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# NotchDodo
> NotchDodo is a macOS app that turns the MacBook notch into a Dynamic Island style dashboard. Hover the notch and eighteen tools open. Macs without a notch get a simulated one.
## Facts
- Platform: macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon.
- Price: one-time purchase, lifetime licence for 2 Macs, 14-day refund. Launch pricing by licences sold: $4.99 for the first 32, $9.99 for the next 50, then $14.99.
- No account. Data stays on the Mac. The app only goes online to check the licence, check for updates, send a one-time trial activation ping, fetch exchange rates for the calculator, and load Spotify album art.
- Recognition: #4 Product of the Day on Product Hunt (https://www.producthunt.com/products/notchdodo).
- Made by an independent developer. Not affiliated with Apple.
## Tools
Dashboard (eight tiles you choose and reorder, including optional Music, AI Usage, System, Shelf and Screen Time tiles), Today (calendar with one-click Zoom, Meet and Teams join, and a heads-up with the Join button 5 minutes before each meeting), Tasks, Reminders, Notes, Pomodoro and timers (with rain, café or white noise focus sounds that start with each focus block and fade out for the break), Menu Bar (finds and opens the menu bar icons hidden behind the notch), Clipboard (the last 20 things you copied plus pinned snippets, one click to copy again, skips passwords from password managers), Dev Servers (every localhost server with its project and framework, one click to open or stop), AI Usage (Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI sessions, tokens and estimated cost, plus the Claude Code 5-hour window and optional alerts when Claude Code needs your input), Calculator, Music controls, Shelf (drag files in, AirDrop them out, convert images to PNG or JPG, resize or compress them), Screen Time, System Analytics (CPU, memory, storage, network, battery, CPU temperature, fan speed, top apps with Quit, and runaway app alerts in the notch), Mirror (camera check before a call), Dodo Run (a tiny endless runner that pauses when Claude Code needs you), Support. Also quick toggles, live activities beside the notch, cursor distance tracking with a share card, a weekly and monthly Wrapped recap card to share, and a keyboard shortcut for any tool.
## Links
- Home: https://notchdodo.com
- Install guide: https://notchdodo.com/install
- Changelog: https://notchdodo.com/changelog
- Privacy: https://notchdodo.com/privacy
## Guides
- Why is my Mac fan so loud? How to find the app and check CPU temperature: https://notchdodo.com/blog/mac-fan-loud
Covers the common causes (a runaway app or tab, Spotlight indexing, heavy work, blocked vents; kernel_task is a symptom that manages CPU temperature), finding the app in Activity Monitor (CPU tab, sort by % CPU, over 100% means more than one core) or Terminal (top -o cpu, ps -Aco pid,pcpu,rss,comm -r), checking temperature (no built-in degrees on Apple silicon: powermetrics --samplers thermal shows thermal pressure; Intel: powermetrics --samplers smc), Apple silicon fans stopping at idle, and NotchDodo's runaway app alerts, top apps, CPU temperature and fan speed in the notch.
- How to get notified when Claude Code needs your approval on Mac: https://notchdodo.com/blog/claude-code-notifications-mac
Covers Claude Code's Notification event (permission_prompt fires after about 6 seconds, idle_prompt after about 60 seconds), the preferredNotifChannel "terminal_bell" setting, a Notification hook that runs osascript for a native macOS notification (Script Editor needs notification permission), and NotchDodo's notch alerts (Approve, Waiting, Done) installed with one click.
- Claude Code usage tracker for Mac: https://notchdodo.com/claude-code-usage
