Install

Dynotch needs macOS 14 or later. It’s made for MacBooks with a notch, and draws a virtual one on displays without.

Download

Get Dynotch-<version>.dmg from the latest release. Or use the GitHub CLI:

gh release download --repo ALIRAZA47/dynotch --pattern '*.dmg'

Put it in Applications

1. Open the disk image.
2. Drag Dynotch onto Applications.
3. Open Dynotch from Applications.

Get past the first launch

Dynotch isn’t notarized by Apple, so the first time you open it, macOS says it can’t check it for malicious software.

1. Click Done.
2. Open System Settings›Privacy & Security.
3. Under Security, click Open Anyway next to the message about Dynotch.

Or remove the download mark in Terminal instead:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Dynotch.app

Check the download

Each release lists the SHA-256 checksums of its disk image and zip at the end of its notes. To compare yours:

shasum -a 256 Dynotch-*.dmg

What happens next

Dynotch lives in the notch and the menu bar. It only shows in the Dock while Settings or the tour is open. On first launch the welcome tour walks through the permissions worth allowing, and Settings›Permissions lists them all.

To use the dynotch command from Terminal, see The dynotch command.