Mac menu icon not displaying
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Hello. The menu icon for Day One is not displaying on my Mac. I’ve enabled “Show Menu Bar Entry” in the settings, I’ve also enabled reminders. I’ve restarted my computer as well. Yet, the menu bar icon is not working.
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Hi there, @asafiyaclay
I tested this out but cannot replicate the issue on my end. Can you please ensure that Day One is up to date on your Mac?
You can check this by going to the App Store, Updates, then on the top on MacOS, click on ‘Store’ > ‘Reload Page’. That will cause any new updates to show up if available.
If that does not help, let us know if your Menu Bar already has a lot of apps listed? On newer versions of MacOS, it tends to hide apps on smaller screens if not enough space is available.
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My Day One app has the same issue. The menu bar still has a lot of space, and the app is also the latest version. Please contact me to check what the problem is.
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Hello, the Day One app is up-to-date. I’ve even tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. I have very few icons in the menu bar and there is plenty of space. I think the issue might be that I seem to no longer have the Day One Helper program installed on my computer. Is there a way to re-install this on my computer? The Day One website does not have a straightforward link or instructions for doing this.
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Hi @asafiyaclay, @bern3rsh,
I’m glad to hear that the issue is now resolved. :) If it happens again or you need further assistance, feel free to reach out. -
Hi @helper-lilly @staff-joey8. I am on Mac OS Tahoe 26.4. I can’t see the menu bar.
I believe this issue was there even in older version of Mac.
My Day One is up-to-date version (2026.6).
I turned off “Show Menu Bar Entry” and turned it on again a few times. But it’s still not visible.
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Another detail:
I don’t see Day One in list of apps inside System Preferences → Menu Bar → Allow in the Menu Bar -
My Day One menu bar item also stopped displaying recently. Not positive, but it might have coincided with the upgrade to 26.4. I’m running Day One version 2026.6 (1742).
I have enabled both Show Menu Bar Entry and Enable Reminders in Settings. I have also enabled Day One in the App Background Activity of Login Items & Extensions in System Settings. I have rebooted.
Still no menu bar item. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.
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Hello @rgl7194 and @ankushchoubey5f65d43cf6,
Can we have you both make sure you’re running version 2026.7 which was released recently?
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/day-one/id1055511498?mt=12
It may also be useful to toggle the menu bar off and restart your Mac.
Once restarted, please try toggling it on. You’ll also want to make sure notifications are enabled as well for this to work.
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