MacYaps

What it does

MacYaps turns your Mac into a personality-packed companion that talks back. It automatically plays audio clips for real system events: Battery levels & charger plugged/unplugged - High CPU usage - WiFi connect/disconnect & latency spikes - USB devices plugged in/out. Every trigger is fully customizable. Choose from multiple voice packs (Cheeky Irish, Thick Australian, Savage New Yorker, Dramatic Opera, Valley Girl, and more) or add your custom sounds. Your Mac finally has personality.

MacYaps gives your Mac a voice: funny audio for system events, plus voice alerts for Claude Code and Codex — hear a sound the moment your AI agent needs your input or finishes a task.

MacYaps is a menu bar app that plays funny Mac audio clips every time something happens on your Mac. Battery dying? WiFi drops? Charger plugged in? High CPU? It yaps. Think of it as giving your laptop a personality. Chaotic and hilarious… or calm and professional. Whatever vibe you’re feeling today. New: it now speaks up for Claude Code and Codex too — hear a sound the moment your AI agent needs you or finishes a task. Prompt, then walk away. MacYaps plays a sound the moment Claude Code or Codex needs your input or permission — and another when it's done. No more babysitting the terminal wondering whether your AI agent is still working or quietly waiting on you. Choose any character voice…from macyaps.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hello HN! After having fun with SlapMac a few weeks ago, I wanted to take the idea further — so I built MacYaps, a menu bar app that makes your Mac talk back with funny sounds (or serious if you wish) for real events like low battery, WiFi drops, charger status changes, high CPU, and USB connections (more triggers to…

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