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Ce este nou în fiecare versiune de uBar.

uBar 5

Version 5.0.0

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

  • New: Overhaul for macOS Tahoe 26+
  • New: Command, an assistant in the bar — speak or type to control the Mac, including apps and windows
  • New: Permissions pane in Settings
  • New: Switch sound output and input from the sound menu
  • New: Headphone charge in the sound menu
  • New: Devices control that lists Bluetooth devices and external Drives
  • New: Battery control displays health and charge cycles in the battery menu
  • New: Computer name and model at the top of the computer menu
  • New: Account name under your name in the uBar menu
  • New: System Settings panes listed as submenus
  • New: Option to show only apps on the current Space
  • New: Center alignment for the bar
  • New: uBar stays in the bar while its own windows are open
  • New: Romanian localization
  • Improved: Updated Hebrew localization
  • Improved: Right-to-left layout followed more completely
  • Improved: Favorites can be dropped while dragging
  • Improved: Superellipse rounded corners

uBar 4

Version 4.2.5

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

  • Fixed: Severe CPU and memory leak when the uBar menu icon is set to the user account photo on macOS 26 (Reported by Yifeng)
  • Fixed: Menu positions corrected for macOS Tahoe 26.0 (Reported by JHX)

Version 4.2.4

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

  • New: Traditional Chinese localization added
  • Improved: Updated localization for French, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, and Turkish
  • Improved: User account photo in the uBar menu and Preferences now loads without delaying the bar
  • Fixed: Solved a crash that could occur when the Applications or System Settings menus were rebuilt
  • Fixed: Rare bug where quit apps would remain in the bar is fixed

Version 4.2.3

Saturday, August 2, 2025

  • Fixed: Menu positions corrected for macOS Sequoia 15.0

Version 4.2.2

Sunday, October 1, 2023

  • Fixed: System Settings panels supported for macOS Ventura 13.0

Version 4.2.1

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

  • Improved: Light or dark themes use appropriate menus regardless of System theme
  • Improved: Updated localization for Spanish and Italian
  • Fixed: Window-closing on Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, and Opera) is detected
  • Fixed: App-quitting on Catalyst apps (Home, Messages) is detected
  • Fixed: Untitled System Preference item removed on macOS Monterey 12.0
  • Fixed: Missing System Preferences icons added on macOS Big Sur 11.0

Version 4.2.0

Sunday, August 22, 2021

  • Fixed: Missing System Preferences panes such as Bluetooth and Sidecar are now included (Reported by Robin Siebler)

Version 4.1.9

Sunday, August 15, 2021

  • New: Welcome window requires Screen Recording permission on macOS Catalina 10.15
  • New: uBar can be hidden from the uBar menu via Terminal command
  • New: Option for Switching via Control-Option-1, 2, 3… is added to the Shortcuts preference pane
  • Improved: uBar now available via the Dock while the Welcome window is visible
  • Improved: SF Symbol preference icons on macOS Big Sur 11.0
  • Improved: SF Symbol icons for uBar menu system actions on macOS Big Sur 11.0
  • Fixed: Windows no longer missing titles on macOS Catalina 10.15
  • Fixed: Fullscreen auto-hiding works under macOS Catalina 10.15
  • Fixed: Window previews now available under macOS Catalina 10.15

Version 4.1.8

Monday, July 26, 2021

  • Fixed: System applications now display on macOS Catalina 10.15
  • Fixed: System utilities now display on macOS Catalina 10.15
  • Fixed: Trash now requests Full Disk Access on macOS Mojave 10.14

Version 4.1.7

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

  • New: Universal app with native Apple Silicon support

Version 4.1.6

Friday, May 1, 2020

  • Fixed: Shared system apps show correct icons under macOS Catalina 10.15

Version 4.1.5

Monday, November 18, 2019

  • Fixed: Solved a window preview crash (Reported by Mitch Greenfield)

Version 4.1.4

Sunday, April 14, 2019

  • New: Korean localization added (Thanks to Squarable Cat)
  • Improved: App menu arrows now use the foreground color (Suggested by Christoph Diehl)
  • Fixed: Cursor sets to arrow when transitioning from a window’s resize area to uBar

Version 4.1.3

Thursday, December 6, 2018

  • New: New Platinum Dunkel theme
  • New: The calendar now marks events as dots
  • New: The calendar can now be disabled (Suggested by Gregor Hermanowski)
  • New: Option to add/remove apps from exclusions in app menu (Suggested by Kyle DeMilo)

Version 4.1.2

Thursday, November 29, 2018

  • New: Middle-click to toggle mute on the Sound control
  • Improved: Sound control now reflects mute state and better reflects digital output devices
  • Improved: Battery control now displays bolt when charging (Suggested by Chi-Ming Chow)
  • Fixed: Preferences now list multiple secondary displays of the same model
  • Fixed: Spaces control icon now updates properly when using fullscreen windows
  • Fixed: App progress and empty trash now work in Mojave

Version 4.1.1

Monday, October 15, 2018

  • New: Mouse scrolling works to change calendar months (Suggested by Chi-Ming Chow)
  • Fixed: Trash status now properly updates
  • Fixed: Calendar uses the badge color for the current day

Version 4.1.0

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

  • New: macOS 10.14 Mojave compatibility
  • New: Dark Mode support
  • New: Sound control can be shown in the auxiliary areas

Version 4.0.9

Friday, September 14, 2018

  • Fixed: Solved a crash when add to favorites (Thanks to Allan Nyholm Nielsen)

Version 4.0.8

Thursday, September 13, 2018

  • New: Spaces control can be shown in the auxiliary areas
  • New: Battery control can be shown in the auxiliary areas
  • Improved: Danish localization updated (Thanks to Allan Nyholm Nielsen)
  • Fixed: Dragging over items in the favorite area uses the highlight color
  • Fixed: Holding Option/Alt over a restorable app no longer shows a Hide/Unhide tooltip
  • Fixed: Displays in the General preference pane now show an icon on macOS 10.13
  • Fixed: Show Separators option in the Areas preference pane now work again

Version 4.0.7

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

  • New: Apps that are restorable by the system on launch are now indicated by a blue app status pattern
  • New: Initial localization into Hebrew with RTL support
  • Improved: User account in uBar menu now allows for longer names (Suggested by Allan Nyholm Nielsen)

Version 4.0.6

Sunday, June 10, 2018

  • New: Favorited folders can now be sorted by Name, Date Added/Modified/Created, or Kind (Suggested by John Muccigrosso)
  • New: App names can now be overridden in the Apps preference pane

Version 4.0.5

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

  • New: Drives in menu now organized by connection type
  • New: Badge color can now be customized in the Theme preference pane (Suggested by Anton Prokopyev)
  • Fixed: Badges now show for first window of an app on each bar (Reported by Michael Sagert)
  • Fixed: iTunes is no longer automatically launched when the Now Playing is used (Reported by Tom Munson)
  • Fixed: General, Internet Accounts, and Spotlight System Preference icons now work on macOS 10.12+

Version 4.0.4

Friday, November 3, 2017

  • New: Option to include apps that are favorited is added to the Apps preference pane (Suggested by Brent Hodgins)
  • New: Command-clicking the Desktop favorite shows it in the Finder
  • New: Hold Option to immediately Shut Down, Restart, or Log Out in menu (Suggested by Kyle DeMilo)
  • New: All file menus now resolve aliases of folders and allow them to be navigated

Version 4.0.3

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

  • Improved: Rimless-mode underline is now always on the side of the screen edge (Suggested by Joonas Pääkkö)
  • Fixed: Apps dynamically switching to non-UI no longer adds UI apps to bar (Reported by Walt Ribeiro)

Version 4.0.2

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

  • New: Support for apps dynamically switching their type to and from UI-only (Suggested by Tim Erickson)
  • Improved: Window previews have smaller frames for larger column counts
  • Fixed: Window previews no longer crash with Favourite apps on non-primary bar (Reported by Michele Dal Corso)
  • Fixed: Computer menu in uBar menu no longer shows non-volumes (Reported by Kyle DeMilo)
  • Fixed: Certain wrapper apps like Epichrome no longer launch their generic executable on toggle (Reported by Jerome Dahdah)

Version 4.0.1

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

  • New: Option to exclude apps with zero windows is added to the Apps preference pane (Suggested by Christo Hille)
  • Fixed: Auto-resize now works on multi-monitor setups with rotated screens (Reported by Justin Unterreiner)
  • Fixed: Tooltips display for active favorites (Reported by Leroy Clark)
  • Fixed: Folder favorites now show sub-items in Finder
  • Fixed: Steam now displays icon and toggles with zero windows
  • Fixed: Zip files no longer listed as folders
  • Fixed: Opening or emptying the trash now occurs in the background (Reported by Roman Novák)

Version 4.0.0

Sunday, September 10, 2017

  • New: Active favorites
  • New: Favourited apps no longer show up in the main area (Suggested by Luuk van Venrooij)
  • New: Finder can be added to favourites (Suggested by Albert Bori)
  • New: Files, apps, and folders can be dragged to favourites areas
  • New: Pinning preference for bottom
  • New: uBar can be displayed on all monitors simultaneously (Suggested by Pierre Henri)
  • New: Badges are cached for non-running apps
  • New: Resizing cursor
  • New: App progress for Spotify (Suggested by Thomas Braun)
  • New: uBar menu icon can now use the user account photo (Suggested by Jan Zahurancik)
  • New: Hold option in uBar alternate menu for relaunch instead of quit (Suggested by Chi-Ming Chow)
  • New: Favorites menus have option to open items
  • Improved: Light theme uses system appearance colour as the highlight colour
  • Improved: Universal Access reduce transparency option is observed (Suggested by Tyler Bickel)
  • Improved: Separators now show when the background is at 100% opacity
  • Improved: Background opacity minimum changed from 50 to 5% and live-updates

uBar 3

Version 3.2.7

Friday, September 8, 2017

  • New: macOS 10.13 High Sierra compatibility

Version 3.2.6

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

  • Fixed: uBar menu no longer hangs on key input (Reported by Roland Ayala)
  • Fixed: Auto-hide once again blocked when in uBar menu (Reported by Dovid Gurevich)
  • Fixed: App tiles no longer shear when animating under certain circumstances (Reported by Gary Brookshaw)

Version 3.2.5

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

  • New: macOS 10.12 Sierra compatibility – tooltip text was misdrawing under Sierra
  • New: Tooltips now have subtitles for the Trash, iTunes, Mail, Calendar, and Messages
  • Fixed: Tooltips no longer pass screen edge on right when too long (Reported by Steven Palmesano)

Version 3.2.4

Saturday, April 23, 2016

  • Fixed: Launching VLC was causing a crash under certain circumstances (Reported by Vishal Chaudhary)

Version 3.2.3

Friday, April 22, 2016

  • New: App progress added – iTunes, VLC, and MPlayerX show track progress in their app tile
  • New: Showing the calendar on hover is now an option in the Date & Time preferences pane (Suggested by Scott Humphries)
  • New: Timepieces have an information sheet in the Date & Time preference pane
  • Fixed: MPlayerX now autohides when entering fullscreen with the video playing
  • Fixed: Dock no longer shows in Mission Control or Launchpad when in Dock-less mode (Reported by Alexander Lieflander)
  • Note: If you are using Dock-less mode, please turn it off and back on once for the above fix to take effect

Version 3.2.2

Monday, April 18, 2016

  • Fixed: Resizing the bar when it is in auto-hide mode no longer glitches
  • Fixed: Eliminated gap when the bar is positioned at the top (Reported by Ryan Gibbons)

Version 3.2.1

Sunday, April 17, 2016

  • New: Dock-less mode option is added to the Advanced preference pane (Suggested by Julian Rapp)
  • New: Folder windows in window lists now have recursion
  • New: The active window in a window list now has a checkmark
  • New: General preference pane now has option to automatically check for updates (Suggested by Andrea Moro)
  • Improved: Tooltips on title-less apps and windows show PID or WID in developer mode
  • Improved: Activity mode shows red marker on bottom edge of tiles
  • Improved: App order moved from General to Apps preference pane
  • Fixed: The diamond indicating minimized windows in window lists is now white on highlight
  • Fixed: Choosing folders from menus opens them instead of revealing them (Reported by Philip Newton)
  • Fixed: Fitts’s law respected again – clicking under an edge app or window tile activates it

Version 3.2.0

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

  • New: App and window tiles are now animated
  • New: Finder windows now have proxy icons for folders
  • New: Command-clicking a file or folder in a menu reveals it in the Finder (Suggested by David Klingenberg)
  • Improved: Window lists now use proxy icons
  • Fixed: Eliminated slight app highlight delay when moving the mouse quickly
  • Fixed: Eliminated app highlight burst when closing app or window menus

Version 3.1.9

Sunday, April 10, 2016

  • New: All folder menus now have unlimited recursion (Suggested by Mark Bellon)
  • Fixed: Issue where folders could not be opened from menus solved
  • Fixed: Shows folders first option now takes immediate effect

Version 3.1.8

Friday, April 8, 2016

  • New: Calendar now uses the First day of the week setting from System Preferences (Suggested by Anders Holm)
  • Fixed: Calendar no longer shows the wrong day of the week in some locales (Reported by Juliet Chen)
  • Fixed: File and app names that were not being localized in various places now are
  • Fixed: Issue where apps that are quit might remain since 3.1.7 is solved

Version 3.1.7

Friday, April 8, 2016

  • New: Trash icon now reflects whether or not it is empty or full and shows file count
  • Improved: German localization updated (Thanks to Stefan Kovalovsky)
  • Improved: Japanese localization updated (Thanks to Masahiro Takeuchi)
  • Fixed: uBar menu icon now uses override (Reported by Louie Mantia)
  • Fixed: Rare case where app flashing wouldn’t stop is fixed (Reported by Jerome Dahdah)
  • Fixed: Apps now use specific package icon rather than general bundle identifier icon
  • Fixed: Steam apps with poor Info.plist implementations now display titles

Version 3.1.6

Friday, March 18, 2016

  • New: App flashes added to the Preferences under General (Suggested by Max Bratsun)
  • Fixed: MAS Upgrade button now ensures that the MAS version is installed (Reported by Kamil Kiryluk)
  • Fixed: OS X 10.9 Mavericks compatible again – had broken in 3.1.5 (Reported by Stefan Kovalovsky)

Version 3.1.5

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

  • New: App tiles now flash when the app wants attention – equivalent of Dock bounces
  • Fixed: Firefox no longer fails to register windows (Reported by Jesse Kay)
  • Fixed: Mail no longer shows ghost windows (Reported by John Ellis)

Version 3.1.4

Sunday, March 13, 2016

  • New: Control+Option+1, 2, 3… 0 switches to the app or window in the corresponding position (Suggested by Maxim Soloviev)
  • Improved: Holding Option now changes menus in real-time
  • Fixed: Tooltip and/or preview no longer remain if last app or window in bar is closed (Reported by Seb Insua)
  • Fixed: Icon overrides now work for favourites

Version 3.1.3

Thursday, March 10, 2016

  • New: Hold Option+Command when clicking an app to show it and hide all other apps (Suggested by Steven Harte)
  • New: Holding Option when right-clicking an app shows Hide Others (Suggested by Kyle DeMilo)
  • New: Middle-click quits apps and closes windows (Suggested by Will Jehring)
  • New: Middle-click on the bar toggles auto-hide (Suggested by Tommy Hansen)
  • New: MAS Upgrade button in registration window to upgrade from Sandboxed version
  • Improved: Window preview remains open when closing windows in it (Suggested by John Elm)
  • Improved: App tiles no longer use window title when there is a single window (Suggested by Steve Crooks)
  • Fixed: Registration window buttons adapt to text size

Version 3.1.2

Sunday, November 29, 2015

  • New: Lock Screen added to uBar menu
  • Improved: Polish localization updated (Thanks to Jakub Cabak)
  • Fixed: Full-screen sticky auto-hide bug fixed (Reported by Akio Burns)
  • Fixed: Apps no longer list hidden windows starting with __NS (Reported by John Elm)

Version 3.1.1

Thursday, October 22, 2015

  • Fixed: Eliminated memory leak that occurred when apps crash

Version 3.1.0

Monday, October 12, 2015

  • Improved: Window previews now have popup tails
  • Fixed: Solved a launch crash during rare condition (Reported by Allan Davidson)

Version 3.0.9

Saturday, October 10, 2015

  • New: App window lists now grouped by space
  • Improved: Display list in General preferences now shows display icons
  • Improved: Danish localization updated (Thanks to Allan Nyholm Nielsen)
  • Fixed: Fullscreen spaces are now properly detected, allowing uBar to auto-hide properly (Reported by Gordon Byrnes)
  • Fixed: Windows in fullscreen or hidden spaces now listed
  • Fixed: Favourite menus now have correct margin from bar in non-rimless mode
  • Fixed: New windows no longer appear under uBar (Reported by Tommy Hansen)

Version 3.0.8

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

  • Fixed: Solved a crash involving the uBar menu (Reported by Anders Holm)
  • Fixed: uBar no longer shows on secondary monitor on launch when auto-hiding is enabled
  • Fixed: uBar no longer resizes windows when auto-hidden on top (Reported by Jim Collins)

Version 3.0.7

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

  • New: Right-click any favourite to change it’s position or even move it to the other side (Suggested by Björn Ognibeni)

Version 3.0.6

Monday, October 5, 2015

  • Improved: No longer shows borders on rimless mode if area separators are disabled (Suggested by Zac Gorak)
  • Fixed: Clock size is no longer small in when using the Huge size (Reported by Peter von Diebitsch)
  • Fixed: Solved issue causing the uBar menu to fail to open (Reported by Peter Alexander)
  • Fixed: Shift-clicking to quit/close the last app or window no longer causes the tooltip to remain (Reported by Seb Insua)

Version 3.0.5

Saturday, October 3, 2015

  • New: Shift-click a window preview to close it (Suggested by Matt Dunphy)
  • Improved: When windows aren’t grouped, window previews show only the specific window
  • Improved: Better border-drawing on Rimless mode with titles
  • Improved: Better support for displaying document proxy icons for windows of ungrouped apps
  • Fixed: Solved full-screen auto-hiding issue in El Capitan (Reported by Peter van Westen)
  • Fixed: Check for Updates was broken in 3.0.4 and is now working again

Version 3.0.4

Thursday, October 1, 2015

  • New: Hold Shift+Command when clicking an app to force relaunch it (Suggested by Peter van Westen)
  • Improved: When using titles in Rimless mode, apps now have a thin border (Suggested by Peter van Westen)
  • Fixed: Solved El Capitan bug that was causing intermittent crashes (Reported by Jesse Kay)

Version 3.0.3

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

  • New: New Window preview delay option added to General preferences (Suggested by Peter van Westen)
  • Improved: uBar 2 users get full 4 week trial period (Suggested by Kyle DeMilo)
  • Fixed: Apps no longer take the full width when using over 2 lines with titles enabled on top and bottom
  • Fixed: Timepiece hands no longer blurry on non-retina displays

Version 3.0.2

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

  • Fixed: Apps with flawed launch/AX sequence such as FireFox now report windows properly (Reported by Hans Gerd Evertz)
  • Fixed: Tooltips position correctly during drag and drop when the bar is positioned to the left or right
  • Fixed: uBar removes login item when quit via Command-Q in Preferences (Reported by Peter Maurer)
  • Fixed: Fixed issue where Rimless mode would cause last apps not to show (Reported by Peter van Westen)

Version 3.0.1

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

  • Fixed: uBar Menu text label now responds to clicks property (Reported by Barry Lubov)
  • Fixed: Timepiece hands display properly on retina displays (Reported by Peter van Westen)

Version 3.0.0

Monday, September 28, 2015

  • New: Position uBar to the Bottom, Left, Right, or Top (Suggested by C. P. Pathak)
  • New: Option to display window preview when hovering added to General preferences (Suggested by Peter von Diebitsch)
  • New: Rimless option added to General preferences (Suggested by Gerhard Uwe Heim)
  • New: New Date & Time pane in Preferences window allowing the selection of a Timepiece to display above the Calendar
  • New: User-created custom timepieces can be added in Application Support folder
  • New: User-created custom icons can be added in Application Support folder
  • New: App icon tooltips incorporate keyboard modifiers
  • New: Clicking an app icon while pressing Shift quits it (Suggested by Luigi Viscido)
  • New: Hidden apps icons are now displayed at half-opacity
  • Improved: Dark theme now uses white for the highlight color
  • Fixed: Applications menu sorting now reflects localized title order (Reported by Anders Caous)

uBar 2

Version 2.5.1

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

  • Announcement: uBar 3 is now available with new features and enhancements.
  • Fixed: Tooltips and calendar no longer display at incorrect height on off-axis secondary displays (Reported by Ako Tulu)

Version 2.5.0

Sunday, July 26, 2015

  • New: New Size options: Small, Medium, Large, and Huge
  • Fixed: Shortcuts no longer appear to be reset to default in Preferences (Reported by Philipp Skorpio)
  • Fixed: Turned-off shortcuts no longer accidentally trigger under certain conditions (Reported by Philipp Skorpio)

Version 2.4.9

Monday, June 1, 2015

  • New: New Shortcuts pane in Preferences window allowing a custom shortcut for toggling hiding, showing the uBar menu, and activity mode (Suggested by Tobias Bergström)
  • New: A separator divides folders from Apps in the Applications menu when the Show folders first option is checked (Suggested by Rob Wyatt)
  • Improved: German localization updated (Thanks to Benjamin Bock)
  • Improved: Activity mode is now triggered by the right-control key by default
  • Fixed: Bar no longer visually glitches when it auto-(un)hides on a secondary screen that does not have a common baseline with the primary screen (Reported by Michael McLane)
  • Fixed: Calendar day of the week now displays properly in Chinese
  • Fixed: Apps dragged to the Menu list in the Preferences are now sorted properly (Reported by Rob Wyatt)

Version 2.4.8

Friday, May 8, 2015

  • New: Screen option added to Preferences to display uBar on the Main, Primary, or a Secondary screen (Suggested by David Vrooman)

Version 2.4.7

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

  • New: Help buttons added to Preferences
  • Improved: Window count is slightly faded in App titles
  • Improved: Clock shows more information when using two lines on large size
  • Improved: Unpinned corner radius adapts to to size
  • Fixed: Clicking the clock area launches the default calendar app for ICS files
  • Fixed: uBar no longer moves to corner on Logout

Version 2.4.6

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

  • Improved: Favorite separator now uses foreground color
  • Improved: Badge update priority increased for Postbox and Outlook (Suggested by Chris Caddell)
  • Fixed: Force Quit now works (Reported by Bastiaan van den Berg)

Version 2.4.5

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

  • New: Show Separators option for Favorites area under Preferences
  • New: Portuguese (Brazil) localization added (Thanks to Caio Botafogo)
  • Fixed: Auto-hiding now works correctly when switching to fullscreen windows (Reported by Thomas McMahon)
  • Fixed: Auto-hiding is now respected when uBar windows such as the Preferences window are active (Reported by Robert Camner)
  • Fixed: Welcome window now respects Allow Dock Overlap option (Reported by C. Spencer van Gulick)

Version 2.4.4

Saturday, January 24, 2015

  • New: Dock Defaults and Taskbar Defaults buttons in Preferences under General
  • New: New option to set whether grouped window lists display when left-clicking (Suggested by Melvin Cappellato)
  • New: Sunrise calendar app now supported (Suggested by James Bradley)
  • New: Option to allow the Dock to overlap in Preferences under Advanced (Suggested by Kevin Roberts)
  • Improved: Slack app now has higher badge update priority
  • Improved: Preferences window shows up after Continue is pressed in Welcome window
  • Fixed: Eliminated a memory leak (Reported by Ilsa Loving)
  • Fixed: Can now remove first favorite when Desktop is not included (Reported by Adam Jones)

Version 2.4.3

Monday, January 12, 2015

  • Fixed: Empty trash on large numbers of files no longer blocks the UI (Reported by Allan Nyholm Nielsen)
  • Fixed: Non-unmountable volumes can no longer be dragged to the Trash (Reported by Anders Holm)
  • Fixed: App badges update on app activation (Reported by Matthias Ferber)

Version 2.4.2

Thursday, January 1, 2015

  • Fixed: Preference changes affect size properly with pinning off
  • Fixed: Solved a crash that affected certain systems on launch

Version 2.4.1

Monday, December 29, 2014

  • New: Pinning now reclaims free horizontal space
  • New: Changes to uBar are now animated
  • New: Clicks take effect on mouse down by default instead of mouse up – setting is available in Preferences under Advanced (Suggested by Honor Lee)
  • New: Option to disable behaviour that hides the active app when it is clicked in Preferences under Advanced (Suggested by Dan Caron)
  • Improved: Clicking near the bottom of the screen under an app or window triggers it in accordance with Fitts’s law (Suggested by Ben Morrison)
  • Improved: New Advanced pane in Preferences window
  • Fixed: Flicker issue that affected certain systems is resolved

Version 2.4.0

Saturday, December 20, 2014

  • New: Single app mode (Suggested by Ben Morrison)
  • New: Show user account in uBar menu

Version 2.3.9

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

  • Improved: Compatible with Parallels Desktop 10 Coherence Mode (Reported by Lee Mellinger)

Version 2.3.8

Sunday, December 14, 2014

  • New: New Custom theme option to customize color and opacity
  • Improved: New Theme pane in Preferences window
  • Improved: New Areas pane in Preferences window

Version 2.3.7

Friday, December 12, 2014

  • New: Chinese Simplified localization added (Thanks to Windirt Young)
  • New: Developer mode shows bundle identifiers for applications
  • Fixed: TotalFinder is now far less likely to show duplicate windows (Reported by Kimberly Nucifora)

Version 2.3.6

Sunday, November 16, 2014

  • New: New Platinum Neue theme
  • New: New Now Playing theme that dynamically uses iTunes artwork
  • New: Developer mode shows process and window IDs
  • Fixed: Temporary files downloaded by certain apps no longer trigger download notifications (Reported by Jordan Brough)
  • Fixed: User Applications folder contents no longer repeated in Applications if it is a symlink (Reported by Garrett Walbridge)

Version 2.3.5

Friday, November 7, 2014

  • New: Polish localization added (Thanks to Tomasz Nastula)
  • New: Turkish localization added (Thanks to Abdullah Aloglu)
  • New: Swedish localization added (Thanks to Anders Holm)
  • New: Drag a removable volume to the Trash to eject it (Suggested by Anders Holm)
  • New: uBar menu will launch iTerm instead of Terminal if it is installed (Suggested by Jordan Brough)
  • New: Clicking clock area will launch BusyCal instead of Calendar if it is installed
  • New: uBar menu icon shows visual feedback when clicked (Suggested by Frederic Nimmermann)
  • New: uBar menu icon shows tooltip
  • Improved: Bar items now half-highlight on mouse-down prior to mouse-up (Suggested by Oliver Schmidt)
  • Improved: Trash icon is darker on Yosemite when using the light theme to improve contrast
  • Fixed: Calendar no longer repeats days in certain cases (Reported by Josh Carroll)
  • Fixed: Control-clicking Favorites now displays contextual menu (Reported by Matthias Ferber)

Version 2.3.4

Thursday, October 16, 2014

  • New: Desktop and Trash can be hidden (Suggested by Sveinn Davíðsson)
  • New: The menu can be hidden (Suggested by Simon Gustavsson)
  • New: Files dropped onto bar area now launch in default application (Suggested by Oliver Schmidt)
  • New: Drag & Dropping files onto applications and the bar shows a descriptive tooltip

Version 2.3.3

Saturday, October 11, 2014

  • New: Folder favorites now list the folder contents when clicked (Suggested by James Veitch)
  • New: Norwegian localization added (Thanks to Roar Lochar, Ramberg Media)
  • New: Option + Right-clicking an application tile gives the option to Force-Quit (Suggested by George Plymale)
  • Fixed: Control-clicking now brings up contextual menus (Reported by Matthew Mitchell)

Version 2.3.2

Thursday, October 9, 2014

  • New: Danish localization added (Thanks to Allan Nyholm Nielsen)
  • Fixed: Application badges now dynamically adapt their update frequency and are much more responsive (Reported by Jeff Branc)
  • Fixed: Proper instance is switched to when running multiple instances of same application (Reported by Seb Insua)

Version 2.3.1

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

  • New: Option-click applications to hide/unhide them (Suggested by Mike Tselikman)
  • New: Command-click applications or favorites to reveal them in the Finder (Suggested by Simon Gustavsson)
  • New: Command-right-click Trash to perform Secure Empty Trash (Suggested by Gary Chike)
  • Fixed: 2nd level of Applications folder now respects Finder filename display preferences (Reported by Frederic Nimmermann)

Version 2.3.0

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

  • Improved: “Add to uBar” service is now enabled by default for the Finder (Suggested by Akshay Hegde)
  • Fixed: Issue where Safari & Chrome would stop updating windows is fixed
  • Fixed: Setting theme to automatic now works in Yosemite (Reported by Akshay Hegde)

Version 2.2.9

Sunday, October 5, 2014

  • New: Manual Application Order
  • New: Applications can now be excluded
  • New: Japanese localization now complete (Thanks to Daisuke Saito)
  • New: Dutch localization added (Thanks to Jordi Bruin)
  • Improved: When titles are disabled, tooltips for applications can now include badge text
  • Improved: uBar will no longer Open on Login if explicitly quit regardless of Open on Login Preference (Suggested by Peter Maurer)
  • Fixed: Application order respected on launch (Reported by Simon Gustavsson)

Version 2.2.8

Thursday, October 2, 2014

  • Fixed: Better support for applications that don’t implement the Accessibility API properly such as X11 (Reported by Chris Andreae)
  • Fixed: Window proxy icons now normally sized on Yosemite (Reported by Simon Gustavsson)
  • Fixed: Downloads folder icon now shows on Yosemite (Reported by Ashish Gandhi)
  • Improved: Updated Desktop favorite icon
  • Note: Moom is now compatible with uBar (Thanks to Many Tricks)

Version 2.2.7

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

  • Fixed: Drag & Drop files onto applications now works with uBar in Auto-Hide (Reported by River Brandon & Kurt Trew)
  • Fixed: Fixed rare crash involving poorly written Preference Panes (Reported by Alex McCollister)

Version 2.2.6

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

  • Fixed: Minor Application Conflict warning no longer shows if suppressed (Reported by Henri Spagnolo)
  • Fixed: Unresponsive application no longer stay in certain cases (Reported by J. J. Larrea)
  • Fixed: Certain invisible files no longer shown in Applications menu (Reported by Andre Lauzon)

Version 2.2.5

Sunday, September 21, 2014

  • New: French localization now complete
  • New: German localization now complete (Thanks to Andre Lauzon)
  • Fixed: Applications, Desktop, Documents, and Downloads icons now show on Yosemite (Reported by Jason McNichol)

Version 2.2.4

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

  • New: Preference to show folders first in uBar menu (Suggested by Andre Lauzon)
  • New: A warning is now shown for known minor application conflicts
  • Fixed: Badge updates more responsive (Reported by Thomas McMahon)

Version 2.2.3

Monday, September 8, 2014

  • New: App icons now show tooltip when title is not displayed
  • Fixed: Activity Mode now triggered when only Ctrl-key is held (Reported by Lee Mellinger)
  • Fixed: Favorite tooltips now center over highlighted icon

Version 2.2.2

Sunday, August 31, 2014

  • New: Pinning preferences for left and right (Suggested by Peter von Diebitsch)
  • Fixed: Calendar days aligned to proper weekday (Reported by Hugo Hamilton)

Version 2.2.1

Friday, August 29, 2014

  • New: Favorite icons darken while clicked (Suggested by Lee Mellinger)
  • New: Provide Feedback window available from uBar menu
  • New: Initial localization into Spanish and Italian

Version 2.2.0

Thursday, August 28, 2014

  • New: Calendar appears when hovering over clock area (Suggested by Thomas McMahon)
  • Improved: More windows now use document icons

Version 2.1.9

Sunday, August 24, 2014

  • New: Favorites now show tooltip style labels when hovered over (Suggested by Chi-Ming Chow)

Version 2.1.8

Monday, August 18, 2014

  • New: Ungrouped windows now use document icon when applicable

Version 2.1.7

Sunday, August 10, 2014

  • Fixed: Crash on App quit fixed

Version 2.1.6

Sunday, August 10, 2014

  • Fixed: Apps with windows being restored at launch no longer display 0 windows

Version 2.1.5

Saturday, August 2, 2014

  • New: Custom menu item list in Preferences now shows icons

Version 2.1.4

Sunday, July 27, 2014

  • Improved: Applications in Menu no longer show extension (Suggested by John Birch)
  • Fixed: Applications that are already unresponsive when uBar is launched are marked as such

Version 2.1.3

Thursday, July 17, 2014

  • New: Standard menu items can now be enabled/disabled from preferences

Version 2.1.2

Sunday, July 13, 2014

  • New: Window grouping available via Preferences window (Suggested by willph)

Version 2.1.1

Saturday, July 12, 2014

  • New: Initial localization into French, German and Japanese
  • Improved: Clicking the Clock now opens Calendar.app instead of Date & Time

Version 2.1.0

Friday, July 11, 2014

  • New: Menu is now customizable via the Preferences window (Suggested by Peter von Diebitsch)
  • Fixed: Activity mode now shows memory over 4 GB
  • Fixed: Activity for child-processes no longer added to parent total if they have an independent GUI

Version 2.0.9

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

  • New: Moved preferences from Menu to Preferences window
  • Fixed: Switching to an Application (not a particular window) now activates all windows for that Application

Version 2.0.8

Monday, July 7, 2014

  • New: Activity mode fills bar Applications horizontally based on CPU usage (Suggested by Jessica Lares)
  • New: Windows that get zoomed or resized under uBar are resized out after half a second
  • Improved: Default application width in bar lowered in Small mode (Suggested by John W.)
  • Fixed: Activity mode now includes usage of application child processes

Version 2.0.7

Sunday, July 6, 2014

  • New: Bar displays CPU and Memory usage for Applications when Control is held
  • New: uBar menu can display an Icon instead of text (set in Bar>Menu>Use Icon) (Suggested by Peter von Diebitsch, Fred Hall, & Jessica Lares)

Version 2.0.6

Saturday, July 5, 2014

  • New: Bar Appearance now has Auto mode (uses system Appearance, where Blue is Light and Graphite is Dark)
  • New: Bar Size now has Auto mode (screen width>1600 is Large and <=1600 is Small)
  • Improved: App and Favorite icons are now bigger on Large mode (Suggested by Jessica Lares & Peter von Diebitsch)
  • Fixed: Finder icon now shows in Yosemite DP2
  • Optimization: Threaded Applications and System Preferences menu rebuilding

Version 2.0.5

Friday, July 4, 2014

  • New: Trash added to right side with control/right-click for Empty Trash menu (Suggested by Peter von Diebitsch)
  • New: Files can be dragged to Favorites or Trash
  • Improved: Favorite spacing increased (Suggested by Peter von Diebitsch)
  • Improved: Added day of the month to clock when uBar has a height of one-line (Suggested by Peter von Diebitsch)
  • Improved: uBar preference menu reorganized
  • Fixed: Finder control/click menu no longer shows Add/Remove to Favorites or Show in Finder

Version 2.0.4

Thursday, July 3, 2014

  • New: Option to hide application title and/or badge (Suggested by Peter von Diebitsch)
  • New: Add to uBar Favorites item added to file Services (Suggested by Peter von Diebitsch)
  • Improved: Opacity slightly lowered (Suggested by Peter von Diebitsch)
  • Improved: uBar preference menu reorganized

Version 2.0.3

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

  • New: Apps now have badges (Suggested by Barry Lubov)
  • New: Notification when files finish downloading
  • New: Windowless apps now open a default window when activated (Suggested by Barry Lubov)
  • Improved: Finder offers option to Relaunch when right-clicked instead of Quit
  • Fixed: Preferences right/control-click menu now available from uBar Menu

Version 2.0.2

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

  • Fixed: Trial no longer prematurely ends (2nd fix)

Version 2.0.1

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

  • Fixed: Trial no longer prematurely ends

Version 2.0.0

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

  • New: Total rewrite for Mac OS X 10.9+
  • New: Optimization: Ultra-low CPU and memory usage
  • New: Sizes (Large & Small)
  • New: Preferences via right-click bar
  • New: Appearances (Light & Dark)
  • New: Application in window menu
  • Fixed: Awareness of minimized windows
  • Fixed: Awareness of windows of hidden applications

uBar

Version 1.0.6

Sunday, September 20, 2009

  • New: Auto-hide
  • New: Custom menu title

Version 1.0.5

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Version 1.0.4

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Version 1.0.3

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Version 1.0.2

Friday, September 4, 2009

Version 1.0.1

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Version 1.0.0

Sunday, August 29, 2009