Live activities & alerts
Live Activities, on your Mac.
While closed, the notch widens into wings beside the camera for one thing at a time: a timer, a meeting countdown, the song that’s playing, Keep Awake or CPU and RAM.
How it works
- 1
Start a timer, play music or wait for a meeting to get close.
- 2
The closed notch grows wings showing it.
- 3
Alerts for volume, AirPods, charging and screenshots pop up in the same place.
The details
Timer
Presets from 1 to 60 minutes, plus +1 min. It counts down in the closed notch and plays Glass when done.
Meeting countdown
In the 10 minutes before a calendar event, the notch counts down to it.
Volume & brightness
Optionally, the media keys show their level in the notch instead of the system pop-up. Hold ⇧⌥ for quarter steps.
Mic & camera dots
An orange dot while an app uses the microphone, a green dot for the camera.
Controls tab
Night Shift with a warmth slider, Keep Awake with time limits, and a front-camera mirror.
Fullscreen-aware
Over fullscreen apps and videos the notch hides; alerts about something you did still show.
FAQ
Can I choose which alerts appear?
Yes. Settings › Alerts switches the screenshot, charger and AirPods pop-ups, the meeting countdown, Now Playing and CPU/RAM beside the camera, and sets the low-battery level.
Does it replace the volume pop-up?
If you turn on Settings › Media Keys. It needs Accessibility permission, used only to catch those keys.
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