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Hidden Bar for Mac

Hidden lets you hide menu bar items to give your Mac a cleaner look. Features: - Launch at login - Auto-hide after 5/10/15/30/60 seconds - Show/hide with global shortcut - Full menu bar mode - RTL languages supported. If you require any fu…

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Jun 1, 2021Hidden Bar version 1.8Mac App Store · macOS 10.12 or later
The new version of Hidden bar release with a bunch of features and bugs fixed New mode: Use the full menu bar on expanding. Users with a small screen like MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13 inch going to happy with this feature ( thanks many people raise the idea and correct the function name, you know it you :) )

Always hidden feature now doesn’t require restarting the app.

We also add a tutorial for the "Always hidden" feature.

New icons for the app, more consistent with the latest macOS (thank @p-z-l)

The Vietnamese language now supported.

Many languages add to the app. Many thanks to the people who help us localize the app. @C-uo, @p-z-l for Japanese - Chinese Eberhard Woentz for German @AmrIKhudair for Arabic @skeithtan for French (fr) @p-z-l for RTL language support.

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Hidden Bar

Hidden lets you hide menu bar items to give your Mac a cleaner look.

Features: - Launch at login - Auto-hide after 5/10/15/30/60 seconds - Show/hide with global shortcut - Full menu bar mode - RTL languages supported.

If you require any further information or feature, feel free to contact us: macos@d.foundation

What's New

The new version of Hidden bar release with a bunch of features and bugs fixed New mode: Use the full menu bar on expanding. Users with a small screen like MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13 inch going to happy with this feature ( thanks many people raise the idea and correct the function name, you know it you :) )

Always hidden feature now doesn’t require restarting the app.

We also add a tutorial for the "Always hidden" feature.

New icons for the app, more consistent with the latest macOS (thank @p-z-l)

The Vietnamese language now supported.

Many languages add to the app. Many thanks to the people who help us localize the app. @C-uo, @p-z-l for Japanese - Chinese Eberhard Woentz for German @AmrIKhudair for Arabic @skeithtan for French (fr) @p-z-l for RTL language support.

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