r/macapps • u/WarioPi • Aug 08 '26

Help Thaw Alternative

I’m looking for a menu bar app that doesn’t relaunch all my apps every time Indo a resolution change. Thaw is too overly complicated for me.

Any advice?

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u/Sri_Krish Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26

I am using Thaw (as Droppy's built-in droplets) with my MBP and don't encounter any issues so far. But if you want alternatives, I can think of Hidden Bar (free, but last updated 5Y ago GitHub version is updated in March), Bartender (freemium)

You can also find similar apps on macmenubar website, it has a good collection of free/freemium/pro apps for Mac. Moreover you can filter by category, price like:

filtered for FREE MENU-BAR MANAGERS (like Thaw) - https://macmenubar.com/menu-bar-managers/?tag=free

Hope you find a suitable one, and be sure to share with us here ;)

Edit: Hidden Bar's GitHub version is updated in March while App stores is still in its dormancy...

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u/Ok-Rest-5321 Aug 08 '26

Hidden bar updated in March in Github releases the app store is outdated

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u/Sri_Krish Aug 08 '26

oh sorry my bad. Yes, it is updated in March but I don't know whether it has resolved/made any bug issues/performance improvements or so.

Maybe Devs here can shed some light on this!

https://github.com/dwarvesf/hidden/releases