Since 1.0.153
How to move notifications on Mac
macOS puts every banner in the top-right corner and has no setting to change that. Notchy moves them to any corner or edge, or shows them in the notch instead.
What macOS lets you change
Open System Settings › Notifications and pick an app. Apple's Notifications settings guide lists what you get: whether the app can notify you, whether its alerts show on the desktop, in Notification Center or on the Lock Screen, whether they stay on screen or go away by themselves, plus sounds, badges and previews. There is no option for the position of the banner. If the top-right corner is the problem, the built-in choices are to turn an app's desktop alerts off or to use a Focus to hold them back.
Move them with Notchy
- Download Notchy (7-day free trial, macOS 13 Ventura or later) and grant Accessibility when asked.
- Open Notchy's Settings › Calls & Messages.
- Under App Notifications, set macOS Banner Position to the corner or edge you want. A preview shows where banners will land.
Pick where banners land
Top left, top center, top right, bottom left, bottom center or bottom right. macOS only draws banners in the top-right corner, next to the menu bar icons and, on a MacBook, close to the notch.
Or let the notch show them
Notification mirroring shows each alert as an island in the notch. Choose "Notchy Only" and the native corner banner is closed, so you see each notification once, not twice.
Tap to land on the message
Tapping Open on a mirrored notification takes you to that exact message instead of just bringing the app forward. Muting Teams, Slack or Outlook in App Notifications stops their islands too.
Verified, not assumed
When macOS accepts a request to close a banner and leaves it on screen anyway, Notchy re-checks and falls back to a second method, so "Notchy Only" keeps its promise on macOS 26.
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
Notification Banner Position — FAQ
Can you move notifications on a Mac?
Not with System Settings. Apple’s Notifications settings let you choose whether an app’s notifications appear on the desktop and whether they stay or go away, but not where they appear, so banners always show top right. Notchy, since version 1.0.153, can move them to any corner or the top or bottom center of the screen.
How do I get notifications at the bottom of the screen on Mac?
Install Notchy, open its Settings, go to Calls & Messages, and under App Notifications set macOS Banner Position to Bottom Left, Bottom Center or Bottom Right.
Can I stop notifications appearing twice?
Yes. With mirroring set to "Notchy Only", the notch island replaces the corner banner, and Notchy checks the banner is actually gone rather than assuming it.
What permissions does this need?
Moving and closing banners uses Accessibility; the Notifications tab's history uses Full Disk Access. Notchy's settings say which permission is missing and take you to it in one click.
How much does it cost?
It is included in Notchy, a one-time $24.99 purchase for one Mac with updates included. There is no subscription or in-app purchase, and a 7-day free trial unlocks every feature first.