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Getting started
Install NotchMind, find your way around and keep it up to date.
- How to install NotchMind on your MacDownload NotchMind, move it to Applications and approve the first launch with Open Anyway. Takes about two minutes on a Mac with Apple silicon.
- Which Macs NotchMind supportsNotchMind needs a Mac with Apple silicon on macOS 15 or later and is built for MacBooks with a notch. Here is what works on other Macs and displays.
- The first-launch tour and setupWhat the NotchMind welcome tour shows, which permissions it asks for, and how to come back to any step later from Settings.
- How to open, close and use the notchHover over the notch to open it, move away to close it, and swipe between Home pages. The basics of using NotchMind day to day.
- Find your way around NotchMind SettingsOpen NotchMind Settings, search for any option, reset one tab to its defaults and change the Settings window's theme.
- Show or hide the menu bar and Dock iconsNotchMind shows a menu bar icon and stays out of the Dock by default. Here is how to change both, and how to reach the menu without them.
- Start NotchMind automatically at loginTurn Launch at login on or off, approve NotchMind under Login Items, and fix it when NotchMind doesn't start after a restart.
- How to update NotchMindNotchMind checks for updates by itself and installs them in the background. How to check now, turn automatic updates on or off, and what each update costs.
- How to uninstall NotchMind and remove its dataFree your license slot, clear NotchMind's data if you want, then delete the app. Removes clipboard history, Tray files and settings from your Mac.
The notch
Its look, size, gestures, Home pages, shortcuts and displays.
- Change the notch to Liquid Glass, Black or tinted glassPick one of four notch finishes, Black, Semi Liquid Glass, Liquid Glass or Dark Liquid Glass, and set how clear or tinted the glass looks.
- Make the notch wider, narrower, taller or shorterFine-tune the width and height NotchMind uses for your notch, so the collapsed notch lines up exactly with the camera housing on your MacBook.
- Add an outline around the notchTurn on the notch stroke, set its width and opacity, and choose whether activities tint it with their own colors or keep it white.
- Open the notch on click, hover or press and holdChoose how the notch opens and closes, set the hover delay, and turn on a soft haptic tick when your pointer reaches the notch.
- Swipe up to hide an activity, swipe down to restore itHide the music player, a timer or any live activity with a swipe up over the notch, bring it back with a swipe down, or turn the gestures off.
- Choose which activity the notch shows firstWhen music, a timer, a call and a download happen at once, the notch shows the highest priority. See the default order and change it.
- Use NotchMind with an external displayChoose whether the notch follows your main display, stays on the built-in screen, moves with the pointer or stays on one monitor you pick.
- Hide the notch in full-screen apps and videosKeep NotchMind out of the way while you watch a video or work in a full-screen app, and still see calls and alerts when they happen.
- Make the notch animate faster or slowerSet NotchMind's animation speed from Faster to Slower, and see how the notch follows Reduce Motion in macOS accessibility settings.
- Customize Home in the notchReorder Home's pages, hide the ones you don't use and change the page dots and scroll direction, right in the notch or in Settings.
- Set keyboard shortcuts for the notch, clipboard and musicRecord global shortcuts that open NotchMind, show clipboard history, control music and toggle the floating player, from any app.
Music and media
Now playing, lyrics, the floating player, the lock screen and the camera.
- Control Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube Music from the notchSee what's playing in the MacBook notch, then play, pause, skip and like songs without switching apps. Works with Apple Music, Spotify and more.
- Switch between AirPods and speakers from the notchUse the output button in the NotchMind music player to send your Mac's sound to AirPods, headphones, a display or another speaker in one click.
- Pop the music player out of the notchKeep a floating music player anywhere on screen, switch between disc, card and lyrics sizes, and drop it back on the notch to put it away.
- See song lyrics on your Mac while music playsShow time-synced lyrics in the NotchMind floating player and on your lock screen, where lyrics come from, and what to do when a song has none.
- Keep the player in the notch when music is pausedChoose how long the paused music player stays in the notch, and change the progress bar color, artwork effect and player buttons.
- Show music and lyrics on your Mac's lock screenPut a now playing panel with lyrics on the macOS lock screen, choose its background and position, and set lock and unlock sounds.
- Check your camera before a call from the notchUse the Camera page on NotchMind's Home as a quick mirror before a video call, and make the preview larger or mirrored.
Files
The Tray, AirDrop, the Basket, the converter, downloads and screenshots.
- Park files in the notch with the File TrayDrag files to the MacBook notch to keep them in the Tray while you find where they go, then drag them out into any app or folder.
- Choose what appears when you drag files to the notchShow AirDrop, the Tray or both when you drag files over the notch, or turn the drop targets off if they get in the way.
- AirDrop files by dropping them on the notchSend files with AirDrop in one move by dragging them to the MacBook notch, then watch the transfer's progress right in the notch.
- Shake a file to open the BasketShake a file while you drag it and a basket appears at your pointer. Drop files in, drag them out later; the Basket shares its files with the Tray.
- Share files from the Tray with AirDrop, Mail and MessagesUse the quick action buttons under the Tray and the Basket to AirDrop, email, message or save files to iCloud Drive, or open the full share menu.
- Convert files in the notchConvert images, videos, audio and folders right in the MacBook notch. PNG, JPEG, HEIC, PDF, MP4, M4A, ZIP and more, all on your Mac.
- Choose where converted files go and their qualitySet the converter's output folder, what happens when a file already exists, the filename suffix, and the image, video and audio quality.
- How to convert HEIC photos to JPG on a MacTurn iPhone HEIC photos into JPG (or PNG) on your Mac in a few seconds with the NotchMind converter, offline, with no upload and no website.
- Zip a file or folder from the notchCompress any file or folder to ZIP, TAR, TAR.GZ or GZ with the NotchMind converter, ready to email, upload or archive.
- See download progress in the notchWatch a download fill the MacBook notch while it runs, choose a percentage or a ring, and what NotchMind can and can't track.
- Copy, drag or delete screenshots from the notchEvery screenshot you take appears in the notch. Drag it into an app, copy it, open it for editing or delete it, and choose where screenshots are saved.
- See and stop screen recordings from the notchWhile you record your screen, the notch shows a red recording indicator with a timer and a stop button. Then open or delete the video.
- See and eject external drives from the notchNotchMind shows when a USB drive, SSD or disk image connects, lets you eject it with one click and confirms when it's safe to disconnect.
Clipboard
Clipboard history, actions for what you copied and Secret Guard.
- Use clipboard history on your MacTurn on NotchMind clipboard history, open it with a shortcut, and search, paste or copy again anything you copied, from up to 500 items.
- Search, pin and paste from clipboard history with the keyboardEvery keyboard shortcut in NotchMind's clipboard history: paste, copy, pin, delete, switch filters and close, without touching the mouse.
- Actions for what you copy: links, colors, JSON and moreCopy a link, color, JSON, email address, file path, command or street address and NotchMind offers the next step right in the notch.
- What Secret Guard does when you copy a password or API keySecret Guard spots copied API keys, tokens and passwords, keeps them out of clipboard history and lets you clear the clipboard in one click.
- Stop NotchMind reading the clipboard from certain appsExclude apps from clipboard history and clipboard actions by bundle identifier. Password managers are excluded out of the box.
- Delete items or clear your clipboard historyDelete one item from NotchMind's clipboard history, clear all recent items, or turn history off completely. Pinned and saved items explained.
Your day
Calendar, timers, reminders, weather, calls and notifications.
- See your next meeting in the MacBook notchShow upcoming calendar events in the notch before they start, choose how early, hide titles with privacy mode and play a sound alert.
- Set a timer from the MacBook notchStart a countdown from the Timer page on NotchMind's Home, keep it in the notch while you work, and choose the sound that plays when it ends.
- Show Clock app timers in the notchTimers you start in the macOS Clock app or with Siri appear in the notch, where you can pause, resume or stop them with one click.
- Set quick reminders like "in 25m" from the notchType what to remember and when, such as 25m, 1h 20m or tomorrow 9am, and NotchMind reminds you in the notch at the right time.
- Weather in the MacBook notch without location accessSet your city once and see today's weather and the next few days in the notch, in °C or °F, without giving NotchMind your location.
- Show Slack, WhatsApp and Chrome notifications in the notchTurn on Universal Notification Interception to see banners from any app in the MacBook notch, and hide the macOS banners in the corner.
- Show iMessages in the MacBook notchSee new iMessages and texts in the notch with the sender's name and photo. Needs Full Disk Access; messages are processed only on your Mac.
- Show new Apple Mail emails in the notchSee new emails from Apple Mail in the MacBook notch with the sender and subject. How to set it up and avoid seeing every alert twice.
- Inbox (beta): the emails that need a replyNotchMind's Inbox page ranks the Apple Mail messages most likely to need your reply, on your Mac. How to turn it on and what Ask Smart sends.
- Mute your microphone for Zoom, Teams and Meet from the notchDuring a call the notch shows its length, whether your camera is on, and a mute button that mutes the microphone for every app at once.
Your Mac
Volume and brightness, battery, Bluetooth, Wi‑Fi, VPN, Focus and more.
- Show volume and brightness changes in the notchReplace the macOS volume and brightness overlay with a slim HUD in the MacBook notch, and choose its style, indicator and how long it stays.
- Charging, low battery and full battery alerts in the notchSee when your MacBook starts charging, get a low battery warning at the level you choose and know when it's charged, right in the notch.
- See AirPods battery in the notch when they connectWhen AirPods, Beats or another Bluetooth accessory connects, NotchMind shows it in the notch with its battery level.
- Wi‑Fi, no internet and Personal Hotspot alerts in the notchKnow when your Mac reconnects to Wi‑Fi or loses internet, and see your iPhone's Personal Hotspot and its battery while you're connected.
- Connect and disconnect a VPN from the notchPick your preferred VPN, connect or disconnect it from NotchMind's VPN page, and get a notice whenever a VPN connects or drops.
- Show your Focus mode in the notchSee a moon in the notch while Do Not Disturb or another Focus is on, a notice when it turns off, and the Focus's real name and icon.
- CPU and memory graphs in the MacBook notchWatch live CPU and memory usage on the Stats page of NotchMind's Home, choose which graphs to show and how often they update.
For makers
Developer tools, coding agents, AI usage, revenue and site traffic.
- Format JSON, Base64, URLs and UUIDs in the notchNotchMind's Developer Tools page formats and validates JSON, encodes Base64 and URLs, makes UUIDs and converts colors and Unix timestamps, offline.
- Watch Claude Code and Codex work from the notchSee what Claude Code or Codex is doing in the MacBook notch: the task, its latest steps, lines changed and Codex plan limits, plus a Done alert.
- See your Claude Code and Codex token usageThe AI Usage page estimates how many tokens Claude Code and Codex used today and over 30 days, from logs on your Mac, with no API key.
- See today's Dodo Payments sales in the notchConnect a read-only Dodo Payments API key to NotchMind's Revenue page and see today's gross sales in the notch, in live or test mode.
- See website visitors from Plausible or Umami in the notchConnect Plausible or Umami with a read-only API key and see today's visitors, live visitors and pageviews on NotchMind's Traffic page.
- What Smart Mode does and what it sendsSmart Mode is off by default. Exactly what it sends when you turn it on, what never leaves your Mac, and how to use NotchMind without it.
License and purchase
Activate, move or recover a license, and how refunds work.
- How to activate your NotchMind licensePaste the license key from your purchase email into NotchMind Settings to activate it. Takes a minute, needs the internet once.
- Move your NotchMind license to another MacDeactivate NotchMind on your old Mac to free its slot, then activate the same key on the new one. What to do if the old Mac is gone.
- Find a lost NotchMind license keyRecover your NotchMind license key and receipt with the email address you bought with, through the Dodo Payments customer portal.
- Using NotchMind offlineAn activated NotchMind license keeps working without internet for 14 days. What works offline, what needs a connection, and what happens after.
- NotchMind license messages explainedWhat each NotchMind license status and error message means, from License required to License on hold, and exactly how to fix each one.
- Get a refund for NotchMindEvery NotchMind purchase has a 14-day money-back guarantee. How to ask for a refund and what happens to your license afterwards.
- How many Macs can use one NotchMind licenseNotchMind licenses cover 1, 2 or 5 Macs at the same time, with every 1.x update included and no subscription. Which plan fits you.
Privacy and permissions
What each permission is for and what stays on your Mac.
- Every NotchMind permission and what it's forWhat Accessibility, Full Disk Access, Calendar, Camera, Contacts, Bluetooth, Media Controls and Automation unlock in NotchMind, and how to grant them.
- Why NotchMind needs Accessibility accessAccessibility lets NotchMind handle gestures, show other apps' notifications, replace the volume HUD and paste from clipboard history. How to grant it.
- Why NotchMind asks for Full Disk AccessFull Disk Access lets NotchMind read new Messages and Apple Mail locally and show Focus names. What it reads, what it doesn't, and how to grant it.
- What stays on your Mac and what uses the internetClipboard history, Secret Guard, the Tray, the converter and more run entirely on your Mac. The short list of NotchMind features that go online.
- Report a bug or send diagnostics to supportReport a bug or request a feature from inside NotchMind, and export a redacted diagnostics report you can preview before you send it.
Troubleshooting
When something doesn’t open, show up or update.
- macOS says NotchMind can't be openedWhy macOS blocks NotchMind's first launch, how to approve it safely with Open Anyway, and what to do if the message mentions malware.
- The notch doesn't open or NotchMind isn't showingFixes for when NotchMind doesn't appear in the notch: check it's running, licensed and on the right display, and that the notch isn't hidden.
- NotchMind quits by itself after a minuteIf NotchMind closes on its own a minute or two after opening, macOS is stopping it as a background app. Allow it in Login Items to fix it.
- macOS keeps asking for a permission NotchMind already hasIf macOS asks for Accessibility or another permission every time NotchMind opens, an old duplicate entry is the usual cause. How to clear it.
- Music doesn't show in the notch or the buttons don't workFixes for when Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube Music doesn't appear in the NotchMind player, or play, pause and skip do nothing.
- Notifications don't appear in the notchFixes for when Slack, WhatsApp, Messages or Mail notifications don't appear in the NotchMind notch, or show twice.
- An update fails or won't downloadWhat to do when NotchMind can't check for updates, an update won't install, or you're stuck on an old build. Your data and license stay safe.
- Clipboard history isn't saving what I copyWhy something you copied doesn't appear in NotchMind's clipboard history, from excluded apps and Secret Guard to the history being off.
- Reset NotchMind settings to their defaultsReset one Settings tab to its defaults, clear histories one at a time, or reset all of NotchMind's local data and start fresh.
- The notch feels slow or uses too much energyMake NotchMind's notch faster and lighter: switch to the Black finish, turn off features you don't use and adjust animation and refresh rates.
Didn’t find it?
Email support@notchmind.com. Include your NotchMind build, your macOS version and what you expected to happen. The Support page has the details.