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Display Apps
BetterDummy
The new Apple Silicon Macs notoriously don’t allow sub-4K resolution displays to have HiDPI (“Retina”) resolutions. This menu bar app tricks macOS into thinking you’ve plugged in a 5K monitor.
Good apps don’t always come with a price tag. These menu bar gems are free — and worth your space.
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Network Apps
Pingr
Pingr shows your current internet speed right in the menu bar with a clean, minimal widget — a quick at-a-glance check that tells you whether your connection is holding up without opening a speed test.
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Battery Apps
Cooldown
In macOS Monterey Apple introduced a new Low Power Mode for Mac. Cooldown is a simple menu bar app that allows you to quickly toggle Low Power Mode on and off.
Bunch
Bunch is a menu bar app that uses plain text scripts (‘Bunches’) to automate context switching. Bunches can open apps, specific files, web pages, and more.
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Color Apps
Color Peeker
This menu bar app shows the hex code of the color under your mouse pointer. You can also turn on Copy on Right Click, so that when you right click, the color code is copied immediately.
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Menu Bar Managers
TopNotch
TopNotch hides the notch by making your menu bar black. It’s only cosmetic and doesn’t take away any screen real estate. The app can also be used on any non-notch Mac to make the menu bar black.
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Color Apps
System Color Picker
The macOS color picker, but now as an app with more features. For instance: Quickly copy, paste, and convert colors in Hex, HSL, RGB, LCH format.
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Wallpaper Apps
Web Wallpaper
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Browser Apps
BrowserSwitch
This menu bar app provides an easy way to pick a different default browser. It only shows the browsers installed on your system.
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Audio Apps
Mauno
Mauno is a menu bar app that allows you to quickly switch audio from Stereo to Mono (really useful for those one-sided YouTube videos).