Yosemite Menu Bar
Yosemite Menu Bar for Rainmeter simulates MacOSX menu bar.
It has menus with preset commands and menus that show applications shortcuts that you can easily customize.
Start Menu — Rainmeter version of start menu.
Applications — Menu with mostly used applications. You can easily customize this menu by opening Application Folder and adding or removing shortcuts.
Documents — Menu shows your Documents folder. You can easily switch to Pictures, Music, Videos and you can scroll through your files for quick access. Locations for these folders can be changed in Settings category «Documents and Places» by choosing «Configuration File» and changing paths.
Places — Menu shows mostly accessed places like My Computer, Documents, Downloads, Contacts. It enables you to quickly access or eject removable drive.
System tray icons enables you to change volume, control music player, search files on Computer or Internet. Home page can be set in Settings by choosing «Documents and Places» and «Configuration File».
This small suite comes with Lockscreen and a few desktop widgets like Battery meter, Clock, World Clock, Media Player and Volume Control.
Menu appearance can be easily customized from Settings where you can change Theme, Colors, Transparency, Font. You can change Date and Time Format that appears in system tray and Lockscreen and you can select your media player.
Made to satisfy my own customizing needs
Hope you find it useful
20170821:
Removed script for ejecting CD drive as it caused virus warning at download. Skin package contains executable files needed for some skin functionality and they may cause virus warning as false positive. Skin package has been scanned with Avira Antivirus and Eset NOD32 Antivirus (20170821).
How To : Get Yosemite’s Dark Mode Menu Bar in Mac OS X Mavericks
If you’ve been testing out the Mac OS X Yosemite preview, you already know that Mac OS X 10.10 has a ton of cool under-the-hood tweaks and optimizations. One of the most noticeable changes for me has to be the new flatter look and «Dark Mode,» which changes most UI elements from silver to black, making it easier to use your Mac in low-light conditions.
While the official release of Mac OS X Yosemite is still a month or two away, you can already get some of the new UI changes right now on Mavericks. We’ve already shown you how to get the new Yosemite app icons in your Mavericks dock, now we’ll hit up the menu bar.
Developer Max Rudberg has came out with his own take on «Dark Mode,» releasing a completely black version of the Mac OS X menu bar, called Obsidian Menu Bar.
Step 1: Download & Install Obsidian Menu Bar
After you’ve downloaded Obsidian Menu Bar, extract it, then double-click the script labeled Install Obsidian Menu Bar (you’ll need to enter your admin password).
Keep in mind that this cannot be toggled on and off as easily as Dark Mode in Yosemite, so a full uninstall will be required to go back to stock.
Step 2: Move the «WhiteUIServer.Menu» File
Once the install has finished, move WhiteUIServer.menu anywhere, but be sure it’s a location where it will not be deleted. I keep mine in the main Documents folder.
You will also need to add WhiteUIServer.menu to your login items. To do that go to System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> Login Items, tap the + icon, and add WhiteUIServer.menu.
Step 3: Turn Off Translucent Menu Bar
To finish up the installation, go to System Preferences -> Desktop & Screen Saver -> Desktop and uncheck Translucent menu bar.
Now all you will have to do is log out and back in to see the changes take effect.
Optional Steps
The developer also suggested a few extra steps to make Obsidian Menu Bar look even better. First, you should uncheck LCD Font Smoothing from System Preferences -> General. This will reduce the width of the menu bar font to help it blend in better with the background.
He also included some third-party menu bar icons in Installer Content -> Applications. To install the icons, right-click any app in your Applications folder and click Show Package Contents.
Move the icons from Installer Content\Applications\App Name to Contents -> Resources. You will need to click Replace, then enter your password for the files to successfully be copied.
After the icons have been replaced, just log out and in again. You should now have a fully functional Dark Mode menu bar on your Mac running Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9 to 10.9.4.
Return to Stock
Unlike Yosemite, this mod does not come with a deactivate toggle, so to go back to stock, you will need to run the Restore Default Menu Bar script. After the script finishes, you will also need to remove WhiteUIServer.menu from your login items.
Now all that is left is to restart your computer and you will be completely back to normal. If you run into any problems getting the menu bar to apply correctly, be sure to drop me a comment, or hit us up on Facebook and Twitter.
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Yosemite style OS X icons
New version 1024x1024px Yosemite style icons download: tigercat-hu.deviantart.com/art…
Finder (Floppy, TotalCommander), Forklift, Safari, Chrome, Mail, Skype, FaceTime, Messages, Contacts, Calendar, To-Do, Wunderlist, Text editor, iA Writer, Libre Office, Skitch, Pixelmator, Pixlr, Fotor, Vox, iTunes, iPhoto, uTorrent, JDownloader, Handbrake, Video Converter Ultimate, Subtitle Converter, iVI, Meta Movie, VLC, MediaHuman Audio Converter, Ringer, Meta, File list to Excel, Better Rename, FastPreview, App Store, System Preferences
And some icon in progress .
Download Yosemite icons: www.4shared.com/zip/bP782zygce…
512×512 px, ICNS and PNG format.
Update 08.09.2014. (new Yosemite icons):
Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Excel, Preview, Mozilla Firefox, Viber, TextWrangler
Update 23.10.2014. (new Yosemite icons):
ResizeIt, Image Capture, Frank DeLoupe, FaceTime, Disk Utility, Sketch, Astro, and new Calendar app icons.
Update 12.11.2014. (new Yosemite icons):
Facebook, App Deal Whale, Comburet, Feedly, Razer Synapse, ReadKit, iBooks, iMovie, JDownloader2 app icons.
Update 20.11.2014. (new Yosemite icons):
The Unarchiver, iStat Mini, Battery Diag, KeyboardClean Tool, Lock Me Now, Locko, Keychain Access, Command-C, PopClip, ClipMenu, BetterSnapTool, AppCleaner, Disk Diag, The Duplicate Finder, CleanMyDrive, Ds Store Remover, Disk Utility, BlackMagic Disk Speed Test, iConvert Icons, Dock Preview, LiteIcon, Who’s On My WiFi, MacTracker, System Information, TinkerTool, Terminal, Activity Monitor app icons.
Update 22.11.2014. (new Yosemite icons):
Microsoft Outlook and Power Point
Update 25.11.2014. (new Yosemite icons):
CDRViewer, Preview, Degrees, ProsVsCons, RetinaCapture, DxOPerspective, ImageCapture, Dropbox
Update 10.12.2014. (new Yosemite icons):
MemoryClean, Memorandum
Update 29.12.2014. (new Yosemite icons):
Scroll Reverser, BetterTouchTool, WiFi Scanner
Update 09.01.2015. (new Yosemite icons):
Blocs, Xpressive, Macaw, Affinity Designer
Update 05.02.2015. (new Yosemite icons):
Mozilla Thunderbird, Google AdWords Editor, Temperature Gauge
Update 02.03.2015. (new Yosemite icons):
App For Gmail, Twitter, Tumblr, TinkerTool, Keychain, Locko
Update 06.03.2015. (new Yosemite icons):
Maxthon, Monodraw, FastBack, Microsoft OneNote
How to Add, Remove, and Rearrange Menu Bar Icons in macOS Mojave
The macOS menu bar is a great place for quickly accessing system and application functions using menu extras or «menulets», but it can get cluttered pretty quickly as more and more icons vie for a space there.
If the corner of your Mac’s screen is fast becoming an eyesore, here are some quick and simple actions you can perform to bring order to the chaos, plus a few additional tips for making the most of Apple’s menu bar extras.
How to Rearrange Icons in the Menu Bar
Plenty of menu bar icons offer useful shortcuts to app and system functions, and may take up permanent residence on your screen. But left to their own devices, the arrangement of said icons is likely to become haphazard. Fortunately, re-organizing them is simple, once you know how to do it.
- Hold down the Command (⌘) key.
Hover your mouse cursor over the icon you want to move.
Holding down the left mouse button, drag the icon into your preferred position on the menu bar. Other icons will step aside to make space for it.
Note that the Notifications icon in macOS is designed to sit in the far right corner of the menu bar and cannot be moved elsewhere.
How to Remove System Icons From the Menu Bar
Icons linked to system controls can be easily removed from the menu bar in the following way:
- Hold down the Command (⌘) key.
Hover your mouse cursor over the icon you want to remove.
Holding down the left mouse button, drag the icon out of the menu bar and onto the desktop.
If the icon doesn’t vanish with a «whoosh» sound, then it was likely put there by a third-party app you or another user installed. In that case, look for an option in the associated app’s settings such as «Show in Menu Bar» and uncheck it.
How to Add System Icons to the Menu Bar
If you removed a system icon from the menu bar and would like it back, or if you’d like to add a fresh one, you can find options in the associated preference panes. For example, to reinstate the AirPlay icon in the menu bar:
- Click the apple symbol in the far left of the menu bar and select System Preferences. .
- Select the Display preference pane.
- At the bottom of the pane, check the box to «Show mirroring options in the menu bar when available».
Similar menu bar options relating to Sound volume, Bluetooth, Siri, Time Machine, and Accessibility status can be found in their respective preference panes. In addition to Wi-Fi status (listed below), the Network pane will also offer «menulet» options for things like modems and VPNs if you have them set up, while menu bar icons related to keyboard, battery, user account, and date/time are located less obviously in the following preference pane menus and tabs:
- Keyboard ->Input Sources -> Show Input menu in menu bar.
Menu Bar Extras
For one reason or another, some menulet options remain hidden in System Preferences by default. Interested users can find the full collection in the System folder: Open a Finder window, from the menu bar select Go -> Go to Folder. and then navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras.
Some of the extras in this folder are pretty obscure, but one or two might come in handy – like Eject if you use an optical drive, or Ink if you connect a graphics tablet to your Mac, for example. Just double-click any that look useful and they’ll be added to the menu bar. They can be removed just as easily using the Command (⌘) key method described above.
Finally, users looking for a more comprehensive method of managing menu bar icons should consider third-party app Bartender 3 ($15).