Notch 1.3.0

• Add a setting to show the notch on every connected display.

Install

Download Notch-1.3.0.zip, unzip, and move Notch.app to /Applications.

This build is signed with an Apple Development certificate. If macOS refuses to open it, run:

xattr -cr /Applications/Notch.app

Then open the app normally.

Notch 1.2.0

• On MacBooks with a camera notch, show collapsed content beside the camera so it is visible.
• Switch between Now Playing, coding agents, the next meeting, and the shelf in the expanded notch.
• Show a timer while a coding agent works, reply to agent questions in iTerm2 or Terminal, and allow or deny permission prompts from the notch.
• Count down to the end of a Claude rate limit and say when it lifts.
• Add a notch command: notch done, notch fail, notch ask, and notch run.
• Count down to the next calendar event with a Join button for video calls.
• Announce the microphone or camera turning on, headphones connecting with their battery level, and volume and brightness changes.
• Hold files dragged onto the notch on a shelf; drag them out or AirDrop them.
• Distinct trackpad taps for requests, finished tasks, and failures, and a setting to turn off hover taps.
• Show Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex in the notch when they need permission, ask a question, finish, or fail, with sounds and a list of recent sessions in the expanded notch. Install the hooks from Settings → Coding Agents.
• Click a coding-agent session to jump to its iTerm2 or Terminal tab, or to the editor window for its project.
• Show "Nothing playing" instead of an empty expanded notch.
• Put the reply field where the detail line goes, and ask for Automation even when the target app is closed.
• Always show the result of a notch command.
• Scroll through all coding-agent sessions in the expanded notch.
• Add a landing page at djui.github.io/notch.

Install

Download Notch-1.2.0.zip, unzip, and move Notch.app to /Applications.

This build is signed with an Apple Development certificate. If macOS refuses to open it, run:

xattr -cr /Applications/Notch.app

Then open the app normally.

Notch 1.1.3

• Play hover haptics even when Notch is not the frontmost app.

Install

Download Notch-1.1.3.zip, unzip, and move Notch.app to /Applications.

This build is signed with an Apple Development certificate. If macOS refuses to open it, run:

xattr -cr /Applications/Notch.app

Then open the app normally.

Notch 1.1.2

• Give haptic feedback when hovering into and out of the notch.

Install

Download Notch-1.1.2.zip, unzip, and move Notch.app to /Applications.

This build is signed with an Apple Development certificate. If macOS refuses to open it, run:

xattr -cr /Applications/Notch.app

Then open the app normally.

Notch 1.1.1

• Keep Now Playing text inside the notch and marquee long titles.

Install

Download Notch-1.1.1.zip, unzip, and move Notch.app to /Applications.

This build is signed with an Apple Development certificate. If macOS refuses to open it, run:

xattr -cr /Applications/Notch.app

Then open the app normally.

Notch 1.1.0

• Restack Now Playing into an iOS-style player that stays inside the notch.
• Move clipboard history out of Notch and drop the open shortcut.

Install

Download Notch-1.1.0.zip, unzip, and move Notch.app to /Applications.

This build is signed with an Apple Development certificate. If macOS refuses to open it, run:

xattr -cr /Applications/Notch.app

Then open the app normally.

Notch 1.0.1

Fixed

• Opening the clipboard from the hotkey highlights the first/latest clip so Return pastes the most recent copy

Install

Download Notch-1.0.1.zip, unzip, and move Notch.app to /Applications.

This build is signed with an Apple Development certificate. If macOS refuses to open it, run:

xattr -cr /Applications/Notch.app

Then open the app normally.

Notch 1.0

Added

• Now Playing in the collapsed and expanded notch
• About dialog with version, build, and homepage
• Relaunch command in the app menu
• Notch-shaped Dock and menu bar icon that follows light and dark mode
• Live checkmark when Accessibility paste access is granted
• Hide the notch in fullscreen, Mission Control, games, and screen capture
• Charging, Low Power, and Focus events in the collapsed notch
• iOS-style equalizer while media is playing
• First-launch permission onboarding and a Permissions settings pane
• Optional setting to keep the notch visible in fullscreen, Mission Control, games, and screenshots (off by default)
• Switch between Notch and Dynamic Island layouts in Settings, the overlay menu, and the menu bar
• Clear clipboard history while keeping pinned clips
• Full Disk Access status on the Permissions pane for Focus mode identity
• Optional setting to disable clipboard history (enabled by default)
• Click the expanded Now Playing title to open the source app, window, or browser tab

Changed

• Rounder collapsed and expanded notch corners
• Collapsed notch sits slightly shorter than the menu bar, like a hardware notch
• Clipboard selection ring is drawn inside the card so it is no longer clipped
• Debug builds no longer use Xcode’s debug dylib, which made Accessibility and paste fail even after permission was granted

Fixed

• Collapse the notch when opening Settings so it does not stay expanded behind the dialog
• Release build of the MediaRemote helper
• Center the About dialog on the notch display each time it opens
• Sendable, mutability, and AppIcon asset warnings
• Accessibility and Automation permission status in Settings
• Paste into the previous app (notch was keeping keyboard focus and skipping ⌘V)
• Opening Settings no longer expands the notch again via a reopen event
• Equalizer hides while media is paused
• Focus on/off events in the collapsed notch (the assertion store is not readable without Full Disk Access)
• Focus live activity shows the active mode’s name and symbol, including switches between modes
• Clicking a clipboard card pastes it (⌘1 already did)
• Expand and collapse stay anchored to the top center
• Reopen a hidden or windowless player when clicking the Now Playing title

Install

Download Notch-1.0.zip, unzip, and move Notch.app to /Applications.

This build is signed with an Apple Development certificate. If macOS refuses to open it, run:

xattr -cr /Applications/Notch.app

Then open the app normally.