13" Macbook Screens and the menubar

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Tom Hightower

01 May, 2012 01:25 AM

Hey Guys

Its time to resurrect and old thread :D

In a galaxy far far away and a very long time ago. We had a discussion in the old forums about an app to add functionality to the menubar for those of use using a 13" Macbook etc.

Today I found that app its called "Bartender" I urge you all to look at as myself, roustem and gita were the primary folks in the discussion. I have emailed the developers because the 1P helper icon doesn't play nicely with it, (it just gets hidden) but thats a very small thing as I like 1P and Dropbox in my primary menubar.

http://www.macbartender.com/

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Tom Hightower

AgileBits (1Password) Support Moderator / Dropbox Forum Moderator

  1. 2 Posted by Chris White on 01 May, 2012 02:30 AM

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    Hey Tom,

    Thanks for posting that, speaking personally, you just made my day, I've been looking and looking for something like this!

    I'll go ahead and pass this on to the team, would you let us know what the developer writes back?

    Thanks!

    Chris White
    AgileBits Support

  2. 3 Posted by Ben Woodruff on 02 May, 2012 05:13 PM

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    Looks like a cool app. Thanks for sharing Tom.

  3. 4 Posted by Tom Hightower on 02 May, 2012 10:22 PM

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    Yep I already bought it. There is a link in there blog section of there site for early bird types you get 50% off. In other words you pay $7.50 vs normal $15.00

  4. Support Staff 5 Posted by Kyle Swank on 02 May, 2012 10:59 PM

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    Hi Tom,

    Thanks for mentioning this! I may just have to give this a shot. It may help significantly on my MacBook Air!

    Nice pricing, too!

    Cheers!

    Kyle Swank
    AgileBits Support

  5. 6 Posted by Tom Hightower on 30 May, 2012 12:11 AM

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    @Chris

    Re the developer update in the newest release, the notes dont mention the helper directly but the initial description does. :)

    http://o7.no/JTrYCd

    http://o7.no/JTrFHA

  6. Support Staff 7 Posted by Khad Young on 30 May, 2012 12:16 AM

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    Nice! I guess I have to give in and try it now, too. :P


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  7. 8 Posted by Tom Hightower on 11 Jun, 2012 12:24 AM

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    Seems to crash often for me in the latest update, I keep sending in reports. I have narrowed it down to (atleast on my end) when the app store quits an app to install a new version. Or when my low battery script runs and triggers a mass shutdown of all non essential apps.

  8. 9 Posted by Stu Helm on 11 Jun, 2012 12:26 AM

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    Ouch, that somewhat sucks Tom, I haven't tried Bartender yet, though having the 11" Air I may well have to.

    Did you contact their support team as well as sending the reports, any joy?


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  9. 10 Posted by Tom Hightower on 11 Jun, 2012 12:34 AM

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    They probably have me on speed dial :P

    I will use it till its bug free I will never run my MBP without it again. I have more apps in it vs whats in my normal menubar.
    A quick Quicksilver trigger works wonders for me.

    Ben Surtees (Dev) has been very good at replies and fixing bugs so I just keep sending them to him.

    This has become my pet project as of late.

  10. 11 Posted by Mike Tselikman on 11 Jun, 2012 03:02 AM

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    Let us know when it is perfect and we'll try it out. :)

  11. 12 Posted by Tom Hightower on 01 Jul, 2012 09:45 PM

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    Hey Guys

    Just a little something to talk about on a sloooooooooow Sunday afternoon around the house.

    Ben released an update to Bartender the other day, and since then I have recorded no crashes etc. Its almost ready for the big time. IMHO.

    Not one single crash, I even went ahead and promoted it to use on my mini which runs no beta stuff.

  12. Support Staff 13 Posted by Kyle Swank on 01 Jul, 2012 09:46 PM

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    Awesome Tom!

    I've installed the update as well. Though I don't put 1Password's menu bar in it, but I'll pass this along to the rest of the team. Glad to see they've fixed a few of the bugs they were having with stability for sure! :)

  13. 14 Posted by Tom Hightower on 01 Jul, 2012 09:48 PM

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    Oh it also works just fine on Mt Lion, ;-)

  14. Support Staff 15 Posted by Kyle Swank on 01 Jul, 2012 09:54 PM

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    Bonus! That makes two apps ready for Mountain Lion that I know of :)

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