{"id":44097,"date":"2023-06-25T14:51:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T14:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=44097"},"modified":"2023-06-25T14:51:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T14:51:42","slug":"macos-apple-menu-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/06\/macos-apple-menu-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"This Extension Adds MacOS style Apple Menu in Ubuntu 22.04 | 23.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/gnome-logo-feature.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-34682\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/gnome-logo-feature-250x250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/gnome-logo-feature-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/gnome-logo-feature-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/gnome-logo-feature-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/gnome-logo-feature-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/gnome-logo-feature.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For users switching from macOS, there&#8217;s an extension can replace top-left &#8216;Activities&#8217; with &#8216;Apple Menu&#8217; in Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 23.04.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s &#8216;Maccy Menu&#8217;, which adds a menu in top-left with following options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>About This PC,<\/li>\n<li>System Preferences (Settings),<\/li>\n<li>App Store (Ubuntu Software \/ Gnome Software)<\/li>\n<li>Recent Items (Recent Files)<\/li>\n<li>Force Quit (xkill)<\/li>\n<li>Sleep<\/li>\n<li>Restart<\/li>\n<li>Shut Down<\/li>\n<li>Log out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apple-menu.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44099\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apple-menu-600x542.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apple-menu-600x542.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apple-menu-300x271.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apple-menu.webp 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The menu icon can be set between logos of Apple, Ubuntu, Debian, Linux, Arch, Fedora, and Kali. And, it provides option to either show or hide &#8216;Activities&#8217;.<\/p>\n<h3>Install the &#8216;Maccy Menu&#8217; extension<\/h3>\n<p>Don&#8217;t know why, the extension does not show in my &#8216;Extension Manager&#8217; app. However, it can be installed by using the ON\/OFF toggle by visiting this page:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/extensions.gnome.org\/extension\/6021\/maccy-menu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maccy Menu<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/install-maccy-menu.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44100\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/install-maccy-menu-600x376.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/install-maccy-menu-600x376.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/install-maccy-menu-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/install-maccy-menu-768x481.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/install-maccy-menu-1536x962.webp 1536w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/install-maccy-menu-2048x1282.webp 2048w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/install-maccy-menu-1320x827.webp 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t see the ON\/OFF toggle, install the browser extension if prompted and refresh the web page.<\/p>\n<p>Also, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal and run command to install the agent package:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install chrome-gnome-shell<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apt-chrome-gnomeshell.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apt-chrome-gnomeshell-600x232.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"232\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apt-chrome-gnomeshell-600x232.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apt-chrome-gnomeshell-300x116.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apt-chrome-gnomeshell-768x297.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apt-chrome-gnomeshell-1320x510.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apt-chrome-gnomeshell.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once installed the extension, launch either &#8220;<b>Extension Manager<\/b>&#8221; or &#8220;<b>Gnome Extensions<\/b>&#8221; (both available to install in Ubuntu Software). Then, open the settings page for that extension to change logo, and\/or toggle display &#8216;Activities&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/configure-maccymenu-1.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/configure-maccymenu-1-600x335.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/configure-maccymenu-1-600x335.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/configure-maccymenu-1-300x167.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/configure-maccymenu-1-768x428.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/configure-maccymenu-1-1536x857.webp 1536w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/configure-maccymenu-1-1320x736.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/configure-maccymenu-1.webp 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For users switching from macOS, there&#8217;s an extension can replace top-left &#8216;Activities&#8217; with &#8216;Apple Menu&#8217; in Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 23.04. It&#8217;s &#8216;Maccy Menu&#8217;, which adds a menu in top-left with following options: About This PC, System Preferences (Settings), App Store (Ubuntu Software \/ Gnome Software) Recent Items (Recent Files) Force Quit (xkill) Sleep Restart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}