Chest is a new tiny, open-source app for macOS 27 that lets users hide menu bar items to the left of it. It was created after the popular app Ice stopped working due to macOS 27 changes.
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Chest: Open-source macOS menu bar manager for hiding items
Chest is a new tiny, open-source app for macOS 27 that lets users hide menu bar items to the left of it. It was created after the popular app Ice stopped working due to macOS 27 changes.
Hi HN! One of my favorite apps on macOS, Ice, stopped working when I updated to macOS 27 because the trick it relied on doesn't work anymore. The only thing I really needed from the app was the ability to hide menu bar items to the left of it, so I built Chest to do just that. There are other apps like this as...
With macOS 27 breaking previous menu bar management tricks, Chest offers a simple alternative for users wanting to control menu bar clutter. It addresses a specific need for managing menu bar items in the updated OS environment.
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