Control sessions from the Mac menu bar or Windows tray
On Mac and Windows, Hedy puts an icon in the menu bar (Mac) or the system tray (Windows). Its menu lets you start, pause, resume and stop a session without switching to the Hedy window.
Open the menu
- Mac: click the Hedy glasses icon in the menu bar at the top of the screen.
- Windows: click or right-click the Hedy icon in the system tray at the bottom right of the taskbar. If you don’t see it, click the ^ arrow to show hidden icons.
Both a left click and a right click open the menu.
What the menu offers
| Menu item | What it does |
|---|---|
| Start Session | Starts a new session. Available when no session is running. |
| Pause Session | Pauses the running session. While a session is paused, this item reads Resume Session and continues it. |
| Stop Session | Ends the running or paused session, the same as ending it in the app. |
| Hide Tray Icon | Removes the icon. See below for how to get it back. |
| Show Hedy Window | Opens the Hedy window and brings it to the front. |
| Check for Updates… | Windows only. Looks for a newer version of Hedy. |
| Quit Hedy | Closes Hedy completely. |
Items that don’t fit the current state are greyed out. For example, Start Session is greyed out while a session is running.
On Windows, if a session is still running or still being finished when you choose Quit Hedy, Hedy asks before it quits.
See the session state at a glance
On Mac, the glasses icon gets a small badge while a session is running, and a different badge while it is paused. On Windows the tray icon stays the same, so open the menu to see what is available.
Closing the window
While the icon is shown, closing the Hedy window only hides it. Hedy keeps running, and a session in progress continues. Use Show Hedy Window to bring the window back, or Quit Hedy to close Hedy completely.
On Windows, if you have turned the tray icon off, closing the window quits Hedy, because there would be no other way back to it.
Turn the icon on or off
The icon is on by default. To change it:
- Open Settings in Hedy.
- Go to Privacy & System.
- Under Desktop Settings, switch Show System Tray Icon on or off.
Choosing Hide Tray Icon in the menu switches the same setting off. Turn it back on in Settings to get the icon back.
