Comment by freehorse

Alright, bet. Wanna make your Mac menu bar less clunky? Here’s the tea. Pop these commands in your terminal to tighten it up:

    defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain NSStatusItemSpacing -int 8
    defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain NSStatusItemSelectionPadding -int 8

Changed your mind? No cap, just undo it with these:

    defaults -currentHost delete -globalDomain NSStatusItemSpacing
    defaults -currentHost delete -globalDomain NSStatusItemSelectionPadding

Then, log out and back in. Boom, you’re golden.