New in 1.0.173
Google Calendar and Outlook in the Notch
Your work calendar is in Outlook, your personal one in Google, the team rota is an .ics link — and macOS only shows the ones you've added to Internet Accounts. Notchy reads them all directly and shows the next event counting down in the notch.
Sign in, not set up
Connect Google Calendar or Outlook inside Notchy and their events appear next to your Mac calendars. No need to add the account to macOS first.
Any calendar link
Subscribe to an iCalendar (.ics) link — a shared team calendar, a school timetable, a fixture list — or a CalDAV account. Repeating events are expanded for the next 90 days.
Tasks from where they live
Todoist and Microsoft To Do tasks sit next to Apple Reminders, and you choose where Quick Add saves new ones.
Tokens kept safe
Sign-ins are held by Notchy's own account store, never handed to other apps, and the Todoist token lives only in the Keychain. Feed links are kept out of plain settings because they often contain an access key.
Everything Notchy does, for free
- Fluid Dynamic Island animations on the Mac notch
- Command palette (⌃⌥K) — every action one keystroke away
- Knock — double-tap a modifier key to open the notch
- AI usage tracker (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot)
- Detach any tab into a menu-bar popover
- Now Playing music controls (Apple Music & Spotify)
- Time-synced karaoke lyrics under the notch
- Mac clipboard history shelf (password-manager safe)
- Searchable clipboard — filter by text, file name, or OCR'd words
- On-device OCR — copy a screenshot, get its text (Apple Vision)
- Window snapping — drag a window to the notch to tile it
- App Launcher — pin apps to the notch, open with one tap
- Text snippets — TextExpander-style pastes from the ⌘K palette
- One-tap screen capture to clipboard + shelf
- Color eyedropper — sample any pixel, hex auto-copied
- System-wide mic mute for every meeting app at once
- Keystroke HUD for demos & screencasts (secure-input safe)
- Keyboard cleaning lock with countdown island (⌘⎋ unlocks)
- Menu-bar icon hiding — Bartender-style separator & chevron
- Live CPU / memory / network stats flyout
- Open GitHub PR count in the notch (Keychain-stored token)
- iPhone-style call island — Answer/Decline FaceTime on the notch
- Notch Terminal — real VT100/xterm shell in a PTY, its own tab
- Camera Guard — alert (or block) when any app opens your camera
- Caps Lock HUD — brief island on every toggle
- Full Charge island with adjustable threshold + low-battery sound
- Alt HUD styles — edge-pinned bar or circular gauge off the notch
- Audio-reactive Now Playing visualizer (real FFT of system audio)
- Custom closed-notch idle animation — drop in your own Lottie JSON
- Drag-and-drop file drop shelf — persists across relaunches
- Zip & unzip files right from the shelf
- Image converter (HEIC, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PDF) + video → GIF
- Run Apple Shortcuts with one tap
- Screenshots auto-staged on the shelf, ready to drag
- Download finished alerts with Reveal in Finder
- USB drive mount island with one-tap Eject
- Apple Reminders quick capture & due list
- macOS Pomodoro notch timer & stopwatch — streaks + 7-day chart
- Resizable expanded panel (width & height, live preview)
- System HUDs (volume, brightness, battery)
- Audio output switcher (speakers, AirPods, monitor)
- AirPods connection manager & battery
- Magic Mouse, Keyboard & Trackpad battery + low-battery alerts
- Quick notes & Calendar widgets
- Camera Mirror (check your appearance)
- Keep Awake (caffeine toggle)
- Teleprompter (Cuely) for Zoom calls
- Focus-aware alerts & native haptic feedback
- Lock screen widgets & hide-the-notch mode
- 133 languages, fully localized
- Native SwiftUI, tuned for Apple Silicon
Google Calendar on the Mac Menu Bar — FAQ
How do I get Google Calendar in the Mac menu bar?
Install Notchy, open its calendar settings and sign in to Google. Your events show in the notch's calendar with a countdown to the next one — no Internet Accounts setup needed.
Does it work with Outlook and Microsoft 365?
Yes. Sign in to Microsoft in Notchy and Outlook calendar events appear, and Microsoft To Do tasks can too.
Can I add an .ics subscription?
Yes. Paste any iCalendar link and it appears as a read-only calendar.
Can I create or edit events?
No — Notchy shows events and counts down to them. Create events in your calendar app.
Can I join a meeting from the notch?
Yes. When an event has a video-call link, its card shows a Join button.
Is it free?
Yes — Notchy has no trial, licence key, subscription or in-app purchase.