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Ice 0.11.0 (Beta 3)

12 Sep 14:32
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Ice 0.11.0 (Beta 3) Pre-release
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What's New

  • Brand new UI.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a timeout that can occur when moving menu bar items while running certain apps that modify system events.
  • Improved compatibility with macOS 15.

Known Issues

  • Applying menu bar item spacing can occasionally fail. This can be resolved by logging out.
  • Ice's menu bar item does not respect spacing changes. This can be resolved by restarting Ice.
  • Menu bar item search field may not receive initial focus.

Full Changelog: 0.11.0-beta.2...0.11.0-beta.3

Ice 0.11.0 (Beta 2)

01 Sep 10:58
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Ice 0.11.0 (Beta 2) Pre-release
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Bug Fixes

  • When temporarily showing menu bar items, Ice no longer moves them if they are already shown.
  • Immovable items, such as Control Center, now correctly show their menus when toggling them through search.
  • Various minor fixes.

Known Issues

  • Applying menu bar item spacing can occasionally fail.
  • Ice icon does not respect changes in menu bar item spacing.

Note

The above issues can be resolved by logging out and logging back in.

Full Changelog: 0.11.0-beta.1...0.11.0-beta.2

Ice 0.11.0 (Beta 1)

22 Aug 16:46
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Ice 0.11.0 (Beta 1) Pre-release
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What's New

  • Search menu bar items using a custom hotkey.
  • Adjust the spacing between menu bar items.
  • Customize the time it takes to rehide temporarily shown menu bar items.

Known Issues

  • Applying menu bar item spacing can occasionally fail.
  • Ice icon does not respect changes in menu bar item spacing.

Note

The above issues can be resolved by logging out and logging back in.

New Contributors

Full Changelog: 0.10.5...0.11.0-beta.1

Ice 0.10.5

17 Aug 02:35
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What's New

  • Accessibility support for Ice Bar.
  • Partial accessibility support for menu bar item layout (work in progress).
  • Various UI updates.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed the occurrence of false positives in menu bar item responsiveness check.
  • Temporarily shown menu bar items are now remembered if their app is restarted.
  • Fixed potential undefined behavior when toggling between sections in Ice Bar.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the hidden section to toggle when clicking the Apple menu.

Other Changes

  • Restored the ability to choose the location of the Ice Bar.

New Contributors

Full Changelog: 0.10.4...0.10.5

Ice 0.10.4

31 Jul 23:56
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What's New

  • Added the ability to set a custom delay for the "show on hover" feature.
  • Improved the wording of settings and descriptions throughout the app.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a regression that caused application menus to sometimes fail to hide.
  • Fixed vertical offset of menu bar items in settings when showing scroll bars.
  • The notch is now taken into account when temporarily showing menu bar items.
  • Ice now ignores interactions with the notch. This improves compatibility with apps that utilize notch space.
  • Improved menu bar appearance reliability for apps that dynamically update their application menus.

Other Changes

  • To keep the available options simple, the ability to set the location of the Ice Bar has been removed.

Full Changelog: 0.10.3...0.10.4

Ice 0.10.3

20 Jul 21:13
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What's New

  • Items shown by the Ice Bar are no longer immediately rehidden when the Ice Bar is opened again. This allows multiple items to be shown at once.
  • Ice's menu bar items now use a variable length instead of fixed.
  • Simplified options in settings for a more streamlined experience.

Bug Fixes

  • More robust rehiding for items shown by Ice Bar.
  • Improved consistency of the "Focused app" rehide strategy when clicking on inactive displays.
  • Work around clipped menu items when using the "Split" appearance on multi-display setups.
  • Extended delay in event tap callback to help prevent occasional item movement timeouts.

Full Changelog: 0.10.2...0.10.3

Ice 0.10.2

11 Jul 01:03
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What's New

  • Improved the logic for retrieving menu bar items.
  • Menu bar item images no longer update if the app isn't focused, leading to increased efficiency and the purple screen capture icon appearing less often.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a crash that would occur when the Ice Bar was longer than the width of the screen.
  • Fixed a visual glitch where menu bar items wouldn't initially show in the "Menu Bar Items" settings.
  • Fixed faulty menu bar item image caching.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the visible section's arranging interface to disappear in "Menu Bar Items" settings when the Ice icon was disabled.
  • Adjusted the menu bar split appearance shape to have even padding on both sides when using the inset appearance on screens with a notch.

Full Changelog: 0.10.1...0.10.2

Ice 0.10.1

09 Jul 11:59
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NOTE: This is a hotfix release for a bug that was introduced in 0.10.0 that could prevent one or more sections from hiding.

What's New (0.10.0)

  • Menu bar items can now be shown in a secondary bar below the menu bar! (look for "Use Ice Bar" in the "General" settings pane).
  • Added ability to move menu bar items individually in a new "Menu Bar Items" settings pane.
  • Menu bar appearance can now be inset on screens with a notch.
  • Ice now ensures that the always-hidden section stays to the left of the hidden section.
  • Added the ability to disable the always-hidden section.
  • Ice now launches in the background by default.
  • Ice now uses the GPL-3.0 license.

Bug Fixes (0.10.0)

  • The menu bar appearance overlay should now work with fullscreen in apps that don't use the default macOS fullscreen interface, such as VLC and Keynote.
  • Reliably check for default macOS fullscreen spaces.
  • Fixed mouse location checks in fullscreen and when using multiple displays.
  • The menu bar appearance now renders at the correct size across multiple displays with different sized menu bars (i.e. when one display has a notch and the other does not).
  • Fixed screen flicker when playing DRM media.
  • Improved reliability of application menu hiding.
  • Fixed excessive CPU usage by menu bar overlay panel when switching apps.

Full Changelog: 0.10.0...0.10.1

Ice 0.10.0

09 Jul 02:17
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What's New

  • Menu bar items can now be shown in a secondary bar below the menu bar! (look for "Use Ice Bar" in the "General" settings pane).
  • Added ability to move menu bar items individually in a new "Menu Bar Items" settings pane.
  • Menu bar appearance can now be inset on screens with a notch.
  • Ice now ensures that the always-hidden section stays to the left of the hidden section.
  • Added the ability to disable the always-hidden section.
  • Ice now launches in the background by default.
  • Ice now uses the GPL-3.0 license.

Bug Fixes

  • The menu bar appearance overlay should now work with fullscreen in apps that don't use the default macOS fullscreen interface, such as VLC and Keynote.
  • Reliably check for default macOS fullscreen spaces.
  • Fixed mouse location checks in fullscreen and when using multiple displays.
  • The menu bar appearance now renders at the correct size across multiple displays with different sized menu bars (i.e. when one display has a notch and the other does not).
  • Fixed screen flicker when playing DRM media.
  • Improved reliability of application menu hiding.
  • Fixed excessive CPU usage by menu bar overlay panel when switching apps.

New Contributors

Full Changelog: 0.9.0...0.10.0

Ice 0.10.0 (Beta 6)

02 Jul 01:05
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Ice 0.10.0 (Beta 6) Pre-release
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What's New

  • You can now right click items in the Ice Bar
  • Ice Bar now dynamically changes its color depending on its location
  • Menu bar appearance can now be inset on screens with a notch
  • Added the ability to disable the always-hidden section
  • Ice now ensures that the always-hidden section stays to the left of the hidden section
  • Ice now uses the GPL-3.0 license

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed menu bar item image capture
  • Items and their images are no longer cached during a move
  • Items are no longer arranged while the mouse is moving or a mouse button is down
  • Fixed application menus occasionally not hiding
  • Fixed a bug where appearance overlays would move to another screen on multi-display setups where one screen had a fullscreen space
  • Menu bar appearance now renders at the correct size on different screens when one of them has a notch

Full Changelog: 0.10.0-beta.5...0.10.0-beta.6