alt Hacker NewsEvery time I get a new Mac, I run these commands to reduce the spacing between menu bar icons. Lets you fit at least 2x the number of items in the menu bar.
```
defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain NSStatusItemSpacing -int 2
defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain NSStatusItemSelectionPadding -int 2
```
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with nix-darwin you can declare that config:
system.defaults.NSGlobalDomain = {
NSStatusItemSpacing = 2;
NSStatusItemSelectionPadding = 2;
};This is so much better, thank you for this.
Hmmm, is this supposed to do something on OSX 26.3? I tried setting it to 10 and it doesn't seem to do anything? Wonder if there's something new for Tahoe.
Thank you!
Do you have anything else as useful as this? THis is perfect
what are the default values, in case someone wants to restore them?
Dude. How am I only just learning this? This needs to be plastered loudly over the internet
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This was always my biggest gripe about using a mac, the OS that "just works". I ended up a bunch of commands I had to run and a stack of apps I needed to install for it to feel usable.