OneNotch
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Install OneNotch and set it up

System requirements, installing in the Applications folder and going through first-time setup.

OneNotch turns the notch at the top of your screen into a place for your clipboard, music, calendar, translation, screenshots and the status of your AI agents.

Requirements

  • A Mac with Apple silicon.
  • macOS 15 or later.
  • Works on MacBooks with a notch, MacBooks without a notch and external displays.

Install

  1. Open the DMG you downloaded and drag OneNotch into the Applications folder.
  2. Open OneNotch from Applications. If you open it straight from the DMG, OneNotch asks Move OneNotch to Applications?; choose Move to Applications.

Running OneNotch from somewhere other than Applications (for example your Downloads folder) can break updates and permissions.

First-time setup

The first time you open OneNotch, it takes you through a few steps:

  1. A short introduction to what OneNotch does.
  2. Make it yours.: turn the main features on or off: music in the notch, HUD replacement, translation, Snap Zones and AI agent tracking.
  3. No notch? No problem.: choose Notch or Pill, if your display doesn't have a notch.
  4. Grant OneNotch the access it needs.: Accessibility and Screenshot Access, plus the Open at login option. See "Grant permissions to OneNotch".
  5. Connect your AI agents., if you turned on AI tracking.
  6. Four shortcuts to remember.: open the notch, open the Clipboard Panel, Copy Stack and screenshots. Click Use OneNotch to use ⇧⌘3 and ⇧⌘4 for OneNotch instead of macOS.
  7. Send anonymous usage data: turn it on or off.
The "Make it yours." page of first-time setup, with feature toggles
The "Four shortcuts to remember." page with ⇧⌘V, ⇧⌘C, ⌘ ⌘ and ⇧⌘4, plus the Use OneNotch button

You can click Skip at any time. You can change every choice later in Settings.

See the setup again

Go to Settings › Support › Onboarding and click Reset Onboarding.

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