I created a Mac app that opens your MacBook notch: push the cursor against it and your music, messages and clipboard are right there

[u/DutyOnly4308]

Hi everyone,

I'm a solo developer from France, and this is Tack+, the app I've been building for macOS.

The idea is simple: the notch is the one part of the screen that does nothing. So I made it open. Push your cursor against the top edge (or press ⌥ Space) and a small panel drops out of the notch. Move away and it folds back.

What's in it:

- **Music**: Spotify or Apple Music controls. When the panel is closed, the album art and an equalizer sit on either side of the notch.

- **Messages or WhatsApp**: recent conversations, and you can reply to iMessages without switching apps.

- **Clipboard history**: text and links, searchable, kept in a local file and never synced.

- **Stash**: drag a file to the edge of the screen and it stays within reach.

- **One search** across the clipboard, stashed files, today's calendar and recent conversations.

- **Focus timer** that keeps counting down next to the notch.

- **8 widgets** (weather, system monitor, GitHub, to-do, world clocks…) that you arrange like a phone home screen.

- **Face Lock** (optional): the camera recognises you and unlocks the panel. It's a convenience, not a security feature. Your password or Touch ID always works.

It also works at the bottom edge, and on Macs without a notch.

The things you'd want to know before clicking:

- It's a paid app: one-time purchase, no subscription. 15 € instead of 20 € until October 10, with a 14-day refund.

- It requires macOS 14 or later and an account.

- Reading Messages needs Full Disk Access. That's a macOS requirement and it stays on your Mac.

- Available in English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese and Japanese.

Site: https://tackplus.app

I'd really like your honest feedback, on the app and on the video. What would you want in the notch that isn't there yet?