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Cadeo Bar

The Cadeo Bar is a persistent macOS menu bar companion that shows your day at a glance — upcoming events, today's tasks, and a built-in focus timer. Click the Cadeo icon in your menu bar to open it.

What's in the Bar​

Record Now​

The red dot next to the clock starts a recording straight away: the meeting happening now, or — for a call that isn't on your calendar — a new meeting note. It turns into a stop square while recording; click it (or press Cmd+Shift+R) to stop. More on recording meetings.

Schedule​

Today's calendar events with colour-coded calendar dots. Events show their time, and meetings with video links display Join and Record buttons. Past events collapse into a "earlier events" summary.

Tasks​

Your incomplete tasks for today with inline checkboxes. Check a task off right from the menu bar — it syncs instantly.

Focus Mode​

A Pomodoro-style focus timer built into the bar. Click Start Focus Session to begin. Learn more about Focus Mode.

The tray icon shows contextual information:

  • Next meeting: ☕ Team Standup · 12m (countdown to next event)
  • Meeting imminent: 🔴 Team Standup · 3m (under 5 minutes)
  • Focus active: ◉ Task Name · 18:42 (countdown timer)
  • Break: ☕ Break · 4:12
  • Recording: 🔴 Recording · 24:15
  • No events: Cadeo icon only

In a meeting right now​

When a calendar event is in progress, the menu bar shows its title and how much time is left:

Design Review · 32m left

When the next meeting is within 5 minutes of starting, the menu bar switches to it to warn you:

Sprint Planning · 3m

Otherwise, it shows the next upcoming meeting of the day:

Design Review · 47m

The menu bar clears when your scheduled end time is reached — Cadeo doesn't track overrun time.

Meeting Alerts​

One minute before a meeting starts, Cadeo shows a small card at the top-right of the screen you're using, with Record, Dismiss and Join. It floats above every other app but doesn't take the keyboard. You can switch to a notification-only style from the bar settings. See Meeting Alerts.

Right-click Menu​

Right-click the Cadeo icon in the menu bar for:

  • Open Cadeo
  • Record now — records the meeting happening now, or a new call
  • New Task
  • Quit Cadeo

While something is recording, the menu starts with how long it's been going and which meeting it is, then Stop recording and Show recording. The menu bar shows Recording · 12:34 for any recording on this Mac, including a microphone-only one.

Keyboard Shortcuts​

ShortcutAction
Cmd+Shift+CToggle the Cadeo Bar popover
Cmd+Shift+JJoin next meeting
Cmd+Shift+RRecord now (the meeting on now, or a new call) / stop recording
Cmd+Shift+FStart focus / pause / resume

Settings​

Click the gear icon in the bar footer to open Cadeo Bar settings. You can configure focus durations, tray display preferences, and launch at login. See Bar Settings.