 26.1 and Bartender 6.2.1. I have the Sports app on my iPhone (which is running iOS 26.1). I noticed that when the score of a game form the Sports app appears in the macOS menu bar as a Live Activity there is a white square dot in the menu bar to the left of ellipse per the...
    • JoelBC
    • Thread
    • bartender live activities macos 26 menu bar menu bar app
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  12. jimbojoho

    Automatically hide and show menu bar bug - seriously?

    I hide my dock, as well as my menu bar to get a fully fullscreen experience, worked flawlessly on Sequoia. But I wanted to upgrade to Tahoe because a sound interface I use (RME UFX III) apparently runs better on it (audio stutters on Sequoia, had to run in Class Compliant Mode). But I get this...
  13. M

    Full screen mode is all black in Tahoe?

    I noticed after installing Tahoe that regardless of the appearance theme and icon/widget style, if you activate full screen mode in any app (Control-Command-F), it activates a black menu bar, overriding whatever preferences you set. It goes back to normal when I exit full screen mode or if I use...
  14. AirpodsNow

    Still no apple solution for notch & menu bar?

    Is it strange for me to assume that macOS should resolve the menu bar issue when there are too many items on it and simply get covered by the notch? I have been using Bartender since the M1 Pro MacBooks and just deleted it to find out whether there is a macOS solution.... I am trying the GitHub...
  15. Seahawk0422

    Wheel/Gear icon showing up on menu bar when setting a picture as wallpaper from Finder.

    So since the latest Sonoma update i've discovered that when I set a picture (jpg/png) as a wallpaper directly from Finder (right click - set as wallpaper) a small gear/wheel icon appears for a split second on the top menu bar on my Mac. Is there any information about what it could be? Anyone...
    • Seahawk0422
    • Thread
    • explanation gear icon macos menu bar unknown application
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  16. MakaniKai

    Missing Menu Bar Icons

    Does anyone else have this issue? Can't see my battery, wifi, time, etc. MacBook Pro M2 Max 14" Edit: Fix is here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/missing-menu-bar-icons.2398301/post-32395692
  17. Alex Cai

    Annoying Screen sharing icon

    Bartender needs to access the screen to work, which results this annoying block hanging out all the time Can’t be deleted when dragged away or hidden via bartebder anyone had ideas on how to hide this? macOS Sonoma
  18. C

    Can you customize behavior of the "hide menu bar" setting?

    Hi friends! I'm looking to see if it's possible to fix one of my biggest annoyances in macOS right now. I have a 14-inch notched MacBook Pro, where it makes sense to have the menu bar always visible (even in full screen apps). However, I use the Mac either docked or connected to a 16:9 monitor...
  19. Y

    Sketchy Bar configuration

    I installed an app called Sketchy Bar on my computer, and I'm wondering if anyone knows how to get the configuration shown in this picture, taken straight from the Sketchy Bar GitHub page. What commands should I put in, what colors to use, ect.
    • Ya Boi Moh
    • Thread
    • hackintosh homebrew intel i5 macbook macbook 13 macbook pro macbook pro "13 2020 menu bar sketchy bar
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  20. T

    Menu bar extras moved to the left?

    On macOS Ventura 13.1, my status menus/menu bar extras moved to the left instead of staying to right randomly and have defaulted in that position? Is there anyway to fix this issue and has anyone encounter this bug before and fixed? All helps appreciated thanks.
    • Texch
    • Thread
    • macos 13.1 menu bar menu bar extras status menu ventura 13.1
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: macOS Ventura (13)
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