SkyNotch

Everything that shipped.

Every release, newest first.

0.9.0

Changed

  • Updates are read from a small version feed on the public repository, and a downloaded update must carry SkyNotch's own signature before it replaces the app.
  • The calendar and playback permission prompts describe what SkyNotch does without naming other apps.

Fixed

  • A second copy of SkyNotch quits at once instead of drawing a second notch.

0.8.1

Fixed

  • Runs on macOS 14 and later again; the previous builds opened only on the newest macOS. Release builds are optimised.

0.8.0

Changed

  • Timer, meeting and shelf open into cards the size of the music card; swipe sideways with two fingers to cycle through them, from the last back to the first.
  • Every readout in the closed notch is as wide as the music strip: an icon on the left and a small indicator on the right, a ring for the timer.
  • The separate shelf tray on hover is gone; files live in the shelf card.

0.7.0

Added

  • A shelf in the notch: drop files onto it to keep them there, hover over the notch to see them, and drag them out wherever they need to go. Clear it from the menu bar.

0.6.0

Added

  • The next meeting from Calendar counts down in the notch in the half hour before it starts. Off by default; turning it on in Settings asks for calendar access.

0.5.0

Added

  • A timer in the notch: start one from the menu bar for 1, 5, 10 or 25 minutes. The notch counts down and chimes when it is done.

0.4.0

Added

  • The notch shows when the camera or the microphone is in use, with a green or orange dot. Settings can turn it off.

0.3.0

Added

  • Wired headphones plugged into the headphone jack show in the notch as well.
  • Settings window: choose what shows in the notch, open at login, the trackpad tap on hover, and the version.
  • SkyNotch updates itself from its GitHub releases: it checks once a day, and with your say-so downloads the new version, checks its signature and reopens. Settings can turn that off.

Removed

  • Open at Login is no longer in the menu bar menu; it lives in Settings.

0.2.0

Added

  • Connecting headphones shows them in the notch, with their charge when they are wireless. Disconnecting them shows nothing.

Fixed

  • The charge readout gets a wide enough wing for its figures again.
  • EarPods show as earbuds rather than over-ear headphones.

0.1.0

Added

  • A player in the built-in notch that shows whatever is playing, from any app: Apple Music, Spotify, a browser tab.
  • Swipe down with two fingers to open the card, swipe up to close it.
  • Cover, title, artist, a draggable progress bar and transport controls.
  • Click the cover to flip it to time-synced lyrics over a blurred copy of the artwork.
  • A sound wave in the notch that follows the actual audio.
  • Volume, brightness and power readouts in the notch instead of the system's own panel.
  • A soft scale and a haptic tap when the cursor reaches the notch.
  • Open at login.
  • App icon.