[Bug]: "Unable to display menu bar items" | macOS Tahoe Version 26.0 (25A354) | Ice 0.11.13-dev.2

[zakariachahbar]

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Description

Hi,

First off, thank you very much for everything you have been doing. I've been using Ice for the past 2 years since the Bartender sale fiasco.

Issue

When activating Ice Bar

• On hover/click on menu bar, no items can be shown and I get the following message: "Unable to display menu bar items"
• In Ice setting "Menu Bar Layout", the following message is shown (cf screenshot [Feature Request] Add Ice to Homebrew #3): "Unable to display menu bar items"

Unsuccessful remediation tried

1. Restarting the laptop
2. Reinstalling Ice 0.11.13-dev.2 (complete uninstall (1) Dragging Ice to the bin and (2) Using AppCleaner)
3. Running command sudo xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Ice.app

Authorizations

All authorizations to Ice are given:

1. System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility
2. System Settings > Privacy & Security > Screen & System Audio Recording

Screenshots

Steps to Reproduce

1. Go to Ice settings "General"
2. Activate "Use Ice Bar"
3. Click/Hover the menu bar
4. See message "Unable to display menu bar items"

App Version

0.11.13-dev.2

macOS Version

26.0 (25A354)

Additional Information

No response

[chrism229]

Ice is displaying my menu bar items as previously set up under Sequoia, but in Tahoe on going to the Settings and selecting "Menu Bar Layout" both the Visible and the Hidden section are blank with no items in either. I am unable to change, add, or hide anything.
Thank you for developing Ice - I too started using it after Bartender was sold and find it perfect.

[chrism229]

The beta 0.11.13-dev.2 has fixed this.

[kmnola]

The beta 0.11.13-dev.2 has fixed this.

Not for everyone.

A number of people (myself included) are still having this issue under dev.2.

[stephansann]

+1 - same picture here.
Any logfile or something we could provide to analyze the problem?
BTW I already removed the app and all of its settings-dirs with AppCleaner and started anew. No betterment.

[catagris]

Still on going issue.

[kmnola]

Still on going issue.

IIRC, disabling the "displays have separate spaces" option is what fixed it for me. YMMV.

[stephansann]

@kmnola could you please state (maybe provide a screenshot) where you found this setting? I searched all the setting views but did not found such a setting. Thanks!

[catagris]

@stephansann It is at the bottom of MacOS Settings > Desktop & Dock > Mission Control section
However I have it disabled and still have the issue

[catagris]

Updating to Tahoe 26.2 seems to have made the issue worse as I can't see the menu icons even with Ice bar setting disabled.

[kmnola]

@kmnola could you please state (maybe provide a screenshot) where you found this setting? I searched all the setting views but did not found such a setting. Thanks!

It is in Settings --> Desktop and Dock at the bottom of the options.

I was wrong about part of what I said though. It should be ENABLED. I'm betting you have it disabled currently. If so, try enabling it, and that should fix the issue.

[kmnola]

@stephansann It is at the bottom of MacOS Settings > Desktop & Dock > Mission Control section However I have it disabled and still have the issue

Apologies for the confusion. I mentioned in a newer comment that it needs to actually be ENABLED. I was working from memory originally, but I went back and checked and am now correct.

Try that and see if it works!

[catagris]

So that solved the error of "Unable to display menu bar items"! Makes fullscreen worse but what can you do...

I also had to fix the icons as they all moved to "Always hidden"