menu bar
noun
: a narrow section across the screen in a computer program and that shows the names of available operations
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Other clues are extra toolbars or buttons that appear in your browser menu bar at the top.
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Ken Colburn, AZCentral.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Live Activities from an iPhone will appear in the Mac's menu bar.
—Luke Larsen, Wired News, 11 June 2025
Most significantly, the macOS menu bar has become entirely invisible, and the Control Center has adopted a new, glassy, translucent appearance.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2025
The operating system includes many of the features brought to iOS, and offers ways to customize controls, with a transparent menu bar.
—Kif Leswing,samantha Subin,jordan Novet, CNBC, 9 June 2025
Clicking Intego’s castle icon in the menu bar reveals three components: NetUpdate, NetBarrier, and VirusBarrier.
—PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
The feature isn’t part of the top menu bar for results, but requires scrolling down to access.
—Michael L. Millenson, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Ken Colburn, AZCentral.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Live Activities from an iPhone will appear in the Mac's menu bar.
—Luke Larsen, Wired News, 11 June 2025
Most significantly, the macOS menu bar has become entirely invisible, and the Control Center has adopted a new, glassy, translucent appearance.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2025
The operating system includes many of the features brought to iOS, and offers ways to customize controls, with a transparent menu bar.
—Kif Leswing,samantha Subin,jordan Novet, CNBC, 9 June 2025
Clicking Intego’s castle icon in the menu bar reveals three components: NetUpdate, NetBarrier, and VirusBarrier.
—PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
The feature isn’t part of the top menu bar for results, but requires scrolling down to access.
—Michael L. Millenson, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Menu bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/menu%20bar. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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