Badgeify v1.3.0: Enhanced Customization and Native macOS Experience

We’re thrilled to announce the release of Badgeify 1.3.0, bringing new customization options and an improved user interface for a more seamless macOS experience.

New Features and Improvements

1. Pin Icons to Menu Bar

• Persistent Visibility: Now you can pin app icons to always be visible in the menu bar, regardless of global icon visibility settings.
• Customizable Display: Choose which apps should always appear, even when they have no active notifications.

2. Cleaner Menu Bar Interface

• Intelligent Icon Display: Badgeify’s icon no longer appears in the menu bar when no app icons are shown, reducing clutter.
• Improved App Responsiveness: Opening the app repeatedly now correctly responds and opens the settings window.

3. Native macOS Color Panel Integration

• Familiar Color Selection: We’ve integrated the macOS native color panel for selecting highlight colors.
• Intuitive Experience: Provides a more natural and familiar color selection process for macOS users.

How to Use These New Features

1. Pinning Icons:

   • Open Badgeify settings
   • Navigate to the app you want to pin
   • Enable the “Pin to menu bar” option

2. Using the Native Color Panel:

   • Access the app or group settings
   • Click on the color selection option
   • Use the familiar macOS color picker to choose your preferred highlight color

Conclusion

Badgeify 1.3.0 represents our ongoing commitment to creating a powerful, flexible, and user-friendly menu bar tool that feels right at home on macOS. These new features offer greater control over your menu bar’s appearance and behavior, while the native color panel integration ensures a seamless user experience.

We’re excited for you to try out these new features and look forward to your feedback. As always, we’re dedicated to improving Badgeify and making it an indispensable part of your macOS workflow.