
They don't change for which app you're seeing. Now the icons will not change according to which app you're running. So they can bring up menus but they don't have to. Clicking on Siri will activate Siri and clicking on Notifications will bring up the Notification Center. For instance clicking on Spotlight will bring up the Spotlight menu. You can click on one, like for instance I can click on Time Machine here, and it brings up a menu just like the menus here on the left side of the screen. So whether you call them Menu Bar icons or Status Menus they are the items that appear at the top right corner of your Menu Bar. These are little icons on the right side of your menu bar that perform a variety of functions. So here at the top left corner of your Mac screen you'll see the Menu Bar icons which Apple officially calls Status Menus. There you can read more about it, join us, and get exclusive content. MacMost is supported by more than 500 viewers just like you. Today let's take a look at using Menu Bar icons, also called Status Menus, on your Mac.


Performance will vary based on system configuration, network connection, and other factors. Page load performance tested using snapshot versions of 10 popular websites with prerelease Safari 14 and Chrome v.61 on prerelease macOS Big Sur and simulated network conditions. Tested with prerelease Safari 14, Chrome v.97, and Firefox v77.0.1 on macOS, as well as Chrome v.97, Microsoft Edge v83.0.478.45, and Firefox v77.0.1 on Windows Home, with WPA2 Wi-Fi network connection.

Scores represent browsers that completed the test. Tested on production 1.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i5-based 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, and prerelease macOS Big Sur, and Windows 10 Home, version 2004, running in Boot Camp. Testing conducted by Apple in June 2020 using JetStream 2, MotionMark 1.1, and Speedometer 2.0 performance benchmarks.
