Every Notchy setting

Quick Actions

Header Buttons

Choose the buttons beside your tabs and in Home’s Quick Actions card

Window Shortcuts

Shortcuts & Timer Mode

Set a Pomodoro shortcut or hide Standard mode

Dictation

Dictation Shortcut

Press once to listen, again to finish. Speech stays on this Mac.

Tracking

Activity Tracking

Count clicks, keystrokes and mouse distance on this Mac, in an Activity tab

Screen Time

Time spent in each app while you’re at the Mac

Clear Screen Time History

Forget every app’s recorded time on this Mac

Visibility

Show Rings in the Notch

A three-ring glance beside the collapsed notch

Show Floating Orb

A standalone widget floating above all windows

Desktop Widgets

Floating Player

Now Playing in a small player above your windows. Drag it anywhere.

Lyrics in Now Playing

Show the current line when the song has synced lyrics

Add Photo Widget

Another photo, or folder of photos, in a widget of its own

Glass Widgets

Frosted glass over the wallpaper. Off, widgets are solid, and Weather shows the sky.

Widget Positions

Drag a widget on the desktop to move it. Right-click it to resize or remove it.

Desktop Widgets

Clock, World Clock, Now Playing, Weather, Sunrise & Sunset, Calendar, Batteries, System and Photo widgets on the desktop

Arrange

Arrange in the Notch

Press and hold any card, then drag to reorder — the grid’s edges resize them

Grid

Columns

Auto sizes the grid to the number of cards

Card Size

Minimum Card Width

Wider cards can make Home and its panel wider

Minimum Card Height

Cards may grow to fit their contents and available space

Reset

Reset Home

Back to Now Playing, Weather, Camera and Up Next

Home Controls

Home controls run through Shortcuts

macOS gives no app direct access to HomeKit, so a control is a shortcut of yours that runs a Home action. One per scene or accessory.

Appears once “Arrange in the Notch” is on.

Shortcuts isn’t available

The Shortcuts app is needed to run shortcuts

Find a Shortcut

Appears once “Arrange in the Notch” is on.

World Clock

Add a City

The card shows the first four

Appears once “Arrange in the Notch” is on.

Color Tools

Copy Format

Color Tools

Keep your last 12 picked colors and copy them in different formats

Weather

City (optional)

Leave empty to use your current location

Sky Background

Fill the Home weather card with the current sky

Location

Manual city selected — location access is optional

Saved Links

Saved Links

Open your saved pages from Home and the command palette

Startup

Open at Login

Hello Intro

Play the multilingual greeting on launch

Language

Language

Requires restart to apply fully

Time Format

Clocks, events and reminders across the app

Automation

Show in Notchy

Let Shortcuts and links show a short message in the notch while your Mac is unlocked

Copy Example Link

Use the Show in Notchy action in Shortcuts, or open this example URL

Menu Bar

Caffeine

A keep-awake toggle in the menu bar

Hide Menu Bar Icons

Adds an arrow to the menu bar — ⌘-drag icons to its left, then click it to tuck them away

Reveal on Hover

Rest the pointer on the arrow or an empty part of the menu bar to show hidden icons

Automatically Re-hide

Always-Hidden Section

Adds a second divider — icons ⌘-dragged to its left stay hidden until you hold the reveal key or ⌥-click the arrow

Reveal Key

Hold it on its own to show every hidden icon. Needs Accessibility access.

Recovery

Emergency Shortcut

Restart Notchy

Quits and reopens itself — the fix for a permission you just granted, or anything the app has stopped noticing

Force Quit Notchy

Kills the process immediately, without waiting for anything to finish

Pill

Shape

Choose a monitor and set its pill or notch shape

Closed Pill Size

Scale the closed pill. The open panel’s size is set below.

Pill Height Adjustment

Make the closed pill and live activities taller, to line up with your notch

Material

Glass Surfaces

Blur the desktop behind the panel and cards, with a highlighted edge

Panel Translucency

Higher values let more of the desktop show through

Clock

Clock on the Closed Pill

Time and date at rest on displays with no notch

Not shown on this Mac’s notch

Clock Shows

12 or 24-hour follows the Time Format setting in General

Date Format

How the date reads on the pill

Show with Activities

Keeps the clock beside music, timers and other activities

Expanded Panel

Your Display Uses Larger Text

Everything on this display, Notchy included, is shown larger. You can choose another size in Displays settings.

Panel Width

Preferred width; the panel stays within the display

Panel Sizing

Maximum Height

As tall as a tab may grow; short tabs still come out short

Panel Height

As tall as a tab may grow; short tabs still come out short

Use Compact Size

Shrink the panel back to its smallest footprint

Use Default Size

Tab Sizes

Drag the open panel’s corner to give a tab its own size

Interface

Monochrome Interface

Icons and accents go gray; artwork and app icons keep their color

Color-Coded Levels

Tint volume, brightness and battery levels: red when low, amber in between, green when high

Panel Font

Applies to the pill and expanded panel; Settings uses the system font

Panel Text Size

Scales panel text; resize the panel for more reading space

Motion

Animation Style

Animation Speed

1× is normal; higher values play animations faster

Reduce Motion

Already on for every app in System Settings › Accessibility

Haptic Feedback

Off while Reduce Motion is on

Notifications-Only Mode

Notifications-Only Mode

The notch shows only notifications and stays closed: clicking or hovering won’t open the panel. Click a notification for its details, or click while music plays for controls. To open Settings, right-click the notch.

Minimal Layout

Use Minimal Layout

Show only the tabs and header buttons you choose, and draw the pill and panel smaller. Your other settings are saved.

Minimal Layout Scale

Scale the pill and panel while Minimal Layout is on

Hardware Notch

Hide the Notch

Black out the menu-bar strip and the display’s rounded corners so the camera notch disappears

Pill & Island Color

Same as Panel

The closed pill and live activities use the expanded panel’s color

Expanded Panel Color

Custom Fill

Replace the panel background with your own color or gradient

Fill Style

Appears once “Custom Fill” is on.

Color

Appears once “Fill Style” is on.

Center Color

Appears once “Fill Style” is on.

Start Color

Appears once “Fill Style” is on.

Edge Color

Appears once “Fill Style” is on.

End Color

Appears once “Fill Style” is on.

Angle

0° runs top to bottom, 90° left to right

Appears once “Fill Style” is on.

Opacity

Opaque — the glass behind is fully hidden

Appears once “Custom Fill” is on.

Fade the Bottom Edge

Gradually blend the color into the original surface near its lower edge

Appears once “Fill Style” is on.

Use Notchy’s Own Fill

Back to the black that matches the camera cutout

Appears once “Custom Fill” is on.

Opening

Expand on Hover

Open the panel when the pointer rests on the closed pill or the top-center of the screen

Default Tab

Which tab the panel opens on after it has been closed a while

Open on Current Activity

While music plays or a timer runs, open the panel on Now Playing or Timer instead of the Default Tab

Closing

Auto Collapse

Close the panel after the pointer leaves, or after the idle timeout

Collapse Delay

Wait this long after the pointer leaves the panel

Idle Timeout

Close the panel even while the pointer rests on it. Set to Never to keep it open while hovered.

Visibility

Show On

Choose which connected displays show Notchy

Invisible Until Hover

Hide the resting pill completely — it only appears while you’re hovering the notch area. Music, timers, calls and notifications still show as normal.

Hide if Menus Overlap

Hide the pill when your menu bar items collide with it

Hide in Full Screen

Hide the pill and panel while the selected kind of app is full screen

Full-Screen Apps

All full-screen apps, or only the app currently playing music or video

Hide in Mission Control

Fade the pill out while Mission Control or App Exposé is open. Needs Accessibility.

Appears once “Hide in Full Screen” is on.

Screen Sharing Privacy

Keep the pill out of screenshots, recordings and shares. Some apps can still capture it.

Hide While Mirroring

Hide the pill on all screens while your display is mirrored

Keyboard Shortcuts

Launcher Wheel

Open apps or run actions from a radial menu. Hold the shortcut, point, and let go to choose.

Siri on the Notch

Show a live island while Siri is on screen, and summon Siri with a shortcut

Tab Shortcuts

Open a tab from any app, even in Notifications-Only Mode. Press again to close.

Open Notchy Shortcut

Hide Notchy Shortcut

Command Palette Shortcut

Launcher Wheel Shortcut

Siri Shortcut

Timing

Notification Duration

Feature Tips

Occasional tips and new-feature notes, at most one a day, never during Focus or a call

Privacy

Camera Guard

Alert the moment any app opens the camera

When the Camera Goes Live

Focus Modes

Focus Modes Unavailable

macOS keeps the mode list behind Full Disk Access. Grant it, then reopen Settings to see every Focus.

Showing Inferred Modes

macOS keeps the mode list behind Full Disk Access. Grant it, then reopen Settings to see every Focus.

Refresh Shortcuts

No shortcuts found. Create one in the Shortcuts app with a single “Set Focus” action, name it after the mode, then refresh.

Manage Focus Modes

Create or edit modes in System Settings — Notchy reads them from there

System Popups

Volume Popup

Show volume changes in Notchy

Brightness Popup

Show brightness changes in Notchy

Quiet Popups During Focus

Hide Notchy’s volume and brightness popups while Focus is active

Caps Lock Popup

Brief popup when Caps Lock toggles

Focus Popup

Quick popup when Focus changes

Volume & Brightness Popups

Replace System Volume & Brightness Overlay

Hide macOS’s own volume & brightness overlay so only Notchy’s popup shows. Restored when Notchy quits.

Popups Beside the Notch

Show volume, brightness, and keyboard lighting beside the camera notch, keeping the page below clear

Displays

Only on the Display With the Pointer

With more than one display, show popups on the screen you’re using instead of on every notch

Sounds

Sounds

Call Controls

FaceTime, WhatsApp, Teams and other calls show up in the notch, where you can answer, mute or hang up

Meeting Calls

Live duration island while you’re in a Teams, Zoom, Slack or Discord call — and keeps call audio out of Now Playing

iMessage

New-message island with inline reply. Teams, Slack and other apps follow Mirror App Notifications.

App Notifications

Mirror App Notifications

Banners from Outlook, Teams, Slack and any other app appear as islands and collect in the Notifications tab

macOS Banner Position

Move the macOS banner out of the notch’s corner — or anywhere else on screen. Needs Accessibility.

Notification Size

Full Size shows the whole message, like a macOS banner. Expand on Hover opens a compact one when you rest the pointer on it.

Unread Count Beside Notch

A red badge counts notifications that arrived since you last opened the Notifications tab. Click it to see them.

Show During Focus

Keep mirroring app notifications while a Focus is on — for setups where macOS banners are turned off and the notch is the only place a notification appears

Presenting

Keystroke HUD

Show the shortcuts you press as keycaps in the notch — great for demos and screen recordings

Shortcuts Only

Show only key combinations with ⌘, ⌃ or ⌥ — plain typing stays private

Command Timer

Long Command Islands

Show commands that run longer than 10 seconds — builds, tests, deploys — as an island with a live timer, then ✓ or ✗ when they finish. Adds a hook to ~/.zshrc (zsh only; removed when off).

Downloads & Drives

Download Finished

Show an island when a file lands in Downloads

Drive Mounted

Show an island with an Eject button when a disk connects

App Install Offers

Offer to install an app when its disk image (.dmg) mounts. Turn off if you use another installer.

Dictation

Dictate Text Shortcut

Press Fn to Dictate

A quick press starts or finishes; Fn combinations keep working

Fn in macOS

Set “Press Fn key to” to “Do Nothing” in Keyboard settings to avoid also starting Apple Dictation or the emoji picker

Accessibility Access

Needed for Fn and pasting into other apps

Pill

Show on Lock Screen

Keep the pill visible while locked or in screen saver

Lock & Unlock Island

Show the lock pill while the Mac is locked

Show Unlock Animation

Briefly show an open lock in the pill when you unlock

Lock Sounds

Play a sound when the Mac locks and unlocks

Lock Sound

Unlock Sound

Widget

Lock Screen Widget

Show what’s playing, your next event, weather and more while your Mac is locked

Layout

Cards gives each widget its own card. Single Strip puts them all on one line — icon and value only, the way a menu bar reads.

Horizontal Position

Push the cards to one side so they clear the login field

Vertical Position

Move within the space between the clock and login controls

Album Art Background

While music plays, the cover fills the screen behind the widgets

Preview Layout

Draw the widgets full-screen so you can place them without locking the Mac. Press Close to dismiss.

Card Style

Card Density

Compact draws every card as a single line — weather as condition and temperature, battery as a percentage — so more of them fit

Card Background

Glass, a flat dark fill, or none at all — labels straight on the wallpaper

Same Glass as Panel

Widgets wear the look chosen under Appearance › Material

Cards

Show Event and Reminder Titles

Anyone at your locked Mac can read them. Off, the cards show only the time.

Reset Card Order

Put the cards back in the order Notchy ships with

Troubleshooting

Copy Lock Screen Report

Copied. Paste it into an email or a GitHub issue.

Required

Accessibility

Lets Notchy respond when you point at or click the notch, show call and message banners, and snap windows.

Features

Camera

The camera mirror tab and Face Unlock

Bluetooth

Autodetect AirPods and their battery when the case opens

Calendar

Show your agenda and next event; save personal events when Calendar Capture is enabled

Reminders

Add and complete reminders in the panel

Location

Local weather on the Home tab and in the pill

Contacts

Caller photos on incoming FaceTime calls

Advanced Features

Full Disk Access

Mirror Notification Center, and list your Focus modes to switch them

Input Monitoring

Media keys for the HUD, typing sounds, and spacebar Face Unlock

Screen Recording

Screenshots, screen and region recording, and window titles

Files & Folders

Read the screenshot folder for Screenshot to Shelf

Voice & Music

Microphone

Dictate text, identify a song, and follow your reading in the teleprompter

Speech Recognition

Turn speech into text on-device for dictation and the teleprompter

Diagnostics

Copy Permission Diagnostics

System info and permission states, for a bug report

Setup

AI Usage Setup

Walk through what the local tracker reads

Permission Guide

Walk through setup one step at a time

Favorite Tabs

Favorite Tabs

Keep favorites in the header. Every enabled tool stays available in All Tools.

Undo Favorite Change

Header Layout

Tab Labels

Tabs Beside the Notch

On a Mac with a notch, show tabs to the left of the camera and header buttons to the right. Tab content gets the space below.

Header Buttons

Hover Labels

Ports Button

Show listening TCP ports from the header and stop a process in one click

Battery Button

Open battery details from the header

Pomodoro Button

One click starts focus; another opens the session already running

Identify Song

A one-tap song finder next to the battery

Screenshot Button

Choose an area to capture from the header or Home quick actions

Scrolling Screenshot Button

Capture a long page in one image; Notchy scrolls until it ends

Record Button

Start and stop a screen recording from the header

Scan QR Code Button

Read a QR code or barcode on screen; copies it and offers to open links

Color Picker Button

Sample any color on screen from the header

Microphone Mute Button

Mute or unmute the mic from the header; lit while muted

Dictation Button

Speak, and it types into the app in front

Camera Button

Green while an app has the camera; click to arm Camera Guard

Volume Button

Click to mute; hover for a system volume slider

Command Palette Button

Search actions, apps and settings from the header

Stopwatch Button

Show the stopwatch next to Caffeine

Timer Button

Start, pause and resume a countdown of your custom timer length

Pin Button

Keep the notch open without giving up header space when unused

Lock Screen Button

Tap to lock; long-press to turn off the display

Caffeine Button

Stop your Mac sleeping; long-press to set a timer

Clean Keyboard Button

Turn off the keyboard for 60 seconds while you wipe it; long-press to clean the screen too

System Stats

Hover the gauge for live CPU, GPU, temperature, memory and network

Rank Processes By

Energy weighs idle wakeups as well as CPU time

Hidden by Minimal Layout

This tab is enabled but isn’t in your minimal tab set

Productivity

Keep Shelf Files

Clearing removes shelf entries and Notchy copies; originals stay untouched

Shelf

Drag files onto the pill to stage them

Clipboard

Recent copies — one tap to restore

Calculator

Type a sum, get the answer — percent, functions, history

Emoji

Search any emoji and paste it where you were typing

To-Do

A quick checklist that stays on this Mac

Reminders

Quick-add and check off Apple Reminders

Calendar

Your agenda for the week, with one-tap Join

Shortcuts

Run your Apple Shortcuts with one tap

Launcher

Pin apps and launch them with one tap

Quick Search

Type a query, hit return, it opens in your browser

Translate

Paste anything foreign and read it in your language

Shortcuts Tab

Find a Shortcut

Appears once “Shortcuts” is on.

Task Sources

Use Apple Reminders

On by default; you can turn it off once Todoist is connected

Appears once “Reminders” is on.

Quick Add Destination

Appears once “Use Apple Reminders” is on.

Todoist

Todoist

Connected and syncing tasks

Appears once “Reminders” is on.

Reminders List

Show List

New reminders are filed here too

Appears once “Use Apple Reminders” is on.

Home Controls Tab

Home items come from Shortcuts

macOS gives no app access to HomeKit directly. Make one shortcut per scene or accessory in the Shortcuts app, then file them below.

Appears once “Home Controls” is on.

Show Every Shortcut

Off, the list holds only shortcuts whose names read like home controls or scenes

Appears once “Home Controls” is on.

Core

Home

Music, weather, calendar at a glance

Quick Settings

Show this tab in the notch

Media

Now Playing

Full player with controls and synced lyrics

Sound Mixer

Volume, equalizer and output for each app playing sound

Timer

Countdown and Pomodoro sessions

Workspaces

Cuely

Teleprompter beneath your webcam

Ask AI

Chat with Claude using your own API key

Notes

Jot a thought — saves straight to Apple Notes

Terminal

A full terminal running your shell in the notch

Mirror

A quick FaceTime-style glance

System

Home Controls

Run Home scenes and accessories from the notch

Focus

Switch Focus modes like Do Not Disturb and Work

Activity

Live desk activity, calorie burn & XP level

AI Usage

Claude, Codex, Cursor & remote provider usage

Stocks

Your watchlist, with the day’s shape per stock

Apps & Updates

App, App Store and Homebrew updates in one list

Health

Cycle Count

Temperature

Fan

Mode

Speed

Alerts

Warn on Low Battery

Low Battery Threshold

Battery Drain Warnings

Warn when an app holds high CPU for minutes while unplugged

Accessories Low Battery

Warn when a mouse, keyboard, iPhone, or iPad runs low

Charging

Charging Island

Brief pill when you plug in to charge

Unplug Island

Pill with the time left when you disconnect power

Full Charge Island

Pill when the battery reaches the full-charge level — the cue to unplug

Full Charge Level

Appearance

Screen Glow

Flash a soft glow around the screen with low-battery and full-charge alerts

Sounds

Low Battery

Plugged In

Unplugged

Fully Charged

Accessory Low

Accessory Fully Charged

Menu Bar

Battery in Menu Bar

iPhone-style battery with the percentage inside; click for all devices

Power

Low Power Mode

Changing it asks for your administrator password

Charge Limit

Limit Charging

Stop at a healthy level to slow battery wear. Asks for your password once.

Background Helper

An updated charge helper is ready. Updating asks for your administrator password.

Stop Charging At

Set through macOS Charge Limit, which this Mac requires

Sailing Mode

Let the battery drift a few points below the limit before charging again

Automatic Discharge

When plugged in above the limit, run on battery until it comes down

Top Up to 100%

Charging to full — the limit returns afterwards

Remove Charge Helper

Restores normal charging and removes the background helper

Fans

Fan Control (Beta)

Set fan speeds or a temperature curve. Your Mac’s own thermal protection always stays on.

All Fans Automatic

Hand every fan back to your Mac

AirPods

Wi-Fi

Notifications

Connect & Disconnect Alerts

Show a popup when AirPods connect, disconnect or open nearby. When off, Notchy stops looking for nearby AirPods over Bluetooth.

Accessory Fully Charged

Show a popup when a mouse, keyboard, iPhone or iPad reaches 100%

Network

Network Traffic History

Keep Wi-Fi and Ethernet totals on this Mac for up to a year. Time asleep isn’t counted.

Observed Time

Clear Network History

Actions

Refresh Audio Devices

Manage Bluetooth Devices

Choose Displays

Pick which connected displays show Notchy

Extra Brightness

Pushes the screen brighter than its usual maximum, on displays that can. Uses more battery and makes the Mac run warmer.

Boost Strength

Appears once “Extra Brightness” is on.

Display Controls

Brightness, Extra Dim and refresh rate for every display, built-in included. External displays need a Mac with Apple silicon, and not every monitor accepts it.

Brightness Keys Control External Displays

The brightness keys change external displays along with the built-in one

Knock to Control

Knock on your Mac or tap a modifier key — once, twice or three times — to run an action

Sensitivity

Knock Key

Tap this modifier on its own, 1–3 times, to knock

Single

Double

Triple

Local Listening Library

Local Listening History

Keep up to 500 recent recordings on this Mac; nothing is uploaded

Clear Listening History

Clear Music Bookmarks

Island

Now Playing Island

Show what’s playing on the collapsed pill

Peek on Hover

Hover the playing notch to open a mini player with controls

Tab

Now Playing Tab

Full player with controls and synced lyrics

Playback & Appearance

Show Track Info

When the artist and track title appear on the notch

Hide When Paused

Clear now-playing about half a minute after playback pauses; it returns as soon as you press play

Square Album Art

Show album covers as squares in the closed notch, the hover player, Home and Now Playing

Media Keys

Control Playback with Media Keys

Play/next/previous drive Notchy directly, so macOS stops popping its own Now Playing panel over the island

Default App

Music App

Opens from Now Playing and Home when nothing is playing

Stop Music from Opening Automatically

Quit Music when macOS opens it as headphones connect or Play is pressed

Open Music App Instead

When Notchy stops Music, open the Music App chosen above. Off, Play with nothing playing does nothing.

Lyrics

Synced Lyrics

Karaoke-style lines from LRCLIB — sends track title and artist to lrclib.net

Additional Lyrics Provider

Try public NetEase before LRCLIB. Sends title and artist to music.163.com; availability varies by region.

Provider Lyric Translations

Show original lines with supplied translations when the additional provider has them

Lyrics on Pill

Show the current lyric line on the closed notch instead of the track title

Lyrics Timing

Nudge lines earlier or later when they run out of sync with the song

Desktop Lyrics

Desktop Lyrics

A floating lyric panel, hidden while paused, locked, asleep, mirroring or recording

Lyrics Layout

Move Desktop Lyrics

Unlock and focus the visible lyric panel; drag its background to move it

Podcasts & Audiobooks

Speed Control in Browsers

Video and audio in a browser tab need “Allow JavaScript from Apple Events” switched on. Notchy can turn it on from each open browser’s Developer menu. While it’s on, apps you allow to control that browser can run scripts in its pages.

Turn Off Speed Control

Switch “Allow JavaScript from Apple Events” back off in each open browser

Visualizer

Audio-Reactive Bars

Bars follow the music playing on your Mac. When off, they move to a gentle rhythm.

Events & Tasks

Manage Calendar Events

Add, edit and delete one-off events in your Apple calendars, with a preview of the date you type

Calendar with Due Tasks

Show reminders that are due alongside your events

Calendar Sources

Add Calendar Accounts

Add Google, Microsoft or other accounts in Internet Accounts. Their calendars appear here automatically.

Use macOS Calendars

Show events from the Calendar app. To turn this off, add a calendar link or CalDAV account first.

Live Activity

Upcoming Event Island

A countdown island before events start

Lead Time

Keep Until Joined or Dismissed

The island stays on the notch with Join and Dismiss instead of fading after a few seconds

Menu Bar

Next Meeting in Menu Bar

Your next event and how long until it starts; click it to see the month

Show Event Title

Off shows only the countdown

Show Date in Icon

The Calendar and Next Meeting icons show today’s month and day

Keyboard Shortcuts

Open Calendar Shortcut

Join Meeting Shortcut

Full-Screen Meeting Alert

Full-Screen Alert

Takes over every display with the meeting and a Join button — impossible to miss

Alert Timing

Only Meetings with a Join Link

Skip events without a Zoom, Meet, Teams or other video link

Preview Alert

Show a sample meeting alert now — Esc closes it

Connect Another Calendar

Calendar Link or CalDAV

Add a read-only .ics link or a CalDAV account

Next Event

Up Next

Connection Type

Paste the private .ics link from your calendar’s sharing settings

Calendar Access

Not allowed — turn it on in System Settings

Tab

Timer Tab

A live countdown on the notch

Controls on Hover

Hover a running timer on the notch to pause it, add a minute or stop it

Pomodoro Lengths

Focus Length

Duration for new focus sessions; a running session keeps its time

Break Length

Long Break Length

Pomodoro Stats

Today

Current Streak

Recorded Total

Break Reminders

Look Away

The 20-20-20 rule — rest your eyes on something far away

Stand Up

A nudge to get out of the chair

Every

Drink Water

A hydration nudge between the other two

Distraction Blocking

Block Apps While Focusing

Apps below get hidden — never quit — when they come forward during a focus phase

Add an App

Nothing is blocked yet

Sound

Play Sound When Timer Ends

Repeat Timer Alarm

Choose when the repeating alarm stops

Start a Timer

Mascot

Shown beside the Pomodoro countdown

Quick Start

Stop Timer

Stop Pomodoro

Start Pomodoro

Repeat Timer

When a timer ends, it starts again at the same length. Stops repeating while you’re away from your Mac.

Quick Access

Start Pomodoro Shortcut

Pomodoro Only

Hide Standard mode and open directly to focus sessions

Continue Automatically

Start each break and the next focus session without a tap

Focus Sounds

Focus Sounds

Play ambient sounds from Timer or an optional Home card

Clipboard History

Keep recent copies — one click to restore

Open Clipboard Shortcut

Paste as Plain Text Shortcut

History

Stored Items

History Limit

Keep History After Quitting

Your history is still there after a restart. Stored only on this Mac.

Capture Sound

Play a short sound each time a new copy is saved

Sound

Clear History

Forget every stored copy now

Privacy

Ignore an App

Nothing is ignored yet

Shortcuts

Copy Twice to Open

Press ⌘C twice to open history — no shortcut to learn

Paste with 1–9

With history open, press a number to paste that item into the active app

Links

Tracking Links

Spot tracking parameters in copied links and offer a clean version, or strip them the moment a link is copied

Auto-Clear

Empty the Clipboard

Clears what would be pasted. Your history is kept.

Clear After

Idle time before the clipboard is emptied

Saved Lists

Sync Saved Items with iCloud

Saved text items and lists follow your iCloud account to your other Macs. Images and ordinary history stay on this Mac.

Snippets

Save Snippet from Clipboard

Reusable text you paste from the ⌘K palette

Until a Time

Caffeine

Prevent your Mac from sleeping

Stay Awake with the Lid Closed

Waiting for authorization…

Disconnect Mouse and Keyboard

When the lid closes, Bluetooth mice, keyboards and trackpads disconnect so they stop draining. Headphones stay connected.

Quick Durations

Until Stopped

Active

Actions

Deactivate Caffeine

Let your Mac sleep normally

Tab

Cuely Tab

Teleprompter beneath your webcam

Auto-Scroll

Scroll Speed

Font Size

Teleprompter Size

Width

Height

Use Default Size

Drag the strip’s corner while reading to resize it

Manual Scroll

Scroll Manually

The script stays put until you scroll it with your mouse, trackpad or arrow keys

Voice Mode (Beta)

Follow My Voice

Scroll advances as you read — falls back to auto-scroll if denied

Actions

Start Session

Opens the pill and begins auto-scroll

Voice Permissions

Microphone and Speech Recognition are allowed

Presets

One-click pace

Tab

AI Usage Tab

Usage from Claude, Codex, Cursor, Antigravity and Copilot, read on this Mac.

Compact Layout

Show Claude Code or Codex as two small cards: limits with reset times, and today’s API estimate.

Live Agent Activity

Agent Permission Islands

Show a notch island the moment Claude Code or Codex needs permission or input, with a jump-to-terminal button. Installs hooks in ~/.claude/settings.json and ~/.codex/hooks.json (removed when off).

Approve & Deny from the Notch

Answer Claude Code and Codex permission prompts right in the island. Pauses the agent until you click — or times out to the agent’s own prompt.

Session Cost Summary

After each Claude Code reply, show the conversation’s estimated API cost and what that reply cost.

Privacy

Hide Personal Information

Mask project names, paths and account emails on the AI Usage tab. Display only — nothing stored changes, and turning this off brings every name back.

Notifications

Preview Usage Warning

Show a sample Claude quota warning on the notch.

Preview Session Cost Summary

Show a sample conversation total and its latest reply.

Limit Warnings

Notify as a session or weekly limit runs low, runs out and resets.

Sound Notifications

AI Notification Sounds

Choose the sounds for AI usage alerts and agent approvals on the Popups page.

Menu Bar

Menu Bar Readout

When AI Usage is in the menu bar, show the tightest limit beside its icon.

Usage Display

Reset Sections

Show every provider Notchy finds, in the order it finds them.

Revoke Standing Approvals

Tab

Terminal Tab

Show the Terminal tab when the notch opens

Appearance & Font

Font Size

Font

Nerd Fonts draw Powerlevel10k and Starship prompts properly

Color Scheme

Text and background colors

Market data unavailable

All Stocks

Monitor This Stock

Off keeps the stock and its alerts, but stops watching the price

Remove Stock

Deletes this stock and its alerts

Condition

Price

Add Stock

Search

By company name or ticker — Apple, AAPL, BTC-USD

Appearance

Company Logos

Fetch each company’s logo from its own website. Off: a lettered tile, drawn locally. Logos are never fetched from a logo service, which would learn your watchlist.

Live Activity

Show in the Notch

Turns the notch into a live ticker — one stock at a time, tinted by direction, and quiet when the market is closed

Add an Engine

Name

Shown on its button in the Quick Search tab

Search URL

Shortcut

Letters and numbers, no space — leave empty for none

Previous Space

Next Space

Window Snapping

Snap Windows to the Notch

Drag any window into the notch to tile it — halves, quarters, or full screen

Space Change Island

Show Space Changes

Show a brief island after switching desktops or entering a full-screen app

Current Display

Current Space

Spaces on This Display

Snap Zones

Tiles per Row

How the zones wrap on this display

Restore Default Zones

Left, Top Left, Full, Top Right, Right

Companion

Desktop Pet

A pet that wanders your desktop and reacts to your Mac

Options

Potty Breaks

Now and then your pet takes a break and leaves a little puddle

Quiet During Focus

Your pet waits in a bottom corner during Focus and Pomodoro sessions

Advanced

Pet Rides on Windows

Now and then your pet climbs onto a window’s title bar and rides along

Pet Visits Other Displays

With more than one display, your pet sometimes walks across to the other screen

Backup

Back Up Pet

Save your companions, levels, secrets, hats and Pet Room to a file

Restore Pet

Replace your current pet with one from a backup file

Learn

Pet Field Guide

An interactive tour of what your pet does, right above it

Style

Pointer Size

Multiplies the pointer size chosen in macOS Accessibility settings

Effects

Click Ripples

A ring spreads from every click — a double ring for right clicks

Pointer Halo

A soft ring follows the pointer and squeezes when you press

Trail

Draw a trail behind the moving pointer; paused in Low Power Mode or Reduce Motion

Spotlight

Hold ⌃⌥ to dim everything except the area around the pointer

Visibility

Hide Pointer When Idle

Hide the pointer after it rests, in any app — handy for films in a browser. Move the mouse to bring it back.

Text

Text Actions

Select text in any app to copy, search, look up or translate it

Updates

Check for Updates

Reminders Skipped

Skip This Version

Automatic Updates

Checks and downloads in the background, and installs when Notchy quits. macOS may ask for approval.

Insights

Notchy Wrapped

Your year in the notch, ready to share

Monthly Receipt

Last month in the notch, itemized

Share Your Stats

Copies your Wrapped card — nothing is posted for you

Behind the Scenes

What shipped, what broke, and what’s next

Support

Send Feedback

Report a bug or suggest an idea, with screenshots or recordings. No email needed.

Community Discussions

Start a discussion on GitHub

Crash Reports

Anonymous: app version, macOS version and the crash stack

Rate Notchy

One click, in the notch — sent anonymously

Backup

Sync Settings via iCloud

Export Settings

Save every preference to a file you keep

Import Settings

Replace your preferences with a previously exported file

App

Replay Feature Tour

Settings Guide

A walk through every page and what it customizes

What’s New

Clear Cache

Reset All Settings

Puts every preference back to its default — export a backup first if you want your setup back

Uninstall Notchy

Remove the app along with its settings, permissions, shell hooks and stored data

Screenshots

Screenshot to Shelf

Stage new screenshots on the shelf, ready to drag

Annotate After Capture

Open the markup editor — arrows, boxes, highlighter, redaction — after a capture taken from Notchy

Save To

Where screenshots and recordings taken from Notchy are saved

Watermark

Add a Watermark

Burn your name or logo into screenshots you save from the markup editor

Watermark Type

Appears once “Add a Watermark” is on.

Watermark Text

Appears once “Watermark Type” is on.

Color

Appears once “Watermark Type” is on.

Image

No image chosen

Appears once “Watermark Type” is on.

Position

Appears once “Add a Watermark” is on.

Watermark Size

Height as a share of the screenshot’s shorter edge

Appears once “Add a Watermark” is on.

Watermark Opacity

Higher values make the name or logo less transparent

Appears once “Add a Watermark” is on.

Watermark Rotation

Turn the name or logo from its upright position

Appears once “Add a Watermark” is on.

Ask About the Screen

Ask About the Screen

Select an area to read its text, open its links and dates, or ask a question about it. A picture leaves your Mac only when you press Ask with an Anthropic API key saved.

Ask About the Screen Shortcut

Typing Sounds

Typing Sounds

A click on every key press. Needs Input Monitoring; password fields stay silent.

Sound

Mechanical, NK Cream, Holy Panda, Kailh Box Navy, Typewriter, Soft, Blip, Beep and My Sound

Sound File

No file chosen — Mechanical plays until you pick one

Volume

Preview

Hear the selected sound without turning Typing Sounds on

Play In

Add an App

No apps chosen — sounds play nowhere yet

Pause Typing Sounds Shortcut

Battery

Face Unlock Only

On. The notch and every other feature are off. Turn this off to bring them back.

Face Unlock

Unlock with Face

Look at the camera when you come back to a locked Mac

Camera Access Not Granted

Notchy uses the camera only to learn your face now, and for a few seconds when you come back to a locked Mac.

Accessibility Needed

Accessibility lets Notchy enter your password on the lock screen. It is used for nothing else here.

Set Up Again

Rescan your face or save a new password

Remove Face Unlock

Delete your saved face and password from the Keychain

Set Up Face Unlock

Unlock your Mac by looking at it. Takes a few seconds.

Match Strictness

Left is stricter and refuses more often; right is the match your setup measured

Scan on Spacebar

Press space at the lock screen to try again

Re-authorize Every

How long Touch ID keeps the stored password unlocked for Face Unlock

License

Licensed To

License Key

Copy License Key

Asks for your password or Touch ID, then copies the full key, for moving to a new Mac.

Check License

Notchy needs the internet to confirm your license.

Contact Support

Support can check your license and sort it out.

Free Trial

Time Left

Ends

This Mac

Deactivate This Mac

Do this before you sell or erase this Mac. To move your license, enter its key on the new Mac.

Support

Support Info

Your Notchy version, Mac model and license status, with the key masked.

One-Time Purchase

One license for this Mac, yours to keep. Updates included.

Activate

Lost Your Key?

Support can resend it to your purchase email.