Ice 0.11.12 on macOS Tahoe 26.0 Beta (25A5349a) is the best menubar icon cleaner

[twardoch]

I recently installed macOS Tahoe 26.0 Beta (25A5349a) on my MacBook Pro Intel 2019, and Ice 0.11.12 seems to be the best (or: only one that works properly) menubar icon cleaner.

I used to use Bartender for years (most recently with the Setapp subscription), and I tried Bartender 6 alpha 7 (made by the new owner Applause). On Tahoe, Bartender 6 causes the pointer to randomly jump to 0,0, and introduces general OS lag. I also tried OnlySwitch (by jacklandrin) and I tried Hidden Bar (by Dwarves Foundation, free on App Store) — but neither seems to actually do any menubar icon hiding on Tahoe.

Ice 0.11.12 on the other hand seems to have figured out what to do so that the app just does what it promises.