Better Status Bar for MacOS
Combine Ubersicht, Yabai, SKHD and Simple-Bar for an awesome MacOS menu bar.
I've been using Ubersicht to generate a pretty status bar for me on MacOS:
![](https://staging.ivans.io/content/images/2021/04/Screen-Shot-2021-04-09-at-4.39.31-PM.png)
After upgrading to Big Sur, I've noticed that my Battery widget seems to have broken. While searching for ways to fix it, I stumbled upon https://www.jeantinland.com/toolbox/simple-bar/
simple-bar | Jean Tinland
![](https://www.jeantinland.com/images/simple-bar/demo/bg.jpg)
![](https://staging.ivans.io/content/images/2021/04/Screen-Shot-2021-04-09-at-4.32.30-PM.png)
This is a beautiful bar that brings some more interactivity to the widgets, and fixes some of the issues I had with the yabai space indicators.
Old:
![](https://staging.ivans.io/content/images/2021/04/Screen-Shot-2021-04-09-at-4.39.24-PM.png)
New:
![](https://staging.ivans.io/content/images/2021/04/Screen-Shot-2021-04-09-at-4.33.08-PM.png)
I now set my MacOS menu bar to automatically hide, and use this bar instead for all of my needs.
![](https://staging.ivans.io/content/images/2021/04/Screen-Shot-2021-04-09-at-4.41.34-PM.png)
Combined with named spaces and app icon previews, it's now very convenient to navigate on my Mac.
If you want to set this up, install these apps: