Hi
OS Ventura
when I launch the desktop version of Bitwarden there is no menu bar, clicking the icon again or what ever has no effect, Restarted mac no effect, uninstalled and reinstalled Bit warden no effect.
How can I get the menu bar back please?
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Iâm assuming youâre not working in full screen mode.
I canât reproduce on my Mac OS 13.2.1 Ventura. Desktop app works fine.
When you say âno menu barâ do you mean a menu bar just not the menu bar you expected?
I can get some odd behaviour with âhide to menu barâ (shift+cmd+M) then restarting from the sidebar but I can always recover. Usually by clicking the icon in the menu bar (if there is one) before using the sidebar or app folder.
I note you say you clicked an icon but which icon do you mean?
I suggest you post a screenshot of your desktop if no one answers today.
bitwarden is the front most app, but the menu bar remains as microsoft edge. the menu bar will not appear so I cannot for instance get to preferences.
Ventura on macbook air M2
Anyone>?
This is supremely annoying and furthermore bitwarden is frequently âsilently quittingâ so when i try to use bio metrics to unlock something it errors out.
Deleting and resintalling has no effect it does not uninstall properly so when reinstalled my credentials etc are all still there.
Itâs bit of a headache, I think itâs because we disabled the taskbar option previously through the menu and MacOS doesnât seem to like that. It happens with other apps on Ventura too.
Anyway hereâs how to fix:
open the Bitwarden app
on your keyboard press CMD + Comma
Now enable the options
- Show menu bar icon
- Always show in the dock
Now the icon should appear next to your clock (top right)
click on the icon and then the taskbar menu should work again.
Hope that helps.
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Iâm having absolutely the same issue.
Also, I would say that Bitwarden has pretty awful UX on Mac - when the app is running, and you close it and open it through Spotlight Search - the Bitwarden app appears at the top of other apps, but the main menu isnât linked to Bitwarden, and even Bitwarden app icon isnât showing in the Dock.
As you stated above, we have a shortcut for the setting, but for the sync vault, we donât have a button in the UI.
I found a workaround (which I donât like) - enable the âShow menu bar iconâ and settings, and then click on the Bitwarden icon at the top right corner of the screen - this will show the Bitwarden menu and
PS: When you have an M1 Pro Mac or any other with a notch - some app icons are hidden, and Bitwarden was one of them. The 2nd thing - pressing Cmd + Space and writing âbitâ then pressing enter usually works faster than visually finding the correct icon from the running app. Thatâs why I think the experience on macOS is awful and should be improved.
If the feedback suppose to be reported somewhere else - pls let me know
THANK YOU!
This has been driving me crazy.
My menu bar for Bitwarden disappeared on my mac after I enabled the option âMinimize when copying to clipboardâ in the preferences (underneath the âclear clipboardâ timer setting).
I followed the suggestions provided by Localghost above to get the menu bar back, and disabled the option, otherwise the menubar would disappear again as well.
I donât recommend using that option.
That seems like a good thing to submit as a bug⌠either click âbugsâ in the blue bar at the top of this screen or report it to bitwarden support.
He is detailing the same issue I put here in march 2023. Clearly bitwarden arenât listening or donât care.
Exactly. âAsk The Communityâ is not monitored by the development team.
âAsk The Communityâ is a place where you can ask your peers (other Bitwarden users) for help. Collectively, we have lots of tribal knowledge, but we are not employees and we do not have any direct access to developers.
Bitwarden developers use github for bug tracking. It is there that they are âlisteningâ for bugs. You can create an account and click the green ânew issueâ button. My experience is the developers do seem to care and reports do get attention (even if ultimately concluding ânot a bugâ or âcanât fixâ).
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I have and I did, its a year and a half later and still it persists along with being logged out constantly.
Anyhow I am being negative, I have made my peace with bitwarden so will delete my account now.