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. Add the accounts to your Mac once and Notchy shows every one of them in the notch, with the next event counting down.
Through your Mac's accounts
Notchy reads every calendar in macOS Calendar. Add Google or Microsoft 365 in System Settings → Internet Accounts with Calendars turned on, and those events appear in Notchy too. You don't sign in to Google or Microsoft inside Notchy.
Any calendar link
In Settings → Calendar → Connect Another Calendar, subscribe to an iCalendar (.ics) link — a shared team calendar, a school timetable, a fixture list — or a CalDAV account. These are read-only, and repeating events are expanded for the next 90 days.
Pick what shows
Choose which calendars appear in Settings → Calendar → Calendars, so a busy shared calendar doesn't crowd out your own meetings.
Tasks from where they live
Todoist tasks sit next to Apple Reminders, and you choose where Quick Add saves new ones. Calendar-link secrets and the Todoist token are kept in the Keychain.
Everything Notchy does, in one app
- 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
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- 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
- Custom islands through the local developer API (off by default)
- 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
- 134 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?
Add your Google account in System Settings → Internet Accounts with Calendars turned on, then install Notchy and allow calendar access. Your Google events show in the notch's calendar with a countdown to the next one. If you'd rather not add the account, paste Google's "Secret address in iCal format" into Notchy as a read-only calendar link.
Does it work with Outlook and Microsoft 365?
Yes, through macOS Calendar: add your Microsoft 365 or Exchange account in System Settings → Internet Accounts and its calendars appear in Notchy. You can also subscribe to an Outlook published-calendar .ics link. Notchy doesn't sign in to Microsoft itself, and Microsoft To Do isn't supported.
Can I add an .ics subscription or CalDAV account?
Yes. Open Settings → Calendar → Connect Another Calendar and choose Calendar Link or CalDAV. It appears as a read-only calendar.
Can I create or edit events?
Yes, with Manage Calendar Events turned on in Settings → Calendar: quick events save to a writable Mac calendar, and you can edit or delete your own single events. Calendar links and CalDAV accounts added inside Notchy are read-only.
Can I join a meeting from the notch?
Yes. When an event has a video-call link, its card shows a Join button.
How much does it cost?
No. Notchy is $24.99 one-time for one Mac, with updates included and no subscription or in-app purchase. The 7-day free trial includes every feature.