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The region of a window or screen where drop down menus are displayed. The menu bar allows for easy access of an application's menus and commands.

The region of a window or screen where drop down menus are displayed. The menu bar allows for easy access of an application's menus and commands.

This tag is for questions regarding this bar in general. For questions regarding menu bar items that appear on the right side of the menu bar, use .

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Need menu bar app to show output of Terminal command every 60s

I need a menu-bar app* which will show me the output of a terminal command, and run that Terminal command every 60s or so. Or I need a menu-bar app which will read the contents of a file, and update whenever that file is updated. (The output would…
TJ Luoma
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How to remove wireless network utility icon from the menu bar?

I installed the driver of TP-Link's wireless network adaptor, and it ships with a wireless network utility which shows an icon on the menubar. It is invalid to click or drag this icon, and I even can't find any switches to turn it off. It looks like…
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Menus overlap/hide Menu Extras. How to access?

If I have a bunch of menu extras (the things on the top right side of the menu bar, such as time, date, battery status, and other OS X icons, plus 3rd party icons from QuickSilver, DropBox, etc.), sometimes they are hidden if the foreground…
user588
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Where that icon on my OS X menu bar comes from?

Anyone could tell me which application stands behind this icon on the menu bar? I tried to figure it out but I couldn’t. Nothing happens when I click on it.
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What are your favorite menulets (or Menu Extras as Apple calls them)?

Yes, I know, it's another list, but here goes: What is your favorite menulet and what is it used for? Please one post one menulet per answer. Add a link to the developer's website, if possible. Duplicate answers should be flagged for deletion, so…
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Can I display only battery percentage in menu bar?

I'd like to only display the percentage left in the menubar. It seems that it is more useful than any other battery display option, but it isn't available. Is there a work-around?
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A blank icon or space in the Menu Bar, unable to identify or remove it

There is an empty space in the Menu Bar. I am unable to identify what it is. I can't even remove it. I tried with Cmd and moving it out. I have restarted my Mac. I restarted the Menu Bar with the terminal command.
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Removing icon from menu-bar

Does anyone know how to permanently remove an icon put in the menu bar by DYMO label maker software? I can right click it and remove it, or drag it off the menu bar. However, it returns upon a reboot.
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change flag in menu bar to Indian flag

For India they have Hindi language but it does not have an Indian flag on it. Is there any way to add custom flag images in menu bar? even if its a hackish way to do it. I am ready for it. I just want to have Indian flag in menu bar.
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Any app on mac os x can hide icons on menu bar?

I'm seeking software for Mac OSX that can hide any icon on menu bar. Some apps leave an icon on menu bar, but don't have a option to hide its icon from menu bar, are there any applications that hide all of the icons on the menu bar? Thanks.
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How to get rid of a second CrashPlan icon in the menu bar?

Everytime I restart, I get two crashplan icons in the menu bar. If I close one of them, the other still remains. How can I get rid of one of them?
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How do I get rid of a menu extra that I installed?

I am on a limited functionality school account with no access to System Preferences. I am a curious child, and I opened the folder Mac HD -> System -> Library -> CoreServices ->Menus. I copied all the .menu files to my desktop and opened a few of…
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How can i disable menu blinking after selecting a menu item in macOS

I want to disable the slow menu blinking which occurs after I've selected a menu entry from any menu in macOS. It always takes about half a second or more and is just a waste of time since I know what I am doing. See…
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Can I hIde "Documents" from "Apple>Recent Items" menu?

I often use >Recent Items to select recent applications and servers, but I never user it for recent documents. Is there a way to remove Documents from this menu while retaining Applications and Servers.
Chuck
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Mystery "Menu Extra"

Can anyone identify this menulet please? I can't drag it off the menu like others and I can't see it in any of the locations that a google search has suggested like /System/Library/PreferencePanes/. It doesn't appear for other users on this…
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