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Practical Mac tips: what the notch can do, how to keep focus and how to dictate text without sending your voice to the cloud.
- 8 October 2026
Installing PromNotch and other apps from outside the App Store
Step-by-step PromNotch installation from a .dmg: moving it to Applications, confirming the first launch in Privacy & Security, and permissions. Plus how to uninstall it.
- 8 October 2026
Seven ways to put your MacBook notch to work
The notch in your MacBook screen can become a working panel: a player, a file shelf, your calendar, a timer, system controls and dictation. Which of these actually save time.
- 8 October 2026
Voice typing on Mac that never sends your audio anywhere
How PromNotch voice typing works: a speech model running on your Mac, pasting into any text field, and a history you can wipe with one button. Requirements and limits.
- 8 October 2026
Pomodoro in the MacBook notch: a timer that stays out of the way
How to use the pomodoro technique on a MacBook without keeping a timer window open: a timer in the notch, focus and break cycles, an end signal. Tips for choosing intervals.