macOS Little Toolbar Thingy

[owen.andrews.00]

Hi all

please excuse me if this question has been asked before.
how do i make those applications that make a little icon in the menu bar (ie the bar at the top of the screen with the spotlight in it)

thanks

 

[jinksys]

I believe you are talking about status bars.

Take a look at:

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/StatusBar/Concepts/aboutstatusbars.html