A pro tip for reducing visual noise in OS X

Re:A pro tip for reducing visual noise in OS X by jongold on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @11:06AM (#8227473)

I use Bartender[1] for ~the same purpose. I love the idea of a minimal menu bar there's just too much stuff I might want to check occasionally.

So Bartender just shows me my time tracker (important for client work), Fantastical (I could probably ditch this) and battery status; everything else is in the hidden Bartender draw until I need it. Just one hotkey away - I bind it to Hyper-B[2]

[1] http://www.macbartender.com/

[2] http://brettterpstra.com/2012/12/08/a-useful-caps-lock-key/

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Re:A pro tip for reducing visual noise in OS X by mitchty on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @12:40PM (#8228121)

I love bartender, also love the ability for it to show stuff if the icon changes for a certain time. Say weather app stuff, it can stay hidden, but if the weather changes might as well stay up there a minute or two then go away again.

Another app I love is Spirited Away, which will auto command-h an app after a certain period of inactivity. Can disable it as well but its an interesting way of keeping windows hidden.

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Re:A pro tip for reducing visual noise in OS X by gorekee on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @12:20PM (#8227991)

A great feature of bartender is the default "5 second rule" [1]

[1] http://macsparky.com/blog/2014/7/bartenders-5-second-rule

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Re:A pro tip for reducing visual noise in OS X by okor on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @11:14AM (#8227527)

Yeah, that's a great alternative. Thanks for mentioning.

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