Like an animated island, the NotchNook expands from the notch to disclose a “Nook” with primary media controls (type of like Stay Actions in iOS) and different customizable devices. Then there is a Tray tab the place you’ll be able to put information or apps; it is much like the macOS Dock, besides the tray empties if you exit NotchNook.
You possibly can entry this feature by clicking on the tab built-in into the notch, or by swiping down on the trackpad when the mouse cursor is over it. Or you’ll be able to set it to robotically pull down if you hover over it.
NotchNook works on each notched and notched Macs; for these with out, you’ll be able to customise it to appear to be a full notch, or simply as a small black sliver on the high middle of the display screen. The app lists different “coming quickly” options, akin to the flexibility to compress or decompress information by dragging them into the app (which sounds enjoyable and pointless, however that is what the app tells me a sense of).
The app nonetheless wants some work – I do not know find out how to take away information from the Tray tab, which turns into the default tab as soon as you set one thing in it. Additionally, swiping left or proper ought to be like urgent the following or earlier tune button, however that does not work for me. It solely appears to assist sure media apps, akin to Apple Music, as different apps I attempted did not present controls. I additionally could not discover Lo.cafe’s privateness coverage, and the developer hadn’t responded to my questions as of press time.
However these points apart, NotchNook appears like a really pure addition to macOS. I do not really feel prefer it does something that I could not do with out it, which is nice as a result of it is enjoyable to make use of.
