This simple Mac app lets you black out or dim the menu bar should you find it a source of distraction. Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has ...

If your menu bar still feels crowded, you can free up a bit more space by squeezing all of your icons together. A free ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Mac menu bar is iconic. With the Apple logo in the top-left ...

Justin Pot is a freelance journalist who helps people get more out of technology. It's ridiculous that Apple still doesn't offer a way to hide menu bar icons in macOS. Windows has had this options ...

Windows Media Player 12 hides the top menu bar by default, because common functions are available in other areas of the media library. If another user enabled the menu bar, hiding it again conserves ...

Popular Mac menu bar management utility Bartender was recently quietly sold to another company, a fact that only came to light after app monitoring service MacUpdater alerted users that updates to the ...

Sometimes you need to use your entire screen at once, like when you’re working on a serious photo-retouching project or need more screen real estate for an epic GarageBand session and you don’t want ...

If you own a Mac computer, look at the top right corner of your screen. You'll probably see several little app icons. Some of the most popular apps, like Google Drive ...

The external monitor support in Mavericks is much improved, as we noted in yesterday’s tip on getting the Dock to show up on your second monitor. The menu bar itself will dim when you’re not actively ...