OverflowBar 1.5.0 is the latest stable release. It supports macOS 15 and later on Intel and Apple silicon and includes the updated native menu bar engine. The previous stable v1.0.19 release remains available for manual rollback.
Download the current OverflowBar DMG from the official GitHub releases, drag the app to Applications and open it. The first launch opens setup; later launches open Menu Bar.
Community builds remain ad-hoc signed and are not notarized. Follow macOS's Open Anyway flow for a build you trust if Gatekeeper blocks launch. No paid Developer ID certificate is required. Signed Sparkle updates are enabled and retain manual installation confirmation.
Accessibility enables automatic icon arrangement and native activation. Screen Recording enables actual status-icon captures. Captures are local and in-memory; see privacy. Screen Recording changes can require app relaunch. After replacing a local ad-hoc-signed build in Applications, remove the old OverflowBar entry and add /Applications/OverflowBar.app again under Privacy & Security > Accessibility and Screen & System Audio Recording, then quit and reopen OverflowBar. The ad-hoc signature changes between builds, so the old entry may look enabled while the new build is denied.
Embedded discovery and capture helpers are ad-hoc signed too. They authenticate the currently packaged app by designated code requirement, without a Team ID.
Preserve the existing app identity and preferences. If setup opens again, choose Set Up Later to leave your current icon layout unchanged. Quitting shows icons in the menu bar and keeps your saved choices.
Quit OverflowBar to reveal originals, then remove the app from Applications. Optional cleanup can remove its own preference, cache and HTTP-storage files. Never delete another application's menu-bar preferences.
Some Tahoe installations retain cross-app ownership references in Control Center’s protected trackedApplications state. A disabled app can then block OverflowBar’s items. This matches the failure documented in CodexBar issue 1440. A status-item proxy window or enabled toggle does not prove the real arrow/divider is present.
OverflowBar makes one bounded control recreation attempt and leaves native icons accessible if it fails. Do not repeatedly reset Control Center, edit its protected preferences, or change the app’s bundle identifier. OverflowBar does not ship a Control Center repair tool. If its arrow remains unavailable, use Settings → More → Reset Icon Selection to restore all icons, then report the issue with your macOS version and OverflowBar build.