Apple gave you dead pixels. We gave you a command center.
Right now your notch does nothing. With Brow, hover it and get: screenshots with OCR, focus timer that blocks distracting apps, live CPU/RAM/battery stats, file staging, GIF recording, color picker, and one-click meeting joins. All free.
brew install --cask mac-brow-app/tap/brow
"It's a nice app with lots of little quality-of-life features, limiting max battery charge to prevent wear, "caffeinating" to keep the laptop awake, Pomodoro with a built-in app and website blocker."
DISTRACTIONS
Everything hiding inside your notch
Screenshots + OCR
Area, window, or fullscreen capture. Select any text on screen — even inside images, PDFs, or videos — and OCR copies it instantly. GIF recording and color picker included.
Replaces CleanShot X ($29)Focus Timer + App Blocker
Start a Pomodoro and Brow blocks Instagram, Reddit, YouTube, Twitter. The countdown lives in your notch. When the timer ends, sites unblock automatically.
Replaces Session ($5/mo)System Monitor
CPU usage, battery health, network speed, memory pressure, disk space, Wi-Fi signal — all at a glance without clicking anything. Ambient and immediate.
Replaces iStat Menus ($12)File Drop Zone
Drag any file to the notch. It stays there while you navigate. Then drag it out. Stage files for AirDrop, email attachments, or bulk moves.
Replaces Dropzone ($8)Live Activities
Timer counting down. Voice dictation in progress. Screen recording active. Meeting starting in 2 minutes with a one-click join button. All right in the notch.
Calendar & Meetings
Today's schedule visible in the notch. Upcoming meeting? Join button appears automatically. One hover + one click away.
Zero learning curve
Hover your notch
Move your cursor to the top of your screen. The notch expands into a full control panel.
Click what you need
Screenshot, timer, stats, drop zone — one click. Or just glance at the live info.
Move away. Gone.
The notch hides everything automatically. Always there when you need it, invisible when you don't.
You're probably paying for all of this right now
CleanShot X for screenshots: $29
iStat Menus for system stats: $12
Session for focus timer: $5/month ($60/yr)
Dropzone for file staging: $8
That's $109 in apps for things your notch should've done from day one. Brow puts all of it — plus weather, calendar, now playing, and live activities — in a single hover. Free.
Turn dead pixels into your most-used tool
8 tools. Zero apps to open. One hover. Free.
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