Toolnotch.app Reviews and Details

Toolnotch puts small, focused tools in the notch area of your Mac. Each tool shows up as a short "island" that hangs from the notch, then gets out of the way. One app, one licence, instead of a separate menu bar app for each job.

The tools

• Wyndow (windows): drag a window to the notch and drop it on a zone (halves, thirds, quarters, maximize), or snap it with the keyboard. Unplug and replug an external display and your windows go back where they were. Save a window layout and bring it back with one shortcut.
• Pasteback (clipboard): clipboard history with search, filters (links, code, media, secrets, snippets) and pins. Paste several items in a row with a paste stack. Copy the text of anything on screen, and find a screenshot by a word that was in it. Copies from password managers are skipped, and API keys and tokens are masked in the history.
• File shelf: drag files to the notch and drag them back out into any app; screenshots land on it too. Image actions on the shelf: compress, convert to JPEG/PNG/HEIC/WebP/AVIF, remove metadata.
• Bodybreak (breaks): eye and body breaks built around the 20-20-20 rule. A break waits until you stop typing and holds off during calls.
• Staywake (keep awake): keep the Mac awake for a set time, or while a long terminal job runs.

Details

• Native macOS app (Swift, SwiftUI and AppKit), no Electron.
• Works on Macs without a notch too: the islands hang from the middle of the menu bar.
• macOS 15 or later, universal (Apple silicon and Intel). Updates install quietly in the background.
• One-time licence. A licence covers every tool shipped later.
• Made by a solo indie developer, with updates every few days.