Ice 0.11.13 (macOS Tahoe Beta 2)

[jordanbaird]

Note

This beta release fixes a majority of known issues introduced in macOS 26 Tahoe.

What's New

• Adopted liquid glass design.
• Reorganized settings interface for more intuitive navigation.
• More helpful descriptions and tips throughout the app.
• Added an option to disable the context menu that appears when right clicking the menu bar.
• Combined or removed some redundant/unused settings.

Known Issues

• macOS Tahoe Only: When using the new transparent menu bar, the area behind the bar may have a noticeably different brightness when Ice's "Menu Bar Appearance" settings are enabled.

  Workaround: Enable the Show menu bar background option in System Settings > Menu Bar.

Full Changelog: 0.11.13-dev.1...0.11.13-dev.2

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This discussion was created from the release Ice 0.11.13 (macOS Tahoe Beta 2).

[jordanbaird]

Let me know how this version works! I think I fixed all the major things, minus the appearance issue mentioned above. I'll give it a day or so before doing a full release just to be sure.

[jordanbaird]

@Kreeblah Something else you can try is switching to another space (i.e. desktop). For whatever reason, a few people have had an issue where item capture completely breaks until they switch spaces. Then it's fine, even after switching back.

[Kreeblah]

@jordanbaird - Hmmm. That doesn't seem to take care of it, either, for me.

[lnlyssg]

I ran defaults delete com.jordanbaird.Ice and the previous commands but it hasn't helped as I'm still getting delays.

Running on an M2 MacBook Air
Never used a self-compiled version of Ice
Just the in-built notched display
Not running anything else that out of the ordinary

Switching to another space seems to help, although only on the second time I tried it weirdly.

[lnlyssg]

Looks like the space-swapping trick works OK up until I close the laptop and the delay returns after sleep. Switching spaces gets it working again afterwards though.

[Coros]

Any ETA on the production release? I realize I can download the beta, but I didn't want to deploy the beta to our devices. Thanks for your hard work!

[artisticmedic]

You should know that I went to a local cowork space and someone was recommending Ice to someone over Bartender!

[jordanbaird]

Ha awesome! I love hearing things like that!

[mdlt7z]

It's really well done! I appreciate your effort. It doesn't directly affect how it works, but how about trying to implement an icon for Tahoe using Icon Composer? You might not see it very often, though... :)

[jordanbaird]

I have something in the works for that that will also include a slight redesign of the "Ice Cube" glyph, since I just kind of threw the current one together without much thought.

[daschles]

In Menubar layout, I get the error "unable to display menu bar items" and nothing, indeed, shows - i've tried redoing the permissions but that doesn't help. M3Air.

[twynne]

And weirdly for me it's different on two different machines (with broadly the same software installed and thus menubar items). Both on same release of MacOS (Tahoe). The Macbook (M4) works fine, the Mac Mini (M4 Pro) displays this error.

[PatrickTulskie]

Also having this problem. Reverting to .13-dev.1 fixed it. I also tried redoing my permissions with tccutil reset All com.jordanbaird.Ice and it was still giving the "Unable to display menu bar items" message.

[PatrickTulskie]

Just wanted to update this, the latest dev build works fine on my machines that use an external monitor (no notch). My laptop with a notch has the "Unable to display menu bar items" message on the latest dev build. It's fine on dev 1 though.

[fanbuz]

the same to me...

[marrrc]

I have the same issue on my macbook pro m1 unfortunately. as soon as i enable "Use Ice Bar", it breaks with the "Unable to display menu bar items" message. when i disable ice bar, just hiding/showing items works. I have 2 other macs where ice bar is working though. reset without settings etc didn't help.

[zhuoqun-chen]

Hi @jordanbaird, thank you for this fix, and my problem is that when clicking custom icon, the previous split 2nd menu bar under native menu bar just collapse to the native menu bar's left-most area, and then the custom icon itself also disappeared.

Also, how could I install this hotfix using brew? Thank you!

[jordanbaird]

brew install --cask jordanbaird-ice@beta

[damonto]

1. The Ice logo is not displayed in the Menu Bar. 2. After uninstalling Ice, the Ice item still remains in the Menu Bar. (I think this is a bug of macOS Tahoe)

[jordanbaird]

I think you're right about it being a Tahoe bug (for both things). I've seen this happen with a few different apps myself. What makes it worse is that there isn't an easy way to manually remove an app from the list. I remember reading somewhere that there's a plist file you can edit, but I don't remember where it is.

[damonto]

I found a command that can remove the leftovers in the menu bar, but I don't want to do this because it requires disabling SIP.

rm -f /Users/$USER/Library/Group\ Containers/group.com.apple.controlcenter/Library/Preferences/group.com.apple.controlcenter.plist

[kelvinexin]

Thank you for the update!
This version currently works almost perfect for me on my MacBook Pro (M1) and I'm gonna check it later on the other one (M3 Pro)

[cookie-drummer]

This build works perfectly, thank you for amazing work!

[lcottingham]

Bug (for me, at least) in 0.11.13 + MacOS 26 Tahoe
In the menu bar layout, when moving an active item (i.e. the battery item) from 'active' to 'hidden', the icon disappears from the 'hidden' items list after a few seconds in the menu. The icon is however still visible in the actual hidden UI popup.

[jordanbaird]

I think this is a state conflict caused by some UI-related changes. As a temporary workaround, try switching to a different settings pane, then back to the layout pane (I think that should resolve the conflict). I'll work on a more permanent fix.

[iwex]

Hello! Not working at all. Forever loading

[iwex]

It doesn't help. Do you have any logs anywhere?

[iwex]

in console i have this logs when opened Ice Menu Bar Layout

fault	10:48:59.609261+0300	Ice	Publishing changes from within view updates is not allowed, this will cause undefined behavior.
default	10:48:59.647526+0300	Ice	Service <private> status: 1
fault	10:48:59.909322+0300	Ice	Publishing changes from within view updates is not allowed, this will cause undefined behavior.
error	10:48:59.955073+0300	Ice	Missing control item for hidden section, clearing menu bar item cache

[ryanblog]

same

[PsyPryss]

Try allowing Ice in the menu bar. That worked for me.

[f95ngtb74r-ux]

Try allowing Ice in the menu bar. That worked for me.

This worked for me!

[RoversX]

Amazing work! The only issue I noticed is that the bar appears when you are in full-screen mode and have enabled hover. Users can't click on other tabs. The expected behavior is for the bar to appear when the cursor reaches the top of the screen.

[jordanbaird]

Do you know whether this also happened in 0.11.13-dev.1? Just trying to get an idea on what change might have caused this.

[RoversX]

Hi, for some unknown reason, I can't activate the bar in full screen, even if I restart ice or system. it just won't appear🤣

[njguru]

How do I download the beta?

[jordanbaird]

Download the zip file in the "Assets" section here: https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice/releases/tag/0.11.13-dev.2

[stopsopa]

Thank you for your effort Jordan

[loushangdashabi]

Thanks for your effort, this version of Ice works well on my m4pro MacBook Pro, except that there may be a shadow left when clicking the Ice icon again to cancel the ice bar display, but it's not a big deal.

[zhuoqun-chen]

hi @jordanbaird, do you have plans to release one official minor bump release today? I'm using brew bundle so I can only upgrade to minor release instead of beta tags. Thanks!

[portanoo]

Congratulations for your work 👍🏽
You App seems to be better now that Bartender 6.
Just issue like you say with your bar background and shadow.
Bartender is now removed from my Macbook

[zephyrcicd]

For certain apps like RocketChat, every time I restart RocketChat, it automatically reverts to the hidden list, even though I've dragged it to the visible list.

[jamesiporter]

Is this app (which I find sufficient as a replacement for Bartender) still being developed? the beta 2 works fine for me in Tahoe; but if the app is no longer being updated, I will have to make a decision. thx

[Mudflapper]

Did you search here first before asking that question?

[jamesiporter]

Yes I did.

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[Mudflapper]

Try searching this page for the word "abandon"

[jamesiporter]

OK. I see it now. Slowing down ≠ abandonment. Fine with me. tx

[blackzenit]

Do not -abandon- the use of this app!. It's great at what is mostly used: hide the menu bar items + a couple of other secondary features for most people. If you want more features and a stable version for all those features, you can go back to Bartender or use the alternatives.

[jamesiporter]

I am not going anywhere, don't worry!

[jgordon00]

@jordanbaird any new updates in process? Would be great to have a full release of 11.13 or newer...

[stonerl]

For the time being, you can switch to Thaw: https://github.com/stonerl/Thaw

[jgordon00]

Thanks! Wasn't aware of this project...

[jamesiporter]

Is this available as a pre-packaged app?

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[stonerl]

Yes.

[jamesiporter]

Do you have a link? Sent from my phone and often dictated

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[stonerl]

https://github.com/stonerl/Thaw/releases/tag/1.0.0

[jamesiporter]

Thanks.

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[jamesiporter]

Just downloaded 1.0. It did not import my Ice Settings. I will try reinstalling now.

[jamesiporter]

unless I can reimport from within the app.

[jamesiporter]

Rebooting the machine made the old Ice preferences appear in Thaw now. All good so far.

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[KMWAZ]

Trying this out. Seems to only allow 1 app into the hidden bar.

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On Sun, Feb 8, 2026 at 4:05 PM JIPnet ***@***.***> wrote: Rebooting the machine made the old Ice preferences appear in Thaw now. All good so far. On Feb 8, 2026 at 1:38:01 PM, James I Porter ***@***.***> wrote: > Thanks. > > On Feb 8, 2026 at 10:38:24 AM, Toni Förster ***@***.***> > wrote: > >> https://github.com/stonerl/Thaw/releases/tag/1.0.0 >> >> — >> Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub >> < #672 (reply in thread)>, >> or unsubscribe >> < https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AYUOJGIJOUYEQY3L5MZ2ETD4K57CBAVCNFSM6AAAAACGV337IGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTKNZTGU4TSNA> >> . >> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message >> ID: ***@***.***> >> > — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#672 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AIKBMAAIDBHGYQNVL7BDKU34K66MNAVCNFSM6AAAAACGV337IGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTKNZTG4ZDONI> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[stonerl]

Please report issues with Thaw in the Thaw repo: https://github.com/stonerl/Thaw

[jamesiporter]

Try restarting your machine. Mine is working just right.

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On Feb 9, 2026 at 6:55:14 AM, KMWAZ ***@***.***> wrote: Trying this out. Seems to only allow 1 app into the hidden bar. On Sun, Feb 8, 2026 at 4:05 PM JIPnet ***@***.***> wrote: > Rebooting the machine made the old Ice preferences appear in Thaw now. All > good so far. > > On Feb 8, 2026 at 1:38:01 PM, James I Porter ***@***.***> wrote: > > > Thanks. > > > > On Feb 8, 2026 at 10:38:24 AM, Toni Förster ***@***.***> > > wrote: > > > >> https://github.com/stonerl/Thaw/releases/tag/1.0.0 > >> > >> — > >> Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > >> < > #672 (reply in thread)>, > > >> or unsubscribe > >> < > https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AYUOJGIJOUYEQY3L5MZ2ETD4K57CBAVCNFSM6AAAAACGV337IGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTKNZTGU4TSNA> > > >> . > >> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this > thread.Message > >> ID: ***@***.***> > >> > > > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > < #672 (comment)>, > or unsubscribe > < https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AIKBMAAIDBHGYQNVL7BDKU34K66MNAVCNFSM6AAAAACGV337IGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTKNZTG4ZDONI> > . > You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: > ***@***.***> > — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#672 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AYUOJGLMTE62LF5BD3B3OHL4LCNVFAVCNFSM6AAAAACGV337IGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTKNZUGUYDONA> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[KMWAZ]

Yep that did it. So far so good.

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[rimvydukas]

Hi,
Is this project dead? Tahoe is 26.3 right now, Ice is still old beta version:(

[joostiphone]

@rimvydukas
I fully understand you on this.

This project is abandoned by the original developer ( @jordanbaird ). As far as I can see, he doesn't respond also anymore on questions doesn't provide development on this project. Hence another developer took this upon him with Thaw, which is a fork of Ice. Thaw is being actively worked on. So use that one instead of this one.

[bst1n]

why is @Mudflapper being so aggressive and arrogant? The project has been really abandoned.

[Mudflapper]

why is @Mudflapper being so aggressive and arrogant? The project has been really abandoned.

I'm not being either. I'm just tired of people here and on Reddit not searching before they post or comment. This results in post after post after comment after comment of the exact same thing over and over which only adds to the cacophony; it doesn't do anyone any good.

If you had searched for the word "abandon" first you would have found multiple entires about that subject. One of which is:

"I want to give a heartfelt thanks to anyone who has donated or purchased the app. Without your support, Ice would not be where it is today. I also want to make it clear that I am not abandoning this app. Development is merely slowing down. Thank you for your understanding."

[bst1n]

ok @Mudflapper I am sorry but I have to say I also missed this announcement.

[Spoekenkieker]

–> https://github.com/stonerl/Thaw

[jamesiporter]

Try Thaw (open source app)

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[Spoekenkieker]

@stonerl (Toni Förster) took it up and has developed it further so that it works fine with macOS Tahoe 26.x, see https://github.com/stonerl/Thaw

[Mudflapper]

@stonerl (Toni Förster) took it up and has developed it further so that it works fine with macOS Tahoe 26.x,

Ice works with Tahoe.

[stonerl]

The issue tracker begs to differ. But if it is working for you in your specific setup, that is completely fine. But for many people it does not work.

[f95ngtb74r-ux]

Loading the menu bar just spins around and around and never loads. I'm running the latest Tahoe beta.

[Spoekenkieker]

See #672 (comment)