A simple, Dynamic Island–style notch for your Mac. Play music, jot down notes, run a timer, and keep a clipboard history right from the notch.
- Music. Control Spotify and Apple Music from the notch. See the album artwork, title, and artist, scrub through the song, and use previous, play/pause, and next.
- Live activities. While music plays, the closed notch shows a tiny artwork and an animated equalizer. While a timer runs, it shows the countdown instead.
- Song peek. When the track changes, the notch briefly expands to show the new title and artist.
- Notes. Quick notes that save automatically, with a list and an editor.
- Timer. Presets from 1 to 45 minutes, a progress ring, and a chime when time is up.
- Clipboard history. Keeps the last 20 copied text snippets. Click one to copy it again. This feature is opt-in, and text that password managers mark as concealed is never saved.
- Adjustable notch size. Compact, Standard, and Large presets, plus sliders for width, height, closed-notch width, and corner radius, with a live preview while you adjust.
- Dynamic look. The accent color can follow the album artwork automatically, or you can pick one yourself.
- Handy header. Date, time, and battery level at a glance.
The notch opens when you hover over or click it, and closes when the pointer moves away. On Macs without a physical notch, NotchMe shows a virtual one at the top center of the screen.
- macOS 26.6 or later
- Spotify or Apple Music for the music features
- Download the latest
.dmgfile from the Releases page. - Open the DMG and drag NotchMe into your Applications folder.
- Launch NotchMe from Applications.
NotchMe isn't notarized by Apple yet, so macOS blocks it the first time you open it. To open it anyway, Control-click NotchMe and choose Open. You can also go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
| Permission | Why it's needed |
|---|---|
| Automation for Spotify and Music | Reads the current track and controls playback |
| Clipboard access | Only when clipboard history is turned on |
If you denied Automation access by mistake, turn it back on in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Automation.
- Hover over the notch to open it. Use the icons at the top left to switch between Music, Notes, Timer, and Clipboard.
- Open settings with the gear icon in the notch, or click the capsule icon in the menu bar and choose Settings….
- You can turn on Launch at login in settings.
- Clone this repository and open
NotchMe.xcodeprojin Xcode 27 or later. - Select the NotchMe scheme with My Mac as the destination, then press ⌘R.
- Press ⌘U to run the unit tests.
App Sandbox is intentionally turned off so NotchMe can control Spotify and Music through AppleScript. Because of that, this version can't be distributed through the Mac App Store.
| File | Contents |
|---|---|
NotchWindowController.swift |
The notch window, screen positioning, and hover detection |
NotchViewModel.swift |
Notch state, sizing, and live activities |
NotchSettings.swift |
Preferences stored in UserDefaults |
MediaController.swift |
Spotify and Apple Music integration |
NotesStore.swift, TimerManager.swift, ClipboardManager.swift |
Logic for each feature |
*View.swift |
SwiftUI views for each tab and the settings window |