Windows · Wellbeing · Clipboard

Your notch,
finally useful.

Toolnotch drops three everyday tools out of your MacBook's notch: a window manager that survives unplugging your display, screen breaks that wait out your calls, and clipboard history one keystroke away. They should have shipped with macOS.

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macOS 14+ · Apple silicon & Intel · one-time purchase

WindowManager.swift — Toolnotch

case .leftHalf: return "Left Half"
case .leftThird: return "Left Third"
case .leftTwoThirds: return "Left ⅔"
func cycle(from zone: Zone) -> Zone {
    switch zone {
    case .half: return .twoThirds
    case .twoThirds: return .third
    case .third: return .nextDisplay
    }
}

Wellbeing20-20-20

20Seconds

Look at something 20 feet awayAbout six metres. A window works best.

Snooze 5 min10 minSkip

12-day streak6 taken · 1 skipped todayescdismiss

Search 7,015 clips

Home address · Notes⌘1

linear.app/toolnotch/issue/TN-4216:40

Groq API keygsk_x9Z7••••16:28

git push -u origin site/v116:21

Ship list: icon V8, Sparkle feed, notarise15:53

#5EA2FF · accent15:40

api.example.com/export?token=••••15:31

Screenshot 1512×98215:28

↑↓ Move↩ Pasteesc Close

A live HTML recreation of the app, not a video. ⌃⌥← and ⌘⇧V are the real shortcuts.

Every day, on every Mac

Three small frustrations. One notch.

18:02

You unplug the monitor. Every window piles onto the laptop, and tomorrow you rebuild the layout by hand.

Windows

17:45

Your eyes burn at six. You can't remember the last time you looked further than the screen.

Wellbeing

16:21

You copy the same command for the fourth time today, because the last copy overwrote it.

Clipboard

01 Windows

Displays never break your layout.

Unplug your external display and every window moves neatly onto the laptop. Plug it back in and everything returns exactly where it was. No more rebuilding your desk every morning.

Studio Display connectedCode restored · 6 windows⌃⌥⌫

Code workspace: Cursor, Arc and Terminal on the Studio Display; Slack, Notes and Figma on the laptop.

Press again to cycle

⌃⌥← snaps to the left half. Press it again for two-thirds, again for a third, then the window hops to the next display. Halves, quarters, thirds, maximize and center, all on ⌃⌥.

Undo anything

Every window action shows in the island with its undo key. ⌃⌥⌫ puts things back.

Workspaces

One keystroke, or plugging in a display, arranges your windows across screens. A workspace can also open, hide or quit apps, run a Shortcut and pause Wellbeing breaks for a call.

Drag a window to the notch

Pull a window towards the top of the screen: layout targets drop out of the notch. Release it on one.

Rules per app

Terminal always opens bottom-right on the big screen. Slack always fills the laptop. Set it once.

Keyboard first, and yours to remap

Sixteen snap targets, tidy all windows with ⌃⌥=, move to the next display with ⌃⌥⌘→. Every shortcut can be changed, and Toolnotch tells you when one clashes with another app.

Left Half⌃⌥←
Right Half⌃⌥→
Top Half⌃⌥↑
Bottom Half⌃⌥↓
Top Left⌃⌥1
Top Right⌃⌥2
Bottom Left⌃⌥3
Bottom Right⌃⌥4
Left Third⌃⌥D
Center Third⌃⌥F
Right Third⌃⌥G
Left ⅔⌃⌥E
Right ⅔⌃⌥T
Maximize⌃⌥↩
Center⌃⌥C
Restore⌃⌥⌫

02 Wellbeing

Your eyes get a break. Your calls don't.

Every 20 minutes, look 20 feet away for 20 seconds. Toolnotch keeps the 20-20-20 rule for you, warns you 30 seconds ahead in the island, waits until you stop typing, and steps aside on its own when you're in a meeting.

Moderate. A break card drops from the notch and the screen blurs.

BreakScheduler.swift — Toolnotch

final class BreakScheduler {
    var secondsUntilBreak: Int
    var intervalProgress: Double
    var pausedBy: PauseReason?
}

Look 20 feet awayGentle break · keep working if you must14

Wellbeing20-20-20

14Seconds

Look at something 20 feet awayAbout six metres. A window works best.

Snooze 5 min10 minSkip

12-day streak6 taken · 1 skipped todayescdismiss

Wellbeing · Strict16:45 · Break 7 of the day

Look far away.Let your eyes rest on something 20 feet out. Breathe with the rings.00:14

Screen recording
Meetings and callsZoom · Meet · FaceTime · Slack huddles · Teams
Video playback
Deep-focus apps
Fullscreen games

Pauses automatically

It notices when the mic or camera is in use and holds the break. It only detects that they are in use: nothing is recorded, nothing is listened to. It also waits for you to stop typing before a break starts.

10:56
Meeting in 4 minTake your break now?Take itLater
11:02
In a call · breaks pausedGoogle Meet in Arc · mic in use
11:40
Call over38 min without a breakBreak now · 20 s
11:41
Break done · streak kept12 DAYS

A morning with a meeting

Before a meeting it offers the break early. During the call it stays out of the way. After the call, the island tells you how long you went without one.

Streaks that forgive one slip

A day counts when at least 80% of its breaks were taken, so one skipped break during a deadline doesn't reset weeks of good habits. A daily panel shows the next break and a timeline; a weekly report shows the patterns.

More than your eyes

A long guided break every 90 minutes, and blink and posture nudges: one soft pulse under the notch, no text, no sound, nothing to dismiss. Snooze from the island with a click, or dismiss a break with esc.

03 Clipboard

Everything you copied, one keystroke up.

⌘⇧V drops your clipboard history out of the notch, on the screen you're looking at. Real app icons, favicons and link previews, so a history that is mostly text from Terminal and your browser is still easy to scan.

Search your clips

↑↓ Move↩ Pasteesc Close

ArcArc · Today 16:40 · link

https://linear.app/toolnotch/issue/TN-42

Windows: restore after display unplugTN-42 · High priority

Paste ↩Plain text ⇧↩

Secrets stay masked

API keys, tokens and passwords show their first characters, then dots. Links that carry a key keep their domain readable and hide only the value. Paste still sends the real thing.

Paste Stack

Copy several things, then paste them back one after another, in the order you copied them. The island shows what comes next.

Readable at a glance

Every clip gets a type you can read: links, code, commands, colours, images, secrets. Pin what you paste every day, save snippets, and search everything.

The notch hub

One notch. One purchase.

Click the notch or the menu bar icon and all three tools open side by side. On a display without a notch, the same panel hangs from the menu bar.

Toolnotch · all running

WindowsCode on Studio Display · 6 windows⌃⌥Space

TidyWorkspacesUndo ⌃⌥⌫

Wellbeing7 breaks today · 12-day streak14:32Next break

Break nowSnooze 10 minPause 1 h

ClipboardRecording⌘⇧V

linear.app/toolnotch/issue/TN-425m

git push -u origin site/v123m

#5EA2FF · accent41m

v1.0SettingsQuit

Three separate apps compared with Toolnotch
Aspect	Three separate apps	Toolnotchfrom [PRICE]
What you buy	What you buyA window manager, a break reminder and a clipboard manager. The popular clipboard manager, Paste, is a subscription.	One licence, paid once.
Menu bar	Menu barThree icons	One icon, or just the notch
Notifications	NotificationsThree styles, three places	One island under the notch
Settings	SettingsThree windows to learn	One panel, one set of shortcuts
Working together	Working togetherThey don't know about each other	A Call workspace opens Zoom and holds your breaks

Designed for the Mac

Feels like it came with it.

Pure black panels that melt into the notch, one accent colour you choose, and springs tuned to feel like macOS rather than a web page.

Your colour

One accent, and it's yours

Everything is black and white except one colour: the one you pick. Buttons flip their text to black or white to stay readable.

Native

SwiftUI and AppKit

A real Mac app, not a web page in a window. It lives in the menu bar, with no Dock icon.

Footprint

Small and quiet

A [SIZE] download that stays out of the way until you reach for it.

Keyboard

Keyboard first

Every action has a shortcut, every shortcut can be remapped, and clashes are flagged. esc always closes.

Motion

Respects Reduce Motion

Panels unfold with springs by default. With Reduce Motion on, they simply appear.

Privacy

Stays on your Mac

Your clipboard, breaks and layouts stay on your Mac. Wellbeing only checks whether the mic or camera is in use; it never records.

Displays

Notch or no notch

On an external display without a notch, the same shape hangs from the menu bar, on the screen you're using.

Compatibility

macOS 14 and later

Runs on Apple silicon and Intel Macs.

Updates

Updates built in

New versions arrive from inside the app, and every one is listed in the public changelog.

In their words

What people say

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Pricing

Pay once. Keep it.

Three tools, one licence, no subscription. Pick how many Macs, and how long you want updates.

Single

[PRICE]One-time · One Mac, all three tools.

1 Mac
1 year of updates [CONFIRM]
Windows, Wellbeing and Clipboard
Keep the version you have, forever
One-time purchase, no subscription

Buy Single

Personal

Laptop + desk

[PRICE]One-time · Your laptop and your desk Mac.

2 Macs
1 year of updates [CONFIRM]
Everything in Single
Use it on two of your Macs
One-time purchase, no subscription

Buy Personal

Believer

[PRICE]One-time · For people who want this to exist for a long time.

[N] Macs
Lifetime updates
Everything in Personal
Every future version, never renew
Directly funds what gets built next

Buy Believer

Students and teachers get a discount. Full pricing details and FAQ

FAQ

Questions

Anything else? Write to [EMAIL].

Which permissions does Toolnotch need?

Windows needs Accessibility access, which is how every Mac window manager moves and resizes windows. Clipboard reads the pasteboard to keep your history. Wellbeing checks whether the microphone or camera is in use so it can pause breaks during calls; it never records or listens.

Does it work on a Mac or display without a notch?

Yes. On a display without a notch, every panel hangs from the centre of the menu bar with the same shape, on the screen you are using. External displays work the same way.

What happens to my data?

Your clipboard history, break stats and layouts stay on your Mac. Secrets such as API keys and passwords are masked on screen, and links that carry a key are never loaded or previewed.

Can I use only one or two of the tools?

Yes. Each tool is a separate module that you can turn off in Settings. [CONFIRM]

Will it conflict with my current window manager or clipboard app?

Toolnotch detects shortcut conflicts and lets you remap any shortcut. If you keep another app for one job, turn that Toolnotch tool off.

Which macOS versions are supported?

macOS 14+ · Apple silicon & Intel.

Is there a free trial?

[TRIAL POLICY]

What is your refund policy?

[POLICY]

Is it on Setapp or Homebrew?

Toolnotch is sold directly on this site. Setapp and a Homebrew cask are being considered. [CONFIRM]

Put your notch to work.

Windows that survive the cable, breaks that wait for your calls, and everything you copied on ⌘⇧V.

Download for MacmacOS 14+ · Apple silicon & Intel

Your notch,finally useful.

Press again to cycle

Undo anything

Workspaces

Drag a window to the notch

Rules per app

Keyboard first, and yours to remap

Pauses automatically

A morning with a meeting

Streaks that forgive one slip

More than your eyes

Secrets stay masked

Paste Stack

Readable at a glance

One accent, and it's yours

SwiftUI and AppKit

Small and quiet

Keyboard first

Respects Reduce Motion

Stays on your Mac

Notch or no notch

macOS 14 and later

Updates built in

Single

Personal

Believer

Put your notch to work.

Your notch,
finally useful.