in development

NotchTray

Recover the menu bar icons the MacBook notch swallows.

A native macOS utility that surfaces status items hidden behind the MacBook notch and shows them in a Dynamic Island-style dropdown, so overflow menu bar icons stay reachable instead of disappearing under the camera housing.

Open source

Problem

On notched MacBooks, extra menu bar icons get pushed under the notch and become unclickable once the bar fills up.

What I built

A Swift menu bar utility that detects overflow status items and presents them in a Dynamic Island-style dropdown anchored to the notch.

Result

Hidden icons become reachable again without removing apps or rearranging the whole menu bar.

Audience

For MacBook users whose menu bar has more icons than fit next to the notch.

Developer setup

source without GitHub CLI git clone https://github.com/jx-grxf/NotchTray.git && cd NotchTray

source with GitHub CLI gh repo clone jx-grxf/NotchTray && cd NotchTray

latest release open https://github.com/jx-grxf/NotchTray/releases

Highlights

Detects status items pushed behind the MacBook notch.
Presents them in a Dynamic Island-style dropdown anchored to the notch.
Keeps overflow menu bar icons reachable without removing apps.
Native Swift utility, currently in development.