Free · v2.1.0 · macOS 14+

The Dynamic Island
your Mac was missing.

Music, meetings, messages, charging, files and timers — living in one beautiful pill at the top of your screen. Wraps around your MacBook notch. Floats in your Mac mini’s menu bar.

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Universal app · Apple silicon & Intel · No account, no tracking

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▶︎ IN 2 MINWeekly marketing sync10:00 – 10:30 AM · Teams Join
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Works with the apps you already use

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Features

Everything you glance at,
in one place.

Hover to open. Move away to close. It stays out of your way until something matters.

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Now Playing

Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube in Chrome, Edge, Brave or Safari. Artwork, live waveform, play / pause / skip.

Midnight Drive
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Meetings, one click away

Countdown to your next meeting, a pop-up a minute before, and a Join button for Teams, Zoom, Meet and Webex.

Weekly syncin 2mJoin Teams
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Messages & email

Banners for Teams, Outlook, WhatsApp, Slack, Messages. Apple Mail shows sender and subject.

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Charging

Plug-in banner with %, time to full and watts. Low-battery and fully-charged alerts on MacBook.

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File shelf & AirDrop

Drag files onto the island, grab them later or AirDrop them. Clipboard history included.

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Timer & Pomodoro

Quick timers and focus / break cycles with a live countdown right in the pill.

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AirPods & devices

Connect / disconnect banners and battery levels for keyboards, mice and trackpads.

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Spotlight-style search

Press ⌥ Space for apps, files, Google and YouTube.

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System at a glance

CPU, memory, disk, network speed, battery and uptime — plus weather and clock when idle.

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Little HUDs

Volume, Caps Lock, a mic-in-use dot, finished downloads, Low Power Mode.

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Shortcuts

Run your Apple Shortcuts in one click, and pin your favourites.

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Make it yours

Floating pill or edge style, three sizes, every feature switchable. Hides in full-screen apps.

Every Mac

Notch or no notch,
it just fits.

MacBook — wraps around the camera notch and keeps content on either side.
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Mac mini, iMac, Studio & external displays — a floating pill, centred in the menu bar.
For tinkerers

Make the island
talk to anything.

A URL scheme, a local web API and a tiny CLI. Ping yourself when a build finishes, an AI agent is done, the washing machine stops, or the doorbell rings.

  • Apple Shortcuts, Raycast, Alfred, Keyboard Maestro
  • Home Assistant, cron, launchd, shell scripts
  • Claude Code, Codex, Cursor hooks
  • Progress bars, custom icons & colours
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Get Dynamic Island

        
Free. v2.1.0 · macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon & Intel

        
          
          Download .dmg
        
        
Release notes · Source on GitHub


        

          
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Open the .dmg and drag Dynamic Island into Applications.

          
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First launch: right-click ▸ Open ▸ Open. On macOS 15+, use Privacy & Security ▸ Open Anyway.

          
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Allow the permissions for the features you want. That’s it — hover the pill.

        

      

    


    
    

      

        FAQ
        
Questions, answered.

      

      

        
Is it really free?
Yes. No subscription, no account, no ads.

        
Why does macOS warn me the first time I open it?
The app isn’t notarized by Apple yet (that needs a paid developer account). Right-click the app ▸ Open ▸ Open once, or click Open Anyway in System Settings ▸ Privacy & Security. After that it opens normally.

        
Is it safe? What data does it collect?
Nothing leaves your Mac except album artwork and the weather (sent with your approximate location to Open-Meteo). There’s no analytics or tracking, and the source code is open for anyone to read.

        
Which Macs does it work on?
Any Mac on macOS 14 Sonoma or later — MacBook Air & Pro (with or without a notch), Mac mini, iMac, Mac Studio, Mac Pro, and external displays. Apple silicon and Intel.

        
How do my Teams meetings show up?
The island reads macOS Calendar. Add your work account in System Settings ▸ Internet Accounts ▸ Microsoft Exchange and turn on Calendars — then every Teams link gets a Join button.

        
Can it show the text of my Teams or WhatsApp messages?
macOS doesn’t let apps read other apps’ notifications, so the island shows how many new messages arrived (from the Dock badges). Apple Mail is the exception — you’ll see sender and subject.

        
YouTube shows the title but won’t pause.
In Chrome, Edge or Brave turn on View ▸ Developer ▸ Allow JavaScript from Apple Events. In Safari: Develop ▸ Allow JavaScript from Apple Events.

        
How do I uninstall it?
Click the capsule icon in the menu bar ▸ Quit, then drag the app from Applications to the Trash.

      

    


    
    

      

        

          Contact
          
Something not right?
Tell me.

          
Bug, install trouble or a feature idea — send a message and I’ll get back to you. Including your macOS version and Mac model helps a lot.

          
Tip: the version is in the menu bar capsule ▸ top line.