Meet Anclave
The hole above your screen becomes the place you check, so nothing else has to interrupt.
The apps Anclave reads
Your music, your tasks, your calendar and your coding agent reach the notch on their own, whichever apps you keep them in.
What Anclave does
Now playing.
Pause, skip, or find out what this is. It follows Spotify, Music, and the browser tab you forgot was playing.Calendar.
See what is next. Join the call from the row it sits on. Apple and Google calendars, Google still in beta.Tasks.
Add one the moment it comes to mind. Tick it off without opening anything. Your Reminders and Things lists, right there.Clipboard history.
Everything you copy, kept. Search it, narrow it down to one app, and paste what you copied an hour ago. Passwords stay hidden.The shelf.
Park a file at the notch while you decide where it belongs. Drag it back out later, or send it on by AirDrop.Screenshots.
Every one of them lands at the notch, ready to drag into a chat. No digging through the desktop to find the last one.Notifications.
A new track. A nudge to stretch. A version ready to install. Said once, under the notch, and gone.Pomodoro.
Work in rounds. The time sits at the edge of your vision and the phase runs round the panel, with no window to mind.Activity.
See where the hours went, by app and by quarter hour. And get told to stand up before your back tells you.It stays on your Mac.
No account. No server. No analytics. Your music, meetings and clipboard are nobody's business but yours.Everything else you might ask
What does it run on?
Apple silicon Macs on macOS 14 or later. The download is 8 MB.
Does it need a notch?
No. Where there is a notch the panel drops out of it; on any other screen it floats under the menu bar and works the same.
Does it work with several displays?
Yes. You choose where the panel lives: the built-in screen, the main one, or whichever is under your pointer.
Does it get in the way of full screen apps?
There is a switch to tuck it away while a full screen app is in front.
What does it cost?
Everything is yours for 6 days. After that the player keeps working and the rest opens with a licence: €15, paid once, good for 3 Macs.
Is it a subscription?
No. One payment, and the licence key arrives by email straight after.
Where does my data go?
Nowhere. Playback, calendars, the clipboard and the shelf are read on your Mac and stay on it; the only network calls are update checks and the calendars you sign into.
What does signing in with Google share?
Anclave asks for read access to your calendars and nothing else. The token lives in your Keychain until you sign out, and nothing is ever written back to a calendar.
How do updates arrive?
The app checks by itself and offers each new build with its notes attached. Updates download as small deltas.