Which Macs does Halo Island support?

Any Mac on macOS 14 or later. On Macs without a notch, Halo draws a virtual one at the top of the screen, and it can appear on external displays too.

Does it replace the volume and brightness HUD?

Yes. With Accessibility allowed, Halo takes over the volume, brightness and keyboard light keys and shows their level in the notch. ⇧⌥ still adjusts in quarter steps.

Which music apps work?

Music, Spotify, VLC, IINA and Podcasts, plus YouTube, YouTube Music, SoundCloud and Spotify Web in Safari, Chrome, Arc, Brave and Edge.

Does it hide in full-screen apps?

Yes, it steps aside over full-screen apps, while Live Activities and the volume HUD still appear.

Is my clipboard stored in the cloud?

No. Clipboard history stays on your Mac, and items that password managers mark as concealed are never recorded.

Halo Island — A Dynamic Island for your MacBook notch

Halo Island

The notch, reimagined.

Halo turns the blank space at the top of your MacBook into a living, glanceable surface. Music, system controls and the moments that matter grow out of it — then step aside.

Now Playing

Your music lives up here.

Artwork, a live equalizer and controls for Music, Spotify, VLC, IINA, Podcasts, YouTube and more. Hover the notch while music plays and a compact player opens.

System HUD

Volume, without the overlay.

Volume, brightness and keyboard light bloom out of the notch instead of covering your work. The glyph even follows your AirPods.

Live Activities

The Mac, a little more alive.

Charging with real wattage and time to full. AirPods with every battery level. A heads-up five minutes before your next meeting.

Privacy indicators

Know when you’re heard.

A green dot when any app uses the camera, orange for the microphone — exactly like iPhone, and it even knows which app.

And more

Everything, one hover away.

Downloads with live progress, a padlock that springs open when you unlock, and your whole dashboard a single hover away.

Get the highlights.

Coming soon

Clipboard history.

Everything you copy — text, links, images and files — one hover away. Stored only on your Mac.

A shelf for your files.

Drag files onto the notch to park them, then drag them out anywhere. AirDrop included.

Timer and stopwatch.

Styled after the Clock app, with the live time riding in the notch while it runs.

Mirror and ring light.

Check yourself before a call, then light your face with a soft, warm glow.

Swipe to skip.

Two fingers across the notch: left for the next track, right for the previous one.

Make it yours.

An outline of light in the Halo spectrum or your colour, on one display or all of them.

Compare

The Mac you know. Made better.

Here is what changes when Halo is running.

macOS shows volume in a panel over your work. Halo shows it in the notch, where your eyes already are.

The Mac you know. Made better.
Feature	macOS alone	With Halo
Volume and brightness HUDmacOS alone: Panel over your work	Panel over your work	In the notch
Now Playing with artworkmacOS alone: In Control Center	In Control Center	One hover away
Charging and AirPods batterymacOS alone: In menus	In menus	Live Activity
Next meeting heads-upmacOS alone: Notification	Notification	In the notch, with Join

Questions? Answers.

Any Mac on macOS 14 or later. On Macs without a notch, Halo draws a virtual one at the top of the screen, and it can appear on external displays too.
Yes. With Accessibility allowed, Halo takes over the volume, brightness and keyboard light keys and shows their level in the notch. ⇧⌥ still adjusts in quarter steps.
Music, Spotify, VLC, IINA and Podcasts, plus YouTube, YouTube Music, SoundCloud and Spotify Web in Safari, Chrome, Arc, Brave and Edge.
Yes, it steps aside over full-screen apps, while Live Activities and the volume HUD still appear.
No. Clipboard history stays on your Mac, and items that password managers mark as concealed are never recorded.

Halo Island

A Dynamic Island for the MacBook notch.

Halo Island is coming soon

macOS 14 or later