What are the must-have menu bar apps for Mac?

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Looking for some more useful tools to fill my menu bar :)

Jack Dweck · Accepted Answer

Can't go a day without f.lux

Craig Davison · Answer

This one is brilliant. Prevents you from digging around in the system preferences when you want to change how long until the screen goes black.

Clicking it in the menu will prevent your mac from locking or going to sleep 🤘🏼

Antoine Plu · Answer

Using it everyday without any thinking, it became a standard for me

Julie Chabin · Answer

If you like Bartender 2 to keep your menu bar clean, I'd recommend HiddenMe to hide icons on your desktop.

Chris Messina · Answer

This is a meta-recommendation, but when you end up with too many menubar apps, you can stash them in Bartender

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It's literally a life saver

Chris Messina · Answer

This is one of the simplest way to resize and position windows on your Mac!

Chris Messina · Answer

I used to swear by Caffeine, but I like that Amphetamine is built on a modern codebase and has a ton of features (few that I use though).

Niv Dror · Answer

CloudApp! How I make all the GIFs :) and I see a ton of people use it for sharing screenshots and screen recordings in Slack

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more space for more apps!

Yann · Answer

Weather at a glance ☀️⛈🌪🌨

Khoa Pham · Answer

For people who use and search emojis a lot

Amaël Sikel · Answer

This CPU Monitor shows you how much you're crushing your CPU via the DOOM face. More injured = bigger CPU load. Totally pointless, therefore absolutely essential.

Jonathan Wilson · Answer

Records Gifs at 12fps and is designed for power users like developers or designers. Its really great for sharing what you are doing on your screen with friends.