Media, anywhere
See system Now Playing metadata, artwork, progress and transport controls from supported media sessions across your Mac.
HOW MEDIA ACCESS WORKS BUILT FOR THE MACBOOK NOTCH
Your MacBook notch,
finally useful.
Fide Island turns the empty space around your camera into a quiet, fluid command surface for media, calendar, files, clipboard, quick calculations and system feedback.
LOCAL-FIRST · OPTIONAL PERMISSIONS · NO ANALYTICS IN THE MAC APP
01 / INTERACTIVE PRODUCT DEMO
A notch you can actually touch.
Hover over the island to open it. Switch tabs, play the mock track, clear the clipboard, use the calculator or drag a file into the shelf. The demo is browser-only and never reads your real Mac data.
Demo only · settings are not connected to your Mac.
02 / SMALL SURFACE, REAL UTILITY
Useful at a glance.
Gone when you do not need it.
Shelf + clipboard
Drop files into a temporary shelf and keep a compact local clipboard history. Both are designed around short-lived, on-device data.
READ THE PRIVACY POLICYCalendar at eye level
Upcoming events sit beside media instead of behind another window. Calendar access is requested only when you choose to enable it.
Calculator + currency
Do quick arithmetic without leaving what you are doing, then convert currencies with a cached exchange-rate fallback.
Fluid system feedback
Optional brightness, volume and mute feedback can expand around the notch with a liquid level that squashes, stretches and settles.
Optional AI
Connect your own Gemini API key if you want an assistant. The key is kept in macOS Keychain; prompts are sent only when you submit them.
03 / WATCH IT IN ACTION
See Fide Island on a real Mac.
The interactive demo gives you the idea. This walkthrough shows the real app in context — how Fide Island opens around the notch, brings media, calendar, files, clipboard and quick tools into one compact surface, then gets out of the way when you are done.
WATCH ON YOUTUBE04 / PRIVACY BY DEFAULT
Your notch should not become another data collector.
The Mac app is local-first and its current source includes no custom analytics or telemetry. Optional permissions stay off until a feature needs them.
05 / EARLY ACCESS PRICING
One tiny subscription.
One plan, localized by Paddle for your country. Paddle securely handles payment, tax and subscription billing.
FIDE ISLANDMONTHLY
$1.00/ month
For one person using Fide Island on their own Macs. Cancel any time in the Paddle customer portal.
Dynamic Island / notch surface Media + calendar Temporary shelf + clipboard Calculator + currency Fluid system feedback Optional Gemini integration
06 / QUESTIONS
Before you install.
Does Fide Island upload my clipboard or files?
Not in the current Mac app design. Clipboard history and Shelf copies are stored locally. Shelf and clipboard history are designed to expire after 24 hours, and no custom Fide Island backend is currently used for those features.
Why does media access mention Apple Events?
The app primarily reads the macOS Now Playing session through a bundled compatibility component. If that path is unavailable, a narrower AppleScript fallback can ask macOS for Automation permission for selected media apps or browsers.
Does Input Monitoring read what I type?
The feature is intended only to recognize brightness, volume and mute key presses for system-control feedback. It is optional and off by default in the current app configuration.
What goes online?
The app contacts Fide Island's access API to verify your subscription, plus exchange-rate and optional weather services. Google Gemini is contacted only when you explicitly use the assistant, and a YouTube thumbnail host may be used in a narrow media fallback.
How does the $1 subscription work?
Paddle securely processes the recurring monthly payment and applicable taxes. After purchase, enter the same email in the Mac app and confirm the one-time access code.
MAKE THE EMPTY SPACE WORK