FREQUENT_ISSUES.md

Frequent Issues

• Items are moved to the always-hidden section
• Thaw removed an item
• Thaw does not remember the order of items
• How do I solve the Thaw cannot arrange menu bar items in automatically hidden menu bars error?

Items are moved to the always-hidden section

By default, macOS adds new items to the far left of the menu bar, which is also the location of Thaw's always-hidden section. Most apps are configured to remember the positions of their items, but some are not. macOS treats the items of these apps as new items each time they appear. This results in these items appearing in the always-hidden section, even if they have been previously been moved.

Thaw does not currently manage individual items, and in fact cannot, as of the current release. Once issues #6 and #26 are implemented, Thaw will be able to monitor the items in the menu bar, and move the ones it recognizes to their previous locations, even if macOS rearranges them.

This issue should be resolved with commit: 1d77308

Thaw removed an item

Thaw does not have the ability to move or remove items. It likely got placed in the always-hidden section by macOS. Option + click the Thaw icon to show the always-hidden section, then Command + drag the item into a different section.

Thaw does not remember the order of items

This is not a bug, but a missing feature. It is being tracked in #26.

How do I solve the Thaw cannot arrange menu bar items in automatically hidden menu bars error?

1. Open System Settings on your Mac
2. Go to Control Center
3. Select Never as shown in the image below
4. Update your Menu Bar Items in Thaw
5. Return Automatically hide and show the menu bar to your preferred settings