Changelog

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.