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.
The MacBook notch has always felt like a lot of space doing… not much.
When Apple introduced Dynamic Island on iPhone, I loved the idea of turning a hardware limitation into something useful and interactive. And I kept thinking: why shouldn’t the Mac have something like that too?
But there was also a more practical reason.
I often need to do tiny things while working - quickly calculate something, convert one currency to another, check something without losing focus. And every time, it meant opening Calculator, switching to the browser, searching for a currency converter, or jumping between apps for something that should take a few seconds.
I wanted those little actions to be available instantly, without interrupting what I was doing.
That’s how Fide Island started.
Instead of letting the notch just sit there, I wanted to turn it into a small utility space that’s always within reach - for quick calculations and currency conversions, but also media controls, calendar events, files, clipboard history, system feedback, and more.
My goal wasn’t simply to copy Dynamic Island onto macOS. I wanted to explore what this space could become when it’s designed around the way we actually use a Mac.
Fide Island is still evolving, and I’d genuinely love to hear what you think.
What’s one small thing you constantly open another app or browser tab for - that you’d rather have instantly available in the notch? 👀
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Hey Sergey, the product looks super cool. Unfortunately, I couldn't install it on my mac as it flagged for malicious files.
@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!
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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!