'Notchmeister' Lets You Decorate the Notch on Your MacBook Pro

[lazyrighteye]

That's absolutely absurd and completely amusing.

As if their name wasn't evidence enough, clearly Notchmeister has a solid sense of humor. Well done!

 

[guzhogi]

Yep, I hate to think how half these people would react these days if anyone released a screensaver featuring flying toasters.

This is exactly what popped into my head too. I regret absolutely none of my time spent doing things like playing with ResEdit or increasing my number of toasters. The light and fun stuff is what hooked me on Apple in the first place.

I also miss apps like Candybar which let you replace the standard icons & dock with whatever you choose. I also miss apps like Kaleidoscope or (I'm dating myself) Mac OS 8.5's custom themes so you could customize the look of everything.

 

[God of Biscuits]

Oh for crying out loud

Oh lighten up. It’s awesome.

 

[Mr. Dee]

This response says it all:

 

[God of Biscuits]

This is awesome and fun. It reminds me of the old Mac community that was full of humor and whimsey.

inorite

 

[God of Biscuits]

Anyone remember the prank software that used to exist before *actual* malware — NVAR, I believe was the first Mac virus, installed as a resource — like the mouse accelerating, or the screen “melting”?

 

[CarlJ]

This is awesome and fun. It reminds me of the old Mac community that was full of humor and whimsey.

Indeed. Modern macOS would be improved by Talking Moose and NekoCat.

 

[DanTSX]

Oh man, what a great idea. I hope they put notches on everything and they grow with more features every year.

Notches are quintisentialy apple

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

This is awesome and fun. It reminds me of the old Mac community that was full of humor and whimsey.

Like dogcow, regedit 'flipping pig mode', etc. MOOF!!!

 

[CarlJ]

This is fun — reminds me of the Talking Moose, which for those of you too young to remember, was an animated moose that occasionally popped down from the menu bar to say something amusing. I miss that little guy.

Moose in a very robotic synthesized voice: “You should be playing a game”!

 

[CarlJ]

The bit where it can add a glow when the mouse pointer is under the notch seems genuinely useful, in a minor way, if you’re wondering where the cursor is.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

I legit forgot my MacBook had a notch

 

[hyperreal]

This is awesome and fun. It reminds me of the old Mac community that was full of humor and whimsey.

I remember an app from the System 7 era which decorated the whole menu bar with hanging christmas lights and you could change the animation.

 

[thadoggfather]

I would love a notch extending fully down the middle of the screen for dual screen emulation

That would be rock and roll

 

[jamezcua]

Not this

 

[Macalway]

Nice. Hang ornaments, or other things from a virtual scaffolding.

 

[MrGimper]

I am upset that the most “hard pass” worthy thing I’ve seen in a long time, has not generated a single “hard pass” post yet.

 

[44267547]

Not this

Did you mean ‘Notch this’

Sorry…had to do it. 😁

 

[Conutz]

So the Moose is kind of what Clippy was for Microsoft, except ‘Clippy’ never said anything, just gave you that awkward smile.

Nothing wrong with Mr. Clippy

 

[44267547]

Nothing wrong with Mr. Clippy

I’m the first admit, Mr. Clippy actually taught me things that I didn’t know years ago. It was a really unique little feature to have when prompted, especially if you were somebody that was a novice, parsing through different parts of software is not always user-friendly.

 

[Conutz]

I’m the first admit, Mr. Clippy actually taught me things that I didn’t know years ago. It was a really unique little feature to have when prompted, especially if you were somebody that was a novice, parsing through different parts of software can be not always user-friendly.

Yeah, and he was nice company!

 

[44267547]

Yeah, and he was nice company!

Yes.

I found myself talking to Mr. Clippy at my desk when no-one was around, about how much I disliked my boss, what my plans were for the weekend and listening to my complaints why the freakin’ printer always being offline … Even though Mr. Clippy never responded, I knew he understood me. 😁

 

[vegetassj4]

 

[Unity451]

This is silly.

 

[jezbd1997]

i

And with this, I am now pondering replacing my M1 MBA with a new MBP… NOT ??

i just got my new mbp 14 the other week and i’ve literally forgotten it exists. doesn’t get in the way of anything and i’m sure you know by now if you go full screen in any app it just cuts off that new extra top part of the screen where the menu bar lives