Hamod Abd Elhai
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Mac app

2Notch

Your notch, made useful. Everything you glance at, one hover away.

2Notch is a Mac menu bar app that turns the space around the MacBook notch into a small dashboard. Hover over or click the notch and it opens into what’s playing, your next event, a timer, the weather and your Bluetooth batteries. Alerts slide out of it quietly, and dropping files on it sends them with AirDrop.

  • Coming soon to the Mac App Store
  • Preparing for Apple’s review

Coming soon to the Mac App Store. 2Notch isn’t available to download yet.

See the notch 2Notch support (opens in a new tab) Privacy policy (opens in a new tab)
2Notch open below the notch as a dashboard of four widgets: Friday the 13th beside a wheel of the day’s events, with Digital Design in the middle until 21:02, Design review at 18:32 faded above and 1:1 with Dana at 21:27 faded below; a Focus session at 24:56, session 1 of 4, with skip and pause buttons; Now Playing, with nothing playing; and Bluetooth batteries, AirPods Pro at 72 percent and Magic Mouse at 38 percent, with 1 more.
Captured from the app with sample data: the dashboard with a focus session running and Bluetooth batteries.
Platform
Mac, macOS 14 or laterA menu bar app in Apple’s App Sandbox. Works on Macs without a notch too
Price
Free download, 14-day free trialThen a one-time $9.90 purchase. No subscription
Privacy
Collects no dataNo accounts, analytics or ads. Only Apple’s weather and purchase services are used
Status
Version 1.0, coming soonBeing prepared for Apple’s review. Not on the Mac App Store yet

Features

A dashboard where the notch used to be.

At a glance

  • 2Notch open on Now Playing: Golden Hour by Lumen Drift, with a sunset cover, a progress bar and playback controls.

    Now playing

    The track, artwork and controls for Music, Spotify, Podcasts and YouTube in Safari or Chrome, with a live waveform beside the closed notch.

  • 2Notch open below the notch as a dashboard of four widgets: Friday the 13th beside a wheel of the day’s events, with Digital Design in the middle until 21:02, Design review at 18:32 faded above and 1:1 with Dana at 21:27 faded below; a Focus session at 24:56, session 1 of 4, with skip and pause buttons; Now Playing, with nothing playing; and Bluetooth batteries, AirPods Pro at 72 percent and Magic Mouse at 38 percent, with 1 more.

    Your day

    Today’s events and reminders from Calendar and Reminders, a timer or a focus session, and the weather for where you are.

  • 2Notch’s Bluetooth widget below the notch: AirPods Pro at 72 percent and Magic Mouse at 38 percent, with 1 more.

    Bluetooth batteries

    Mice, keyboards and headphones, including each AirPod and the case.

  • A 2Notch alert below the notch: a calendar icon and Release planning, at 15:00. A 2Notch alert below the notch when the Mac is plugged in: a lightning bolt and Charging, 62 percent, 48 minutes until full.

    Quiet alerts

    A finished timer, an event about to start, the Mac starting to charge or a battery running low slides out of the notch, then tucks itself away.

Get things done

  • 2Notch while files are being dragged: the closed notch shows the playing track’s sunset cover and waveform, and an AirDrop pill hangs below it, lit as a drop target.

    Drag to AirDrop

    Pick up files anywhere and the notch reaches out to take them. Drop them on it to send them with AirDrop.

  • 2Notch’s focus widget below the notch: 24:56 left, session 1 of 4, with skip and pause buttons.

    Focus sessions

    Pomodoro-style focus with breaks between sessions, counting down on the dashboard and beside the closed notch.

  • The 2Notch command palette below the notch: a field reading Type a command — timer 25, open Safari, note…, above suggestions: Digital Design, happening now; Start a 10-minute timer; Focus for 25 minutes; Clipboard history; and Quick notes.

    Command palette

    One shortcut opens it from any app: add a reminder, start a timer, take a note.

  • Notes and voice notes

    Jot something down or record a voice note right from the notch.

  • Clipboard history

    Off until you turn it on, kept only on your Mac, and it skips password managers.

  • Screenshots and recordings

    Capture the whole screen or a region, or record it, without leaving what you’re doing.

  • On-device intelligence

    Summarize, rewrite and explain text with Apple’s on-device models, where Apple Intelligence is available.

Made yours

  • Hover or click

    Open the notch by hovering, clicking, or either, and choose the widgets it shows.

  • Themes and accents

    Pick an accent colour and a theme, and what sits beside the closed notch.

  • Every display

    The built-in screen, the active one, every display or one you choose. Macs without a notch get one too.

  • Shortcuts

    Global keyboard shortcuts and App Shortcuts, with no Accessibility access needed.

Privacy

Your Mac keeps it.

2Notch collects no data. Your notes, clipboard history and settings stay on your Mac.

It has no accounts, analytics, ads or tracking. The only things it asks the internet for are the weather, from Apple’s WeatherKit, and purchases, which Apple handles. Each permission, such as Calendar, Microphone or Screen Recording, is asked for only when you first use the feature that needs it.

Read the 2Notch privacy policy (opens in a new tab)

Availability

Where it stands.

  • 1.0 · Mac Coming soon to the Mac App Store. It’s being prepared for Apple’s review, so there’s no download yet. Coming soon
  • Price Free to download with a 14-day free trial, then a one-time $9.90 in-app purchase keeps it working. No subscription, and nothing is charged automatically. At release
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