macOS: Vanilla

Published 24 Nov, 2017 by Christian Mohn · Read in about 1 min (63 words)

Small, unobtrusive and easy to use. That’s a pretty good description for a macOS utility I recently discovered: Vanilla (non-affiliate link).

Simply put, this little gem let’s you hide any or all menu bar icons in macOS, while still keeping them easily accessible behind a small arrow:

After hiding with Vanilla:

Expanded view:

I for one like getting rid of the unnecessary clutter!

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