Install and configure a custom menubar, sketchybar macOS

Опубликовано: 03 Июль 2026
на канале: linkarzu

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Are you tired of Linux users showing off their beautiful themes and menubars (bar on top) while you're stuck with the boring and plain default macOS menubar because you thought that macOS was "not customizable"?

Today we break those chains, and stop that cycle. In this video we go over the installation of sketchybar, install all the required dependencies, we will also configure some sketchybar themes, and give you the tools you need to customize the menubar to your liking.

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I use yabai in stack mode so I disabled the spaces, as I keep all my apps in a single macOS desktop/workspace. If you want to learn more about my yabai config, watch this video
   • 09 - Transparent terminal with yabai in macOS

I also switch between apps using karabiner-elements mappings, for that you can check this video
   • 07 - Configure Karabiner-Elements in macOS

We will need brew, if you don't have brew installed, go and watch this video
   • 02 - What is brew and how to install it in...

Regarding the themes, we will go over 2 installation methods:
Option 1: DOWNLOAD 'sketchybar' dir
Option 2: CLONE dotfiles-latest repo
Follow this 2nd method if you're following my playlist: 2024 macOS workflow
   • 2024 macOS workflow

0:00 - Video start
0:18 - What is sketchybar
1:09 - Sketchybar demo
11:07 - Uninstall sketchybar (dont do this)
11:42 - Hide macos menubar
12:01 - Sketchybar installation
13:33 - Install dependencies
15:09 - Install themes
16:43 - Option 1: DOWNLOAD 'sketchybar' dir
22:10 - Update .zshrc file
23:32 - Option 2: CLONE dotfiles-latest repo