MenuFold 0.4.1

MenuFold 0.4.1 — macOS 26+, Apple silicon.

What's new

• Support MenuFold. Settings → About now lists crypto addresses (BTC, ETH, SOL, TRX) for donations,
  with a copy button and a QR code for each.

Install

1. Download MenuFold-0.4.1.dmg, open it and drag MenuFold to Applications.
2. Open MenuFold from Applications. It is not notarised by Apple, so macOS blocks the first launch:
   go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. You only do this once:
   later versions install through Check for Updates….
3. Keep it in the Dock: right-click its icon → Options → Keep in Dock.

Already on 0.3 or older? Install this version from the DMG once; it updates itself after that.

Verify the download

shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS

MenuFold 0.4.0

MenuFold 0.4.0 — macOS 26+, Apple silicon.

What's new

• Automatic updates. MenuFold checks for a new version once a day and installs it for you.
  Use Check for Updates… in the app menu or the Dock icon's menu, and switch the checks off in
  Settings → General.
• Disk image. MenuFold now comes as a DMG: open it and drag MenuFold to Applications.
• If you open MenuFold straight from the disk image, it offers to move itself to Applications.
• From now on, updates install without the Open Anyway step.
• Fixed: in Settings → Categories, category names are left-aligned again.

Install

1. Download MenuFold-0.4.0.dmg, open it and drag MenuFold to Applications.
2. Open MenuFold from Applications. It is not notarised by Apple, so macOS blocks the first launch:
   go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. You only do this once:
   later versions install through Check for Updates….
3. Keep it in the Dock: right-click its icon → Options → Keep in Dock.

Already on 0.3 or older? Install this version from the DMG once; it updates itself after that.

Verify the download

shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS

MenuFold 0.3.1

MenuFold 0.3.1 — macOS 26+, Apple silicon.

Fixes

• Settings → Categories: the category name now shows left-aligned next to its icon, without the stray "Category Name" label.
• The LICENSE file now has the full, standard MIT text (GitHub recognises it as MIT).

Install

1. Download MenuFold-0.3.1-macos26-arm64.zip and unzip it.
2. Move MenuFold.app to /Applications, replacing the old copy.
3. Open it. The app is ad-hoc signed, not notarised, so macOS blocks the first launch:
   go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
4. Pin it to the Dock like any other app.

Verify the download

shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS

MenuFold 0.3.0

MenuFold 0.3.0 — macOS 26+, Apple silicon.

What's new

• Running tab: the apps that are open right now, right after "All". You can turn it off in Settings → Categories.
• Keyboard navigation: arrow keys to move, Return to launch, ⌘R to show in Finder, ⌘⌫ to move to the Trash.
• Frequent apps: the apps you open most sit in a row above the grid. You can turn it off or clear the history in Settings → General.
• Running indicator: a Dock-style dot under each running app, plus Quit / Force Quit in its menu.
• Move to Trash from the app menu, with a confirmation that offers to quit the app first.
• Custom app icons: any picture, or the icon of another file or app (right-click an app → Change Icon…).
• More Dock icons: the macOS launcher icon, the Applications folder icon or your own picture.
• English interface next to Ukrainian. App names follow your system language, and search matches both the localized and the English name.
• The panel no longer has the drawn rim or the window shadow.

Install

1. Download MenuFold-0.3.0-macos26-arm64.zip and unzip it.
2. Move MenuFold.app to /Applications.
3. Open it. The app is ad-hoc signed, not notarised, so macOS blocks the first launch:
   go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
4. Pin it to the Dock like any other app.

Verify the download

shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS

MenuFold 0.2.0

MenuFold 0.2.0 — macOS 26+, Apple silicon.

Install

1. Download MenuFold-0.2.0-macos26-arm64.zip and unzip it.
2. Move MenuFold.app to /Applications.
3. Open it. The app is ad-hoc signed, not notarised, so macOS blocks the first launch:
   go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
4. Pin it to the Dock like any other app.

Verify the download

shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS

MenuFold 0.1.0

First public build of MenuFold — a Dock replacement that opens a Launchpad-style grid of every app, with folders, category tabs and search.

Requires macOS 26+ on Apple silicon.

Install

1. Download MenuFold-0.1.0-macos26-arm64.zip and unzip it.
2. Move MenuFold.app to /Applications.
3. The first time, right-click the icon → Open (the build is ad-hoc signed, not notarised, so a plain double-click is blocked by Gatekeeper).
4. Pin it to the Dock like any other app. Clicking the Dock icon opens the panel; a second click, Esc or clicking elsewhere closes it.

Verify the download

shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS

What's in 0.1.0

The first release already includes the fixes from the pre-release audit:

• No more folder data loss. Dropping an app onto a folder no longer dissolves unrelated folders or the drop target. A folder is only dissolved when it genuinely drops to one app.
• Layout file is safe. A corrupt layout.json is moved aside with a timestamp and a fresh one is written straight away, so a bad file can no longer wipe the configuration on quit. Read errors (permissions, lock, I/O) leave the file untouched and retry next launch. Files from a newer version are preserved instead of being rewritten in an older format.
• Drag & panel fixes. Dragging a tile out no longer leaves the panel half-transparent or click-through, a stale fade-out can no longer hide a panel that was just reopened, and a drag always carries the app you actually grabbed.
• App icon, and Settings reaches you. The bundle ships a real icon (no more generic app icon in the Dock), and Settings is reachable from the panel instead of only via ⌘,.
• Grid hygiene. Apps on external volumes, Time Machine backups, temp folders and the Trash are filtered out; Finder folders are keyed from normalised paths.

Notes

• Ad-hoc signed and unsandboxed by design: this is a personal, self-built tool. There is no auto-update.
• MenuFold never moves, copies or deletes app bundles; Finder folders are mirrored read-only.
• Built from tag v0.1.0 by scripts/release.sh (Xcode 27.2, macOS 27.2 SDK, arm64).