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mortennn/dozer

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TLDR

Small free Mac app that hides cluttered menu bar icons behind a dot, letting you show or hide them with a single click whenever you need them.

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  root((Dozer))
    What it does
      Hides menu bar icons
      One-click reveal
      Two icon groups
    How to install
      Homebrew Cask
      Manual download
    Requirements
      macOS 10.13 plus
      Swift app
    Use Cases
      Clean screenshots
      Declutter menu bar
      Option key group
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Hide distracting menu bar icons to declutter your Mac desktop

USE CASE 2

Take clean screenshots or recordings without exposing app icons

USE CASE 3

Organize menu bar icons into two groups revealed separately

USE CASE 4

Keep a second hidden group of icons accessible only with the Option key

Tech stack

SwiftmacOS

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Requires macOS 10.13 High Sierra or later.

Free to use and modify, but changes to the source code must be shared under the same Mozilla Public License 2.0.

In plain English

Dozer is a small Mac app that hides icons in your menu bar. If you have a lot of apps running, your menu bar can fill up with icons for things like cloud sync tools, communication apps, and utilities, making it crowded and hard to read. Dozer lets you tuck those icons out of sight with a click and bring them back when you need them. The way it works is that Dozer places one or two small dot icons in your menu bar. You drag the icons you want to hide to the left of the second Dozer dot. After that, clicking any Dozer icon hides or shows that group. There is also an optional third dot that controls a second group of icons, revealed only when you hold the Option key and click. Moving menu bar icons requires holding the Command key and dragging, which is standard macOS behavior. You can install Dozer through Homebrew Cask with a single command, or download it manually from the releases page and drag it to your Applications folder. It requires macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later. The app is written in Swift and is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
How do I install Dozer on my Mac using Homebrew?
Prompt 2
Walk me through setting up two separate hidden icon groups in Dozer using the Option key feature.
Prompt 3
Why won't Dozer hide my menu bar icons, what am I doing wrong?
Prompt 4
How do I move menu bar icons to the left of the Dozer dot to hide them?
Prompt 5
Can Dozer run automatically at login and hide my icons on startup?
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