Every player, same controls
System-wide Now Playing. Apple Music, Spotify, a browser tab, a podcast app: one transport with artwork, a scrubber, shuffle and repeat.
TopNotch / macOS 26 / free
The notch, made useful.
Music controls, a temporary file shelf, quick notes and a pomodoro, living in the MacBook notch. Invisible when idle, zero background cost by design.
The notch, live
Interactive replica
Never Gonna Give You Up
Rick Astley
0:00
3:33
Shelf
3 items
Q3 pitch deck final v7.key
Invoice 2026-118.pdf
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Standup notes
Ideas for the drop shelf
25:00
Focus
Session 1 of 4
Visitors rick rolled
This is the real thing. Hover it.Tap it. Press play and you join the count.
Four panes, one notch
Feature set
Music
Drop
A temporary file shelf
Drag files at the notch and it opens to catch them. Drag them back out one at a time or all at once. Items expire on their own.
Notes
Plain quick notes
A plain scratchpad in the notch. Open it, type, close it. Notes keep themselves saved.
Focus
A pomodoro that stays put
A running timer keeps a progress ring and live countdown parked at the far left of the notch, closed or open.
Updates
Autoupdates via Sparkle
Signed updates, checked and installed in place. No account, no launcher, no nagging.
Requirements
Spec- System
- macOS 26
- Hardware
- A MacBook with a notch. Works on any Mac; without a notch it sits at the top edge of the screen.
- Network
- None. No analytics, no accounts, nothing leaves your Mac.
- Price
- 0 USD