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title: "Bambu Lab A2L monitor for Mac: Bambu Bar"
description: "See your Bambu Lab A2L's progress, temperatures and filament in the Mac menu bar."
url: https://bambubar.app/printers/a2l
---

# Bambu Lab A2L in your Mac menu bar

The large-format A2L in your menu bar: the job, time left, nozzle and bed temperatures and the filament in use.

**Status:** verified on hardware

## What Bambu Bar shows for the A2L

- Progress, layers, time left and finish time
- Nozzle temperature (up to 300 °C)
- Bed temperature (up to 80 °C)
- AMS spools by colour name, grams left and humidity
- Part cooling fan
- Pause, resume, stop and print speed (LAN Only + Developer Mode)
- Printer errors (HMS) in plain words, in Bambu Lab's own translations, with a link to the wiki

## A2L at a glance

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Chamber | Open frame |
| Build volume | 330 × 320 × 325 mm |
| Nozzles | 1 (up to 300 °C) |
| Bed | up to 80 °C |
| Filament system | AMS |

## Set up

1. [Download Bambu Bar](https://bambubar.app/download) and open it.
2. Pick your A2L from the printers found on your network.
3. The access code fills itself in from Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer, or read it on the printer under Settings → Network.

Controls (pause, resume, stop, speed) need the printer in LAN Only mode with Developer Mode on; status works in any mode.

[All compatible printers](https://bambubar.app/printers)