OneMenu: The Tiny Mac Menu Bar App That Replaces Five Separate Utilities

One App Instead of Five

Most Mac power users end up with a cluttered menu bar — a separate app for window snapping, another for system stats, another for clipboard history, and a few more for small conveniences. Each one runs in the background, each one updates on its own schedule, and together they quietly eat memory and attention. OneMenu, built by independent developer Marko in Oslo, collapses all of that into a single lightweight native app. It is not trying to be flashy or do a hundred things. It does five things people genuinely use every day — window management, system monitoring, clipboard history, keyboard cleaning, and brightness control — and it does them from one small icon in your menu bar. The appeal is simplicity: one download, one app to trust, one place to look, instead of five separate utilities competing for space.

Window Manager and System Monitoring: The Productivity Core

The standout feature for most users is the window manager. macOS has never had proper window snapping the way Windows does, and OneMenu fills that gap cleanly: snap any window to a half, a quarter, a corner, the center, or full screen, so you can lay two to four apps side by side without dragging and resizing by hand. Importantly, it runs alongside the native macOS window manager without conflict — both can be active at once, and OneMenu tends to trigger faster and more responsively. The second pillar is system monitoring. Right in the menu bar, OneMenu shows live CPU, memory, and disk usage, so you can glance up and immediately see what is straining your machine — no need to open Activity Monitor and dig through tabs. Together these two features cover the daily friction of working on a Mac: organizing your screen and keeping an eye on performance, both from one icon.

Clipboard History, Keyboard Cleaning, and Brightness

Three smaller features quietly become the ones you use constantly. The clipboard history keeps everything you copy in a searchable list with a clean native Glass interface — you can find any past item by file name, app name, window title, or its content, and paste it with a single customizable key, including a paste-as-plain-text option that strips unwanted formatting. Crucially for privacy, this clipboard data never leaves your own iCloud; nothing is uploaded to a third-party server. The keyboard cleaning mode does exactly what it says: it disables your keyboard so you can wipe it down without shutting off your Mac and without triggering a mess of random keystrokes — a small thing that is genuinely annoying without it. And the brightness controls let you adjust both keyboard backlight and external monitor brightness right from the menu bar, which is especially useful for external displays that ship with clumsy hardware buttons or none at all. None of these are headline features on their own, but together they remove a dozen tiny daily frictions.

Price, Privacy, and How to Try It Risk-Free

OneMenu is free to start, with the advanced capabilities unlocked through a Pro license. The trial model is genuinely low-risk: you get a 30-day free trial of the full Pro feature set with no automatic payment at the end — the trial simply expires, it does not silently charge you. On top of that, there is a 30-day money-back guarantee if you buy and change your mind, no questions asked. A single license covers up to three machines, and if you need more, the developer handles it directly over email. Activation is simple: click the menu bar icon, open Preferences, go to the License tab, and enter your key. The privacy posture is a real selling point in a category full of apps that quietly phone home — your clipboard data stays inside your own iCloud and is never sent to a third-party server. For a Mac user who wants to declutter their menu bar and replace several separate utilities with one trustworthy native app, OneMenu is an easy thing to try, precisely because trying it costs nothing and risks nothing.

Prompt

# ONEMENU — FEATURE REFERENCE & HOW TO USE
# A native macOS menu bar app. Download: https://www.withmarko.com/one-menu

# ─── INSTALL ───
# 1. Download from withmarko.com/one-menu
# 2. Open the app — it appears in your menu bar (top right)
# 3. Click the menu bar icon to access all features and Preferences

# ─── 1. WINDOW MANAGER ───
# Snap any app window to: left/right half, quarters, corners, center, full screen
# Runs ALONGSIDE the native macOS window manager — no conflict, triggers faster
# Use it to show 2-4 apps side by side without dragging and resizing manually

# ─── 2. SYSTEM MONITORING ───
# Live CPU, Memory (RAM), and Disk usage shown right in the menu bar
# Glance up to see what is straining your Mac — no separate Activity Monitor

# ─── 3. CLIPBOARD HISTORY ───
# Searchable history of everything you copy
# Search by: file name, app name, window title, or content
# Navigate + paste any item with ONE customizable key
# Paste as plain text (strips formatting)
# Native Glass UI — your clipboard data stays in YOUR iCloud, never a 3rd party

# ─── 4. KEYBOARD CLEANING ───
# Disables the keyboard so you can wipe it down safely
# No need to shut down your Mac; no accidental keystrokes while cleaning
# (Bonus: also works as a quick way to lock input)

# ─── 5. BRIGHTNESS CONTROLS ───
# Keyboard brightness + EXTERNAL monitor brightness — adjustable from the menu bar
# Especially useful for external displays that lack good brightness controls

# ─── PRICING & TRIAL ───
# Free to start; Pro features unlocked with a license
# 30-day free Pro trial — NO automatic payment
# 30-day money-back guarantee
# One license = up to 3 machines (contact support for more)
# Activate: menu bar icon → Preferences → License tab → enter key

# ─── WHY IT IS WORTH IT ───
# Replaces: a window manager + a system monitor + a clipboard manager
#           + a keyboard-lock utility + brightness tools
# One lightweight native app instead of five separate ones cluttering your Mac