https://notchmind.com/blog/Guides to the MacBook notch, clipboard history, coding agents and everyday Mac tools, by the maker of NotchMind.enSun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/accessibility-permission-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/accessibility-permission-mac/What the Accessibility permission lets a Mac app do, why window managers, clipboard tools and notch apps need it, and how to grant or remove it.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/airdrop-from-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/airdrop-from-mac/How to AirDrop files from a Mac: Finder, the Share menu, Control Centre settings, and dragging files to the MacBook notch. Plus what to do when it fails.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/airpods-battery-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/airpods-battery-mac/Four ways to see your AirPods battery on a Mac: the Bluetooth menu, Control Centre, the Batteries widget, and the MacBook notch when they connect.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/airpods-switching-mac-iphone/https://notchmind.com/blog/airpods-switching-mac-iphone/AirPods move between your Apple devices automatically. How to control that on your Mac, and how to send sound to them by hand when you want.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/base64-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/base64-mac/Encode or decode Base64 on a Mac with the built-in base64 command, for text or whole files, or from the MacBook notch without opening Terminal.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/battery-health-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/battery-health-mac/See your MacBook's battery condition, maximum capacity and cycle count, what the numbers mean, and settings that help the battery last longer.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/best-mac-notch-apps/https://notchmind.com/blog/best-mac-notch-apps/Ten MacBook notch apps compared on price, trial, Macs per license and features, from each maker's own site. Written by the maker of one of them.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/bluetooth-not-working-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/bluetooth-not-working-mac/Fix AirPods, keyboards and mice that won't connect to a Mac: toggle Bluetooth, forget and re-pair the device, and restart the Bluetooth service.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/change-screenshot-location-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/change-screenshot-location-mac/Save Mac screenshots somewhere other than the Desktop: the Screenshot toolbar's Save to option, a Terminal command, or a folder of your choice from the notch.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/check-mac-chip-apple-silicon/https://notchmind.com/blog/check-mac-chip-apple-silicon/Find out in seconds whether your Mac has an Apple M-series chip or an Intel processor, and which macOS version it runs, before you install an app.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/claude-code-usage-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/claude-code-usage-mac/Four ways to see how much Claude Code you've used: built-in slash commands, your Claude account, the ccusage tool, and a live view in the MacBook notch.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/clear-clipboard-after-api-key/https://notchmind.com/blog/clear-clipboard-after-api-key/Anything on your Mac's clipboard can be read by any app and can sync to your iPhone. How to clear it, and how to stop secrets ending up there.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/clipboard-history-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/clipboard-history-mac/How to see clipboard history on a Mac: the new Spotlight clipboard in macOS Tahoe, free apps like Maccy and Raycast, and NotchMind, with what each keeps.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/codex-usage-limits-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/codex-usage-limits-mac/See how much of your Codex 5-hour and weekly limits you've used: inside Codex, in your ChatGPT account, and live in the MacBook notch while it works.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/color-picker-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/color-picker-mac/Grab the exact colour of any pixel on your Mac with the built-in Digital Color Meter, copy it as hex, and convert between hex and RGB.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/convert-heic-to-jpg-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/convert-heic-to-jpg-mac/Five ways to turn iPhone HEIC photos into JPG on a Mac, all offline: Finder's Convert Image, Preview, Photos, the sips command and the notch.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/convert-video-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/convert-video-mac/Convert or shrink a video on your Mac with tools you already have: Finder's Encode Selected Video Files, QuickTime Player, or the converter in the notch.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/copy-file-path-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/copy-file-path-mac/Copy the full path of a file or folder on a Mac from Finder's menu, with a shortcut, or by dragging into Terminal, and open a path you copied.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/cpu-usage-mac-menu-bar/https://notchmind.com/blog/cpu-usage-mac-menu-bar/Ways to keep an eye on your Mac's CPU and memory: Activity Monitor's Dock icon, menu bar apps like Stats and iStat Menus, and live graphs in the notch.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/customize-mac-menu-bar/https://notchmind.com/blog/customize-mac-menu-bar/Choose which icons appear in your Mac's menu bar, rearrange them, show the battery percentage, and keep the menu bar tidy on a MacBook with a notch.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/download-progress-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/download-progress-mac/Where to see a download's progress on a Mac: in Safari and Chrome, on the file in Finder, in the Dock, and in the MacBook notch.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/dynamic-island-for-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/dynamic-island-for-mac/The Mac has no Dynamic Island of its own, but notch apps add one: music, timers, calls and alerts around the camera. What it is and which apps do it.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/eject-drive-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/eject-drive-mac/Every way to eject a USB stick, SSD or SD card on a Mac, how to tell it's safe to unplug, and what to do when macOS says the disk is in use.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/emoji-keyboard-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/emoji-keyboard-mac/Open the emoji picker on a Mac with a keystroke or the Globe key, search for emoji, and find symbols like arrows and currency signs.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/find-app-bundle-id-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/find-app-bundle-id-mac/Find any Mac app's bundle identifier, like com.apple.Safari, with one Terminal command or from the app's Info.plist, and what you need it for.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/focus-mode-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/focus-mode-mac/Set up Focus on your Mac, choose who can still reach you, share it with your iPhone, and see at a glance which Focus is on.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/force-quit-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/force-quit-mac/Four ways to close a frozen app on a Mac: the Force Quit window, the Dock, Activity Monitor and Terminal, plus what to do if the whole Mac is stuck.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/format-json-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/format-json-mac/Pretty-print or validate JSON on your Mac offline: jq and Python in Terminal, your code editor, or one click from the clipboard in the MacBook notch.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/full-disk-access-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/full-disk-access-mac/What the Full Disk Access permission lets a Mac app read, why backup tools and notification apps ask for it, and how to grant or take it back.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/generate-uuid-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/generate-uuid-mac/Make a random UUID on your Mac with the built-in uuidgen command, in lowercase if you need it, or with one click from the MacBook notch.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/heic-vs-jpg/https://notchmind.com/blog/heic-vs-jpg/What HEIC is, why iPhones use it, how it compares with JPG in size and quality, and when it's worth converting a photo to JPG.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/hex-to-rgb/https://notchmind.com/blog/hex-to-rgb/How hex colour codes map to RGB values, how to convert them by hand in a minute, and quick ways to do it on a Mac.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/hide-macbook-notch/https://notchmind.com/blog/hide-macbook-notch/Three ways to hide the notch on a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro: a black menu bar, Apple's Scale to fit below camera option, and full screen.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/hide-notification-banners-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/hide-notification-banners-mac/Turn off or tame notification banners on your Mac per app, with Focus, or by moving them out of the corner, while still seeing what matters.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/hot-corners-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/hot-corners-mac/Use the corners of your Mac's screen as shortcuts: Mission Control, desktop, lock screen, Quick Note and more, and how to stop triggering them by accident.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/image-to-pdf-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/image-to-pdf-mac/Combine one or more images into a PDF on your Mac with Finder's Create PDF, Preview or Print to PDF, offline and without any extra app.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/iphone-hotspot-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/iphone-hotspot-mac/Connect your Mac to your iPhone's Personal Hotspot in one click with Instant Hotspot, save data while you're on it, and keep an eye on the phone's battery.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/know-when-claude-code-finishes/https://notchmind.com/blog/know-when-claude-code-finishes/Get told when Claude Code finishes or needs you: terminal notifications, Claude Code hooks, and a Done alert in the MacBook notch.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/liquid-glass-macos-tahoe/https://notchmind.com/blog/liquid-glass-macos-tahoe/What Apple's Liquid Glass design changes on macOS 26 Tahoe, how to make it clearer or more tinted, and how to reduce transparency if it's hard to read.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/lock-mac-screen/https://notchmind.com/blog/lock-mac-screen/Lock a Mac in one keystroke, with a hot corner, or from the menu bar, and make sure it asks for your password right away.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/login-items-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/login-items-mac/See and control which apps open when you sign in to your Mac, what Allow in the Background means, and why an app might quit by itself.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/mac-keyboard-shortcuts/https://notchmind.com/blog/mac-keyboard-shortcuts/The Mac keyboard shortcuts that save the most time: Spotlight, screenshots, switching apps, force quit, locking, emoji, pasting without formatting and more.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/mac-timer-menu-bar/https://notchmind.com/blog/mac-timer-menu-bar/Ways to run a countdown on a Mac and keep it in view: the Clock app, Siri, and a timer that sits in the MacBook notch while you work.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/mac-trackpad-gestures/https://notchmind.com/blog/mac-trackpad-gestures/The most useful Mac trackpad gestures: switching apps and desktops, Mission Control, swiping back, looking up words, and how to turn each one on.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/mac-volume-hud-tahoe/https://notchmind.com/blog/mac-volume-hud-tahoe/macOS Tahoe shows volume and brightness in a small box in the top-right corner. How to get a bigger or more visible volume HUD back on your Mac.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/menu-bar-icons-hidden-behind-notch/https://notchmind.com/blog/menu-bar-icons-hidden-behind-notch/When you have too many menu bar icons, macOS hides some behind the MacBook notch. Five ways to make room, from built-in settings to free apps.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/mute-zoom-teams-meet-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/mute-zoom-teams-meet-mac/The mute shortcut for Zoom, Teams and Google Meet on Mac, how to make Zoom's work from any app, and a way to mute every call app at once.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/next-meeting-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/next-meeting-mac/Get reminded before meetings on a Mac: Calendar alerts, the Up Next widget, and your next event in the MacBook notch, with Google and Outlook calendars too.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/paste-without-formatting-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/paste-without-formatting-mac/Paste plain text on a Mac with Option-Shift-Command-V, make it the default in some apps, and strip formatting from what you copy for good.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/pomodoro-timer-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/pomodoro-timer-mac/Run 25-minute focus sessions and short breaks on your Mac with the built-in Clock app, Siri, Focus, or a timer that stays visible in the MacBook notch.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/record-screen-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/record-screen-mac/Record your whole screen or part of it on a Mac with Shift-Command-5, include your microphone, and every way to stop the recording when you're done.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/reset-mac-permissions-tccutil/https://notchmind.com/blog/reset-mac-permissions-tccutil/When an app keeps asking for a permission it already has, reset it: remove it from Privacy & Security, or use the built-in tccutil command.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/resize-image-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/resize-image-mac/Make an image smaller on a Mac with Preview, Finder's Convert Image or the sips command, by pixels or file size, without installing anything.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/set-up-vpn-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/set-up-vpn-mac/Add a VPN on a Mac with System Settings or a VPN app, connect and disconnect it quickly, and make sure you notice when it drops.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/show-hidden-files-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/show-hidden-files-mac/See hidden files and folders like .env and ~/Library on a Mac with one shortcut, from the Go menu, or in Terminal.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/show-lyrics-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/show-lyrics-mac/Show lyrics on your Mac for Apple Music and Spotify, in their own apps or in a floating player and on the lock screen while you work.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/switch-audio-output-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/switch-audio-output-mac/Move your Mac's sound between speakers, headphones, AirPods and displays in two clicks: from Control Centre, the menu bar, System Settings or the notch.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/text-replacements-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/text-replacements-mac/Type a short code and have your Mac expand it into an email address, a sign-off or a snippet, with built-in Text Replacements. Syncs to your iPhone too.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/turn-off-screenshot-thumbnail-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/turn-off-screenshot-thumbnail-mac/Stop the floating preview that appears in the corner after every Mac screenshot, and what to use instead to drag, copy or delete a capture.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/universal-clipboard-mac-iphone/https://notchmind.com/blog/universal-clipboard-mac-iphone/Universal Clipboard lets you copy on one Apple device and paste on another. How to turn it on, what it needs, and what to do when it doesn't work.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/unix-timestamp-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/unix-timestamp-mac/Turn a Unix timestamp into a readable date on your Mac, and get the current timestamp, with the built-in date command or from the MacBook notch.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/url-encode-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/url-encode-mac/Percent-encode text for a URL, or decode it back, on a Mac: a one-line Python command in Terminal, or URL encode and decode in the MacBook notch.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/weather-on-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/weather-on-mac/Ways to keep the weather in view on your Mac: the Weather app, desktop and Notification Centre widgets, and the MacBook notch, without sharing your location.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/what-is-notarization-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/what-is-notarization-mac/Why some Mac apps open straight away and others need Open Anyway: Gatekeeper, Developer ID, notarization, and how to approve an app safely.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/which-macs-have-a-notch/https://notchmind.com/blog/which-macs-have-a-notch/Every Mac with a camera notch in its display, from the 2021 MacBook Pro to today's MacBook Air, why it's there, and what it means for notch apps.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/wifi-no-internet-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/wifi-no-internet-mac/When your Mac shows Wi‑Fi connected but nothing loads: check the router, renew the DHCP lease, forget the network, and run Wireless Diagnostics.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://notchmind.com/blog/zip-files-mac/https://notchmind.com/blog/zip-files-mac/Compress files and folders into a ZIP on a Mac, open ZIP files, and make a password-protected ZIP from Terminal, with no extra app.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT