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Dev tools · February 12, 2020

Status Buddy

Keep track of Apple's system statuses right in your menu bar

Status Buddy launched on February 12, 2020 with 141 votes, #160 of 3,162 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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What it does

StatusBuddy is a simple app that shows an icon on your Mac's menu bar. When an Apple service is having issues, the icon shows a red badge and you can click it to check what's going on.

Keep track of Apple's developer and consumer system statuses right in your menu bar.StatusBuddy is a simple app that shows an icon on your Mac's menu bar. When an Apple service is having issues, the icon shows a badge and you can click it to check what's going on. The app will show the same issues Apple reports in their official system status dashboards for developers and customers, so it includes

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