I have this strange icon that is new in my menu bar. Dragging the cursor over it does not reveal the name, it cannot be right-clicked, and it cannot be removed from the menu bar with command + drag. I have included a picture of it below.
Thanks!
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 10.15
ccgpandora wrote:
I have this strange icon that is new in my menu bar. Dragging the cursor over it does not reveal the name, it cannot be right-clicked, and it cannot be removed from the menu bar with command + drag. I have included a picture of it below.
Thanks!
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/a182ff2e-283b-4428-8e96-0074735e528d
What happens when you simply click on it?
What apps are running?
What apps do you have launch at log in?
>System Preferences>Users & Groups>Login items
If ti is an old app you can try Relaunch the Menu Bar using the Terminal.app copy & paste:
killall -KILL SystemUIServer
Run the following AppleScript. It will name the menu extra items in your menu bar. Launch Script Editor from Dock : Launchpad : Other, and copy/paste the following AppleScript into it. Click the compile (hammer) icon, and then the Run button:
tell application "System Events"
tell the front menu bar of process "SystemUIServer"
set menu_extras to value of attribute "AXDescription" of menu bar items
end tell
end tell
set {TID, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {AppleScript's text item delimiters, return}
display dialog (items of menu_extras) as text with title "Menu Extra Names"
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to TID
return
I have tried the first reply and it still remains, even when I restart my Mac. I have gone through activity monitor looking for anything that would give a clue. As for the second reply I have attached the second screenshot for that as well. It is not bettertouchtool as that is the icon to the right of it. I have actually just gotten to the bottom of what it is coincidentally by quitting BTT, it goes away. It is the plugin "GoldenChaos" that I run through bettertouchtool (BTT). Just went back to the plugin page and realized the icon matches. This must be a new icon that appears with one of the recent plugin updates. Weird, because it was never present previously with this plugin. I am going to see if I can turn it off in the plugin settings. Thank you everyone for your help.
Depending on how the vendor writes the menu extra item, its name may not appear in the list generated by the preceding AppleScript code. I have Malwarebytes icon showing in my Menu Extras panel, but it does not advertise its name to be shown in the script.
Good that you resolved this.
Unknown Icon in Menu Bar