Mac users lack context-based control over menu bar icons
Mac users who manage menu bar icons want them to appear only in relevant contexts, such as on the built-in display, during a Focus mode, or when the battery is low or Wi-Fi is disconnected. The requests identify these as missing behaviors in Ice; one user says the display limitation is keeping them from switching from Bartender. The evidence shows specific gaps in existing tools, not that every menu bar manager lacks these features.
For mac users who customize their menu bars. Mentioned from Jun 2024 to Aug 2025 on GitHub.
4 different people described this problem in 2 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 5.0/10
- Pain
- 4.5/10
- Frequency
- 5.8/10
- Willingness to pay
- 0.0/10
- Momentum
- 5.0/10
- Who pays
- Consumers
- Competition
- High
- Build difficulty
- High
What people said
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+1 on this, it's the only missing thing that keeps me moving from Bartender (and then paying for the app)
- only show battery if <= X% of juice left - only show wifi if disconnected from network Those are the big 2 things I'm missing
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