No notch? It floats.

What the island is

A small black shape at the top of the screen, where the notch would be. Hover or click and it opens the same panels a notched MacBook gets. When nothing is happening it stays small; when a song starts or an agent needs you, it grows for a moment and settles back.

Where you get it

• MacBook Air M1 and the 13-inch MacBook Pro M1 and M2, which have no notch.
• iMac, Mac mini and Mac Studio, on whatever display they drive.
• An external monitor on any MacBook, with a switch in Settings if you’d rather not have it there.

What changes

Nothing in the features. Music with synced lyrics, the next meeting, AirPods battery, the file shelf, clipboard history, Mac vitals, your Claude Code and Codex sessions and the pet all work the same. The only difference is that the island draws its own shape instead of borrowing the camera’s.

Compared with other notch apps

Most notch apps now draw something on a notch-less display too; NotchNook and Alcove both do. The difference is in what sits inside. The longer comparison is at notch apps for Mac.

Facts

• Native Swift, Apple silicon, macOS 15 or later. No account, no telemetry. Free for 7 days, then one payment for the whole app.
• The island is on by default for displays without a notch and can be turned off in Settings › General.

Try it free for 7 days, or read what people mean by Dynamic Island on a Mac.