Notchy

What it does

Notchy is the free, native macOS notch app that turns your MacBook notch into a fluid Dynamic Island — music, timers, clipboard, file drops, cluely, HUDs.

Notchy is the free, native macOS notch app that turns your MacBook notch into a fluid Dynamic Island — music, AI usage limits, clipboard, window snapping, HUDs.

Notchy turns the notch into a fluid Dynamic Island — music, clipboard, timers, AI usage, and HUDs. Native, light as air, and completely free. No notch? Notchy floats the same island as a pill — MacBook Air, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Studio, and external displays all work. Hover a card to preview — click to watch full-screen. Tap a card to watch it full-screen. Morph your Mac's notch into a fluid, iPhone-style Dynamic Island that lives where the notch used to be. Music collapses onto the notch with buttery animations — media controls Mac notch lets you switch tracks and scrub. Time-synced lyrics scroll right under the notch as your song plays — Apple Music, Spotify, anything Now Playing. Free, via…from notchy.dev

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