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Every Pelmet release, newest first. The current version is 0.10.0.

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  1. 0.10.0

    Current
    • AddedHiding icons works on macOS 27, still with no permissions. macOS 27 ignores a menu bar item as wide as Pelmet's old divider, so Pelmet now keeps the ╱ just under the size macOS accepts and lets the bar run out of room: everything left of ╱ moves into macOS's own « menu at the left of the bar, where it stays one click away. After this update the ╱ starts at the left end of your icons with nothing hidden, so ⌘-drag the icons you rarely use to its left, then collapse. To switch it off, run defaults write com.ismatbabirli.Pelmet overflowCollapse -bool NO and relaunch.
    • ChangedOn macOS 27, the first-run tips explain dragging icons to the left of ╱, since that is where it starts there.

  2. 0.9.0

    • AddedShow hidden icons on a scroll or on a click on empty menu bar space, each an opt-in setting in General. Both work near Pelmet's icons and need no permission.
    • AddedRe-hide on a click outside the menu bar, an opt-in setting that works with or without the auto-rehide timer. A click that chooses from an open menu doesn't count.
    • ChangedShow on hover now starts only when the pointer reaches the menu bar near Pelmet's icons (right of the notch, or the right half of a display without one), so reaching for an app's menus no longer reveals hidden icons. Once they are shown, the whole menu bar keeps them shown.
    • ChangedOn macOS 27, the chevron menu, the "can't hide icons" popover and Make Room no longer say that no third-party app can hide menu bar icons there. That was wrong. macOS 27 ignores Pelmet's divider because it grows past a per-display size limit, and other ways of hiding icons still work there. Pelmet itself still can't hide icons on macOS 27 in this release.

  3. 0.8.2

    • FixedPelmet now runs on Intel Macs. Every earlier release shipped an Apple silicon-only app because the release build compiled just the build machine's architecture. The DMG, the update ZIP and the Homebrew cask now carry a universal binary, and the release fails if any slice is missing. Reported in pelmet#50.

  4. 0.8.1

    • FixedPelmet no longer reports a collapse it did not perform. macOS 27 draws the whole menu bar as a single composited window, so the ╱ divider cannot push anything past the screen edge and no third-party app can hide what is in the bar. Pelmet now detects that at runtime and says so on the chevron, in the right-click menu, in Make Room and in Settings, instead of flipping to the collapsed chevron over a menu bar that never changed. Reported in pelmet#46.
    • FixedOn macOS 27 a collapsed state saved on an earlier macOS is undone at launch rather than restored as a state the menu bar cannot be in, and auto-rehide no longer retries a collapse that cannot happen. Hiding icons is unchanged on macOS 13 through 26.

  5. 0.8.0

    • AddedSoftware-island support. Pelmet recognizes Vibe Island automatically and lets other persistent top-center overlay apps be enabled and calibrated locally, without Screen Recording or Accessibility permission. Thanks to Yurii Rashkovskii (@yrashk) for contributing this feature in pelmet#43.
    • AddedA stable resting-width calibration keeps transient hover expansion from changing coverage, while slider adjustments update the covered-icon count live.
    • ChangedThe hidden-icon count, Shelf, one-click access, and make-room guidance now work with physical camera notches and enabled software islands.
    • FixedSoftware-island lifecycle, multi-display detection, toggle stability, and settings availability no longer depend on an unrelated icon-count change.

  6. 0.7.0

    • AddedCustom shortcuts. Record your own combination for hide-and-show and for the Shelf in Settings → General → Shortcuts, or clear either one entirely. Still no Accessibility permission. Pelmet checks a combination before accepting it and names what is in the way: macOS itself, Pelmet's other action, or another app that already claimed it. Shortcut labels follow your keyboard layout. Existing installs keep ⌥⌘B and ⌥⌘N with nothing to do.

  7. 0.6.1

    • ChangedOne-click access now uses only pointer-free actions advertised through macOS Accessibility. Pelmet never posts mouse events or moves your pointer.
    • RemovedProfiles and default-profile application.

  8. 0.6.0

    • AddedSupport Pelmet link (Polar) in the About pane and the chevron menu.

  9. 0.5.0

    • AddedProfiles, for saving and applying menu bar arrangements.

  10. 0.4.2

    • AddedA gentle prompt to star Pelmet on GitHub.

  11. 0.4.1

    • ChangedAutomatic update checks now run every 6 hours instead of daily.

  12. 0.4.0

    • AddedShow hidden items on hover, in General settings.
    • FixedWhat's New window clipping.

  13. 0.3.3

    • AddedAn available-updates indicator (↑) in the menu bar.
    • ChangedUpdate check validation improvements.
    • FixedOffline check retry logic.

  14. 0.3.2

    • AddedA native What's New window after app updates.

  15. 0.3.1

    • FixedThe anonymous usage notice now appears for upgrading users too.

  16. 0.3.0

    • AddedAnonymous usage statistics (opt-out), crash follow-up, and an About settings pane.
    • FixedCrash report, GitHub issue prefill, and heartbeat check issues.

  17. 0.2.0

    • AddedSparkle auto-updates integration.
    • ChangedSettings window reorganized into a sidebar layout.
    • FixedOnboarding tips positioning.

  18. 0.1.0

    • AddedFirst public release: core hide/show, the divider, notch-overflow detection, the Shelf, and optional Accessibility features.