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? 👀
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?
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
Hey Sergey, the product looks super cool. Unfortunately, I couldn't install it on my mac as it flagged for malicious files.
About Fide Island on Product Hunt
“Make your MacBook notch actually useful”
Fide Island launched on Product Hunt on August 28th, 2026 and earned 92 upvotes and 12 comments, placing #16 on the daily leaderboard. 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.
Fide Island was featured in Mac (103.7k followers), Productivity (659.4k followers), Menu Bar Apps (12.3k followers) and Apple (15.6k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 174.7k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Fide Island?
Fide Island was hunted by Sergey Murzak. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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