For example, while Dropbox offers access to settings from its app, there’s no way to pause or resume sync, or to see what’s syncing without the menu bar extra. However, some apps don’t let you do this there would be no other way of accessing settings or features. Many of them can be removed, usually from a check box in the preferences or settings. For third-party items, you’ll need to check the apps that added the menu bar extras. (And you’ll be able to do this with third-party extras in macOS Sierra.)įor system items, just press Command and drag a menu bar extra away from the menu bar to remove it. Then on the General window, uncheck the 'Automatically hide and show the menu bar' to prevent menu bar from disappearing on macOS Mojave. In the Battery options, click the checkbox next to Show Percentage. In the sidebar on the left, scroll down to the Other Modules section and click Battery. Click Dock & Menu Bar in the preferences panel. On macOS Mojave, click on the System Preferences, the System Preferences window will open. Launch System Preferences from your Mac’s Dock, from the Applications folder, or from the Apple menu bar ( -> System Preferences). You can change the position of any third-party menu bar extra by pressing the Command key, clicking it, and dragging it to a new location. The setting will prevent the menu bar to hide automatically. Menu bar extras are in two groups: third-party items at the left, system items at the right.
Next come system menu bar extras: Messages, Wi-Fi, Eject, Time Machine, Volume, Bluetooth, Input, User, Spotlight, Notification Center.
Here’s what’s in my menu bar, from left to right: Dropbox, Airfoil Satellite, TypeIt4Me, Bus圜al, BitTorrent Sync, HazeOver, Moom, f.lux, Evernote, Plex, then a group of status menu bar extras from iStat Menus.