The menu bar is a fundamental element of the Mac operating system and a trademark before NeXTSTEP. It is located at the top of the screen and provides access to all the options and tools available in the system. Through the menu bar we can access application options, system preferences, file actions and folders and much more.
The top slot is the most common on most operating systems, as it allows easy access to all available options and tools. However, with a little application, it is possible change menu bar position to other locations. Useful if you prefer a different distribution of elements on the screen or to adapt to a specific screen configuration.
Unusual customization, but very useful with multiple monitors
Changing the location of the menu bar on Mac involves using the Menuwhere app, a pun between “menu” and “anywhere” and, as the name suggests, allows us a very interesting customization. The menu bar is always present at the top, yes, but simplified access adds to the options that we need to access this important part of the system.
Work much like a context menu would do, Menuwhere allows us to configure a keyboard and mouse shortcut so that where we are at a given time, all the menus are displayed. We can customize the key combination we need, and that’s just the start of customization.
We can hide some menus, like the help menu, hide options that are not available to reduce the number of items and also configure both menu size and color scheme. We can even, if we prefer, see the menu of all the applications open on the Mac at a given time in one.
Keep everything organized and tidy with the tree structure that we already know from the other menus and submenus, the truth is that Menuwhere’s proposal is quite surprising. A proposal that, depending on the configuration of the monitors we use —both in quantity and size—, becomes much more interesting than it seems using a single screen.
It is clear that the power customizing our workflows on Mac is vitally important take care of our productivity. It is true that wanting to move the menu bar is not the most common option, but in more than one circumstance it can be useful. Luckily, thanks to apps like Menu where it’s really easy.
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