Changelog

New

• Separators — new group dividers for your menu bar: a thin line, a hollow ring, and a diamond, alongside the existing bullet and blank spacers. Drag one onto a bar to add it; right-click or drag it off to remove.

Fixed

• Sharper icons — fixed a case where an item could pick up the wrong image (a nearby panel or popover) instead of its own icon; icons now match the real menu bar reliably.

Improved

• Backups — your pinned snapshots now group at the top of the Backups list (under "Pinned"), so they're never buried below newer automatic backups.

New

• Layout Presets — save your menu bar as named layouts and switch between them in one click. Includes a built-in Minimal preset for clean screenshots, with a progress window that shows the rearrange and tells you the moment it's done.

Improved

• Smarter crash recovery — if a menu-bar app crashes and relaunches, JellyBar restores it to where you had it instead of dropping it into Hidden.
• Clearer settings — the Behavior glyph picker is now labeled "Divider."

Fixed

• Sharper icons — fixed (and now self-heals) a case where two apps could show the same captured icon.

New

• Apps that show multiple menu-bar icons (e.g. CodexBar) now reorder reliably and keep their order, even across app updates.

Fixed

• Returning from sleep no longer briefly flashes hidden icons or locks the cursor — JellyBar waits for displays to settle before arranging.
• Restoring an older backup or upgrading now migrates your layout cleanly instead of misplacing grouped icons.

Polished

• Minor Settings refinements (Quit footer).

New

• Hidden-item count on the chevron — see how many icons are tucked away at a glance (toggle in Behavior).
• Choose your chevron icon — double chevron, single chevron, arrow, bullet, or line.
• Optional update notifications — a banner when a new version is available, alongside the menu-bar indicator.
• Permissions panel — Accessibility and Screen Recording status at a glance in Settings, with one-click enable.
• Quick links in About — Website, Support, Privacy, and What's New.
• Color-coded Settings tabs.
• A Quit button right inside Settings.

Improved

• Backups are now scoped per Mac — each Mac keeps its own layouts, iCloud no longer mixes machines, and each Mac only deletes its own backups.
• The Backups list opens instantly, even with many iCloud-synced backups.

Fixed

• The Settings window could open behind other apps.
• A brief flash of generic icons right after revealing hidden items.
• Backup cleanup counts and previews are now accurate, and backup timestamps are correct regardless of your region's calendar.

Initial public release.

Organize your menu bar

• Sort your menu bar icons into an Active section (always visible) and a Hidden section, divided by a chevron — tuck away the clutter, keep what matters.
• Arrange everything by drag-and-drop in a visual Settings editor. JellyBar keeps the order you set, and quietly absorbs icons you ⌘-drag in the bar itself.

Reveal & hide

• Reveal hidden icons on hover or click, with an adjustable hover delay so a casual mouse sweep doesn't pop the bar.
• Auto-hide again after a delay you choose; new icons always start visible so nothing silently disappears.

Spacers & spacing

• Insert small, medium, or large gaps — and bold bullet dots — to group your icons exactly how you like.
• Fine-tune the spacing between all menu bar items with a single slider.

Backups & restore

• Every layout change is backed up automatically and mirrored to iCloud Drive.
• Restore any previous arrangement with one click, preview before you restore, pin manual snapshots that never expire, and import/export layouts as files.

Real menu-bar icons (optional)

• Grant Screen Recording and each item shows its own true icon instead of a generic colored app icon — so look-alike items become distinct. Completely optional, on-demand only, and everything stays on your Mac.

Built to be reliable

• Honest, at-a-glance status so you always know what JellyBar just did.
• Multi-display aware, and your cursor is restored after every rearrange.

System & updates

• Launch at login, an optional Dock icon, and an optional JellyBar menu-bar icon.
• Automatic updates and one-line Homebrew install. Developer ID signed and notarized by Apple.