– Improved compatiblity for macOS Sonoma
– New modernized Settings interface
– Add global keyboard shortcut for toggling desktop icons
– Add the ability to customize the interval for automatically hiding icons
– Requires macOS 12.0 and above
– Fixes an issue with auto-hide setting being ignored
– Improved compatiblity for macOS Sonoma
– New modernized Settings interface
– Add global keyboard shortcut for toggling desktop icons
– Add the ability to customize the interval for automatically hiding icons
– Requires macOS 12.0 and above
— This version of Vanilla adds support for Macbook Pros with notches.
If you have trouble setting up Vanilla on these machines, read the guide on the Vanilla home page.
— Updated Vanilla for macOS Monterey
— Improved multi-monitor support
— Updated app icon for macOS Big Sur
— Update to macOS Big Sur 11.1 to fix the issue where your menu bar icons do not maintain their position across reboots or app re-launches
— Improved the checkout experience for purchasing Vanilla Pro
— Improved reliability on macOS Big Sur
— Updated the app’s copyright text
This version of Vanilla adds support for macOS Big Sur and Apple Silicon Macs 🎉
💸 I’ve made this a free update for all customers, but if you want to leave a tip to help support development, that would be really appreciated. It makes a huge difference for me!.
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— Adds a completely new rendering engine for compatibility with macOS Big Sur
— Adds an option for showing and hiding your desktop icons on macOS Big Sur
— Add keyboard shortcuts for navigating Vanilla’s menus
This version of Vanilla adds two important features:
— A key fix for compatibility with macOS Catalina and the new permissions model
— Introduced a new licensing service for activating upgrades
This version of Vanilla adds key compatibility features for macOS Catalina.
Please install this update to Vanilla before you upgrade to macOS Catalina.
If you are using the beta version of Vanilla, please install this update. If you have any trouble, please contact me at [email protected].
This version of Vanilla changes how we publish and deliver updates, as well as introducing new licensing and security methods. (It's now self-hosted – no more third parties!)
A couple of critical bug fixes off the back of our previous Version 1.1 release for Mojave.
This update is a huge improvement to Vanilla. It adds complete support for macOS Mojave. Plus – for every version of macOS – nicer Dark Mode, sweet performance improvements, and much better multi-monitor support.
(I had to buy an external monitor to fix the multi-monitor issues, so if, y'know, you want to hurl some money my way that’d be cool.)
This update fixes an issue on macOS High Sierra where changing external monitors, changing the screen resolution, or changing from light to dark mode would cause a second Vanilla bar to appear on screen and get stuck there.
High Sierra compatibility
This version of Vanilla improves compatibility with High Sierra, including a fix for the start at login preference not registering correctly.
Thanks for submitting your bug reports, and please keep them coming as you spot issues! There are still a few bugs with High Sierra, but I'll try to get those fixed in a future release 😄
Keyboard shortcut for toggling icons
For Pro users, this version of Vanilla adds the ability to set a keyboard shortcut in Preferences to toggle your icons. I use Command-Shift-Comma (it's like the left arrow!) and I really love it.
Better synchronization of Vanilla with your icons
Sometimes Vanilla falls out of sync with your menu bar icons and ends up hiding them when it shouldn't. This update makes Vanilla more reliable about hiding only what you want hidden.
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Just some general tidying up and fixing bugs.
These update contains some super important fixes and updates to Vanilla
Brand new menu bar colour matching algorithm! — If you've ever noticed Vanilla sometime mis-matching your menu bar (particularly if you're running in dark mode with a dark background), this update should make Vanilla match perfectly
Fixes an issue where some apps' system menu items would be covered up by Vanilla (Atom, Photoshop, and Excel in particular)
Fixes an issue where Vanilla would get misaligned after opening the Preferences window
Fixes the most common crashing bugs in Vanilla 🎉
Huge thanks to everyone who has bought a license! I'm only able to keep sanding off these rough edges because of the people who support the app.
This version of Vanilla improves multi-monitor support, dark mode, performance improvements, and full screen support. Also, if you've upgraded to the Pro version and you've set Vanilla to start when you log in, the Preferences window will no longer show.
I'm still working on some of the rough edges around full screen mode—this release adds the bare minimum but I'm planning to make it better.
Huge thank you to everyone who has supported Vanilla so far! I've been totally amazed and overwhelmed by the response—the reason the 1.0 was so buggy was because I was convinced no one cared about having a minimalist menu bar as much as I did 😂.
Also, a challenge. If you've got a good eye or you're a designer, and you think you can nail the blur/filter effects that the menu bar does to your desktop image, please get in touch—I'll pay you.
Again, thank you to everyone who's downloaded, shared, used, or upgraded Vanilla. It really means a lot to me.
Vanilla. Hide menu bar icons on your Mac.
Small fixes + tests
👋 Vanilla. If you're seeing this... shh... secret...