xbar not showing at all

[jonathanalevi]

On M1 Max MacBook Pro (with notch), xbar isn't showing at all, despite reinstalling etc.

[aborriginal]

Same here (M1 Pro)

[leaanthony]

Does the m1 pro have 3x density retina screens?

[aborriginal]

Oh, I am sorry, I guess I understand your issue not correctly - I thought you have same problem as mine - not showing GAS price, not xbar in general. I do see xbar, but it just shows what on screenshot. I do not know about density, I guess they should be the same.

[Blatman]

Just playing about with xbar on an 14" M1 MBP (with notch) - gasnow plugin is broken as the URL is defunct(redirects to the generic BitCoin page) but xbar is working OK. I do note however that the notch functions just like a black hole so if the menus to the right of the notch fill up the space then any more icons will be gobbled by the notch. I tried a whole lot of plugins to see if they would appear on the other side of the notch but they don't so it would appear that the space available for menu icons is limited to the right of the notch!

I guess it may be possible that if the space to the right of the notch is already full then if xbar is opened it will immediately be dispatched to the notch.

[dbuezas]

same here, intel on 2 different intel macs (Monterey 12.3.1)

[cunningr]

I also see some strange behaviour (M1 16in). I have very basic title strings but some just make the bar disappear. Although the plugin is still running, it just isn't visible.

works;

'a-short-string'.upper()

doesn't work;

'some-long-string-------25'.upper()

Interestingly enough, without the '.upper() the longer string works up to 28 chars;

some-long-string--------s-28

xbar -> v2.1.7-beta MacOS -> Monterey 12.3.1 (MacPro M1 16)

[guentherwieser]

Hm, installed xbar for the first time, M1 Max MBPro 16, showed up for some time, was able to setup plugins, but while the plugin window was shown, it disappeared but is still running. Quiting and re-starting don't solve the issue. It runs (Activity Monitor) but it doesn't show.

[leaanthony]

Yeah looks like there's some compatibility issue with M1 Max. Need to find one someone is giving away to test 😀

[huyz]

Need to find one someone is giving away to test

Probably too expensive still but this is an option: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/mac/

[leaanthony]

Thanks for sharing. Doesn't look like they do Max though 😔

[huyz]

Doesn't look like they do Max though

You think that Max makes any difference? For example, M1 Pro has the same display: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro_(Apple_silicon)#Technical_specifications_2

[cunningr]

Fwiw I seem to see this issue when I have an external wide monitor connected. The issue then seems to be on the Mac screen

[guentherwieser]

Doesn't look like they do Max though

You think that Max makes any difference? For example, M1 Pro has the same display: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro_(Apple_silicon)#Technical_specifications_2

AWS uses Mac mini with M1. Can anyone confirm that a Mac mini with M1 has the same issue with xbar?

[guentherwieser]

If this is a problem on any Mac Silicon, I may be able to provide you with a remote access Mac mini in the cloud. Let me know if this would help.

[elnjensen]

I'm seeing the same issue here with 14" MacBook M1 Pro (2021). xbar doesn't appear at all.

Happy to test, look at logs, etc. if you can point me in the right direction.

[elnjensen]

Just playing about with xbar on an 14" M1 MBP (with notch) - gasnow plugin is broken as the URL is defunct(redirects to the generic BitCoin page) but xbar is working OK. I do note however that the notch functions just like a black hole so if the menus to the right of the notch fill up the space then any more icons will be gobbled by the notch. I tried a whole lot of plugins to see if they would appear on the other side of the notch but they don't so it would appear that the space available for menu icons is limited to the right of the notch!

I guess it may be possible that if the space to the right of the notch is already full then if xbar is opened it will immediately be dispatched to the notch.

Update - this appears to be the case for me, as @Blatman suggested. Workaround is to remove some of the existing menubar icons, start xbar, and then drag it farther to the right before restoring the other icons (which can successfully avoid the notch).

[sshanky]

For me (Mac Mini M1 8GB) my xbar items are visible but nothing happens when I use them. Quitting and restarting solves the problem.

[leaanthony]

Is there any output on the console that can suggest what is happening?

[sshanky]

How would I do that?

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[deepy]

I've got a Mac with a notch and if I start xbar it doesn't appear in the bar If I then launch Bartender 4, it happily appears in Bartender 4 And if I then quit Bartender 4, it shows up in my bar again

This does not happen when the bar is on an external monitor