Fide Island
Make your MacBook notch actually useful
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Make your MacBook notch actually useful
68 followers
Fide Island turns your MacBook notch into a compact, fluid command surface. Control media, check your calendar, keep files and clipboard items close, run quick calculations, and see system feedback - without leaving what you're doing.
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@sergey_murzak this actually makes a lot of sense for the notch. i’d probably use quick notes the most though — especially when i don’t want to open another window. congrats on the launch!
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@kamal_sharma26 Yeah, quick notes would be a great fit. Love that idea! I've added this idea to the list for the next update - stay tuned for the release)
Hey Sergey, the product looks super cool. Unfortunately, I couldn't install it on my mac as it flagged for malicious files.
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@seomaxtech
Hey Soumyadip, thanks for checking it out! There are no malicious files in the app. macOS shows this warning because the app is currently not signed and notarized by Apple - I don’t have an Apple Developer account yet.
If you’d still like to try it, you can allow it manually via System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
I’m planning to get the app properly signed/notarized so this warning won’t appear in the future. Thanks for flagging this!
Dial
Nice execution on a genuinely crowded lane, and I like that the pitch leans on the calc/currency stuff rather than just copying Dynamic Island wholesale. Two practical questions: does an always-resident notch widget show up with any real CPU or battery draw at idle in Activity Monitor, and on an external display without a notch, does the utility bar move to a fixed spot on that screen or is this MacBook-only?
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@omri_ben_shoham1 Thanks Omri! Really appreciate it - making it useful beyond just copying Dynamic Island was exactly the goal.
At idle I’m seeing around 1.2% CPU in Activity Monitor. I haven’t done enough testing yet to give a reliable number for battery impact specifically.
I haven’t properly tested external displays yet since I don’t currently have a second monitor, so I don’t want to guess. The MacBook notch experience is what I’ve tested and optimized so far, but external-display support is definitely something I want to validate next.
Dial
notch utilities feel like a crowded lane right now, i counted at least 3-4 similar apps on this same page. what's pulling people to fide island specifically over the others - is it the currency/calc stuff, or something else
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@galdayan Fair point - it’s definitely getting crowded :)
I think what makes Fide Island different is less about one specific feature and more about the overall experience: a polished UI, a very accessible price, and small but genuinely useful features you can use every day.
Currency and calculator are part of it, but I’m building Fide Island as a broader everyday utility for the MacBook notch. I’ve also got several new features on the roadmap, so there’s quite a bit more
Dial
@sergey_murzak makes sense, price + polish is a real moat even in a crowded lane. curious what's next on the roadmap, will keep an eye on it
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@galdayan Thanks! Plenty more planned for Fide Island )
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The notch is dead space on my MacBook. The apps I work on run long file transfers, and a glanceable progress bar up there would earn its spot. What does the island show when nothing is running?
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@yelyzaveta_kibets Right now it doesn’t track progress from arbitrary third-party file transfers, but a glanceable progress indicator for long-running tasks is exactly the kind of thing that makes sense for this space. I’m looking into how to support that across apps. Thanks for the idea, Lisa!)
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@sergey_murzak Got it. That's the one I'd use daily, so I'll keep an eye out for it.