I love my Mac’s menubar. It’s a great place for little, background apps to live. I’m going to share with you some of my favourite menubar apps. From right to left, I have: The built-in analogue clock. I have no need for the precision of the digital clock, and the analogue clock takes up less space. Wi-Fi. I use my MacBook Pro on the go quite a lot, so quick access to Wi-Fi settings is a must. Battery. This reminds me to plug my MacBook Pro into power when I’m at home. Time Machine. The best backup software I’ve ever used - set and forget! Dropbox. I’m an avid Dropbox user. I share folders with family, friends and people I’m working for. I use MacDropAny to sync my Desktop, Photos and Music folders with Dropbox, too. MailTab for Gmail. I use Gmail in my web browser, so I need to be notified when I get a new email. MenuTab for Facebook. Likewise, I like to know when I get a Facebook message, request, or notification. Google Drive. Ideally I’d like to be able to hide this, but it’s build in such a way that Broomstick can’t hide it. I then have two apps which I have hidden using Broomstick: Caffeine, which prevents my Mac from sleeping when I don’t want it to. Useful when I’ve got a textbook onscreen and I’m doing maths exercises, or when reading a long news article. I use my Caffeine Manager Alfred extension to toggle it on and off. F.lux, which changes the colour of my Mac’s display to adapt to the time of day, making it warm at night and like sunlight during the day.
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I love my Mac’s menubar. It’s a great place for little, background apps to live. I’m going to share with you some of my favourite menubar apps.

From right to left, I have:

  • The built-in analogue clock. I have no need for the precision of the digital clock, and the analogue clock takes up less space.
  • Wi-Fi. I use my MacBook Pro on the go quite a lot, so quick access to Wi-Fi settings is a must.
  • Battery. This reminds me to plug my MacBook Pro into power when I’m at home.
  • Time Machine. The best backup software I’ve ever used - set and forget!
  • Dropbox. I’m an avid Dropbox user. I share folders with family, friends and people I’m working for. I use MacDropAny to sync my Desktop, Photos and Music folders with Dropbox, too.
  • MailTab for Gmail. I use Gmail in my web browser, so I need to be notified when I get a new email.
  • MenuTab for Facebook. Likewise, I like to know when I get a Facebook message, request, or notification.
  • Google Drive. Ideally I’d like to be able to hide this, but it’s build in such a way that Broomstick can’t hide it.

I then have two apps which I have hidden using Broomstick:

  • Caffeine, which prevents my Mac from sleeping when I don’t want it to. Useful when I’ve got a textbook onscreen and I’m doing maths exercises, or when reading a long news article. I use my Caffeine Manager Alfred extension to toggle it on and off.
  • F.lux, which changes the colour of my Mac’s display to adapt to the time of day, making it warm at night and like sunlight during the day.

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