# Bartender (بارتندر)

> Bartender is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: restricted
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Categories: Utilities & System Tools
- Official site: https://www.macbartender.com/
- Community votes: 4
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/bartender

## About

macOS app that organizes and manages menu bar icons for a cleaner, more focused workspace

## Activity summary

Restricted for users in Syria. Community testing in April 2026 confirmed that the marketing site loads, but checkout fails because the Paddle payment processor returns an E-403 error, preventing customers in Syria from completing a purchase. No outreach to the company has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-04-28 — Investigated. Community testing confirmed that purchases of Bartender are blocked from Syria. The marketing site macbartender.com loads correctly, but attempting to checkout invokes Paddle, which returns an error dialog reading «Something went wrong. error code: E-403» inside a Paddle-branded payment frame. Customers in Syria cannot complete the purchase. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/lotvreqeq9pj71b42p5di2yg/pp2ztxbr7ey4thacvs7wj9jo-1000076254.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/dwrwo6n4s8tvd3aslvy2vssm/eqp7r8vgksl8q5bf3jafpcw4-1000076256.png)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/bartender?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/bartender/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/bartender
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/bartender.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/bartender.md