macOS SystemUIServer MenuExtra plugin
File type: Plugin, addon file
A menu file extension is related to the macOS (OS X) operating system for Apple Mac computers. A .menu file stores plugin.
Found 3 different file type records with the same menu filename suffix.
File type category:
Plugin, addon file
Date updated: November 29, 2024
The SystemUIServer is a background process that controls several aspects of the Mac OS X (macOS) user interface, and is one of the applications that are constantly running, when viewed with the Activity Monitor.
Specifically, it controls the right hand side of the Menu bar, where the Menu Extras live, as well as handling application launch following CD or DVD insertion, and handling external devices, such as the iPod.
A bad hardware state may cause the SystemUIServer to hang. Often, unplugging the external device will unhang the SystemUIServer.
The SystemUIServer is owned by the logged in user (as opposed to root) and automatically restarts if it crashes or is force quit.
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: October 9, 2026
The .menu file format is used by id Software's Quake 3 Engine, or id Tech 3. It is used by Quake 3 and by other games based on the engine, including Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Star Trek Elite Force, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Call of Duty, Soldier of Fortune II, and American McGee's Alice.
A menu file is a plain-text script that contains settings and definitions for game menus and interface elements. It can define items such as buttons, text, images, windows, and the commands or actions associated with them. The game engine reads these definitions to construct its user interface.
On Windows, these files are commonly included with the game's other resources, sometimes inside a PK3 archive.
To view a .menu file, open it with a plain-text editor such as Notepad on Windows. Because it is a script, a text editor is more suitable than a word processor.
The compatible game loads the file from its expected game or modification resources, which may be a folder or a PK3 archive. Editing a menu file can change the game's interface, but invalid syntax may prevent the menu from loading correctly.
There is no standard conversion or export process for the .menu file format. It is a game-specific interface script rather than a document format.
The file can be edited as plain text or manually adapted for another compatible id Tech 3-based game when its menu scripting syntax and available commands are supported. Such changes are not an automatic format conversion.
Software apps that manage or store settings in menu files:
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: October 23, 2018
The menu file extension is associated with Steam, a client used to manage video games purchased on Steam service.
The .menu files contain data that alter the GUI of Steam Client.
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software apps that manage or store settings in menu files:
Software applications that handle other tasks involving menu files:
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