Comments on: Rearrange the Status Items in the Mac Menu Bar

By: mele

mele — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 07:51:48 +0000

It still works at 10.8. Just push command key and move icons, remember that you can only move apple-icons like wifi, volume, battery etc.

By: Zach

Zach — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 05:17:23 +0000

Hi,

This seems to be broken in Lion and Mountain Lion…is there a workaround for this? I would love to be able to rearrange them the way I like, escpecially for the system apps like BatteryTime.

By: go

go — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:44:56 +0000

many thanks…

By: Cory

Cory — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:36:26 +0000

@Dave: It looks like 3rd party developers have access to this functionality, but not all use it.

For example, I can’t move Dropbox, Canon IJ Network Scan Utility, nor Billings timers in the menu bar (which stinks because it’s all the way to the left – so I only see it when using apps with narrow menu options like Finder).

I can move iStat Menus items though. I’m not affiliated with them in anyway, but they’re awesome – highly recommended. Plus it’s nice that they’ve gone the extra mile allowing them to be rearranged.

Thanks for the post.

By: Daniel P. Long

Daniel P. Long — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:13:07 +0000

@Dave: You are right. I cannot use this hint to rearrange 3rd party app.
Anyway, thanks for the post.

By: Dave M.

Dave M. — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:29:34 +0000

Actually, the only ones that move are ones developed by Apple. My menubar is populated with about 30 items from various applications. Only the Apple items are able to move about with the Command key.

I’m assuming that this is because the 3rd party developers don’t feel the need to put in that functionality or it’s an undocumented call that only Apple has access to.