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✅ Menu Bar (macOS)

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The Menu Bar icon on macOS lets you check email, messaging, and app notifications at a glance—without opening the main Wavebox window. You’ll find the icon in your mac’s Menu Bar for each profile that's running.

Customizing the Icons

If you run multiple profiles, each profile icon appears in the menu bar and you can customize them in Settings.

  • Go to Settings > Appearance > Desktop Integration.
  • Unread Appearance
    • Click the palette icons to choose text & background color
    • Show Unread Count: Toggle ON/OFF
  • Hide/show menu bar icon: Toggle ON/OFF
  • Read Appearance
    • Click the palette icons to choose text & background color
  • Click action: Choose from the following:
    • Show the Context menu
    • Toggle the Wavebox Mini
    • Focus Wavebox

Icon Context Menu

When 'Context Menu' is selected as the click action, it will include:

  • Show App - focusses the Profile
  • Wavebox Mini - pop-out the Mini window
  • Wavebox Navigator - pop-out the Navigator window
  • Brainbox - pop-out the Brainbox panel
  • Desktop Web Apps - displays the DWA panel
  • Smart Notes - pop-out the Smart Notepad
  • Focus Mode - displays the Focus Mode panel
  • Customize Menu Bar - shortcut to Settings > Appearance > Desktop Integration
  • Settings - opens the main Settings window
  • Other Wavebox Profiles - opens the Profile Manager window
  • Shutdown 'Profile Name' - Quits the Profile
  • Quit Wavebox - Shutdown Wavebox

Troubleshooting

  • Icon not showing: Make sure Wavebox is running. On smaller screens, the icon may be hidden behind macOS’s overflow.
  • Nothing happens when you click on the icon: The click action could be set to 'Focus Wavebox' and if that profile is already in focus, clicking will appear to do nothing. Settings > Desktop integration > Click Action.
  • Window not opening: Click the icon, then select Show App from the dropdown. You can also click the Wavebox icon in your Dock.
  • Quitting the app: From the menu bar, select Quit Profile to fully close that profile. Or change default close behavior in Settings > General > Appearance > Main Window Quit Behaviour.
  • Not updating: Check that accounts are logged in and Wavebox is up to date. If a profile is shut down, its icon won’t display until you reopen that profile.