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What's new in sidelet.

Every version, what it adds and what it fixes. sidelet updates itself and shows these notes after each update.

Build 8macOS 14.0 or laterBetaLatest

sidelet 0.9.5 · A notch that does two things at once

The notch shows two live activities the way a phone does, plays and pauses music under your pointer and changes songs with a swipe. Installing is a simple drag.

New

  • Two at once: when music plays while Keep Awake or a recording runs, the second one waits in a small island beside the notch. Click it to swap them.
  • Point at the notch while music plays for Play/Pause and Next, without opening it. A screen recording gets a stop button there too.
  • Swipe across the notch with two fingers for the next or the previous song.
  • Notch › Live activities: choose which ones appear. Hiding Keep Awake keeps it on — it just isn't shown.
  • Notch instead of notifications: what the notch shows, like “Claude Code finished”, doesn't also pop up in Notification Center.

Improved

  • sidelet downloads as a disk image: open it and drag sidelet to Applications.
  • Paused music stays in the notch for a minute, so you can play it again from there.

Fixed

  • Moving sidelet from Downloads to Applications no longer asks twice, and sidelet opens again after you activate it.
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Build 7macOS 14.0 or laterBeta

sidelet 0.9.4 · Wallpapers you make, and updates that find you

Make your own wallpaper in a few clicks, hear about updates without looking for them, and move sidelet to Applications in one step.

New

  • Wallpapers › Make your own: Glass, Matte, Aurora, Painted and Words styles, eight palettes or three colors of your own, and Another One for a fresh take. Everything is drawn on your Mac.
  • Set it as your wallpaper, or Save Only to keep it in your Pictures folder at your display's resolution.
  • Opened from somewhere other than Applications, sidelet offers to move itself there and checks the copy before it opens it.

Improved

  • Updates find you: sidelet checks shortly after it starts, then every hour and after sleep, and shows the update on its own. Remind Me Later waits a day for that version.
  • Allow… buttons for permissions ask macOS first, and open the right page of System Settings when macOS no longer asks.
  • Opening sidelet a second time brings the running copy to the front instead of starting another.
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Build 6macOS 14.0 or laterBeta

sidelet 0.9.3 · Radial menu, App Updates and tidier sheets

The radial menu is easier to shape, App Updates is rebuilt, and eight older sheets now match the rest of the app.

Improved

  • Radial menu: clear all slices, start over with the standard ring, and see rings for particular apps as chips you can remove.
  • Every page's “How it works” can be hidden, and it stays hidden for that page.
  • App Updates is rebuilt: updates from the App Store, Software Update and the apps themselves in one list, with search and CSV export.
  • Uninstall, Microphone Mute, Display Details, Capture Text from Image, Saved Texts, Text in Any App, Rules and Tasks have a new, clearer layout.
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Build 5macOS 14.0 or laterBeta

sidelet 0.9.2 · Menu Bar, your way

A new Menu Bar page decides what sits in the menu bar, how it looks, and which tiles open under the S.

New

  • Menu Bar page with a live preview in light and dark.
  • Fourteen menu bar items, now with AI usage, Keep Awake, Microphone and To-Do.
  • A style for each item: label over value, icon and value, just the value, a bar or a chart, with colors when something needs attention.
  • Short custom labels, and items that appear only while something is happening.

Improved

  • Build the panel under the S from tiles: drag to reorder, arrows to move one place, the red button to remove. Home keeps its own tiles.
  • “Customize Menu Bar…” in the S menu.
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Build 4macOS 14.0 or laterBeta

sidelet 0.9.1 · Notch, Mouse and a new welcome tour

Two new pages in Devices, and a short animated tour that turns on what you want as you go.

New

  • Notch page: every notch setting in one place.
  • Mouse page: reverse only the mouse wheel while the trackpad stays natural.
  • A welcome tour of ten short pages. Each tool turns on right on its page, and permissions are asked only when you choose.

Improved

  • Connecting a Mac is quicker: approve the matching code in your browser, without typing your password again.
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Build 2macOS 14.0 or laterBeta

sidelet 0.9.0 · The first beta

The first beta of sidelet: one app in your menu bar, with tools for power, work, devices, files and automation.

New

  • Activate your Mac from your browser with a short code. The Mac's key stays in its Secure Enclave.
  • Updates: sidelet checks once a day and verifies every update before it installs.

Improved

  • Fans: sidelet notices other fan apps and offers to quit them before you pick a speed.
  • Profiles: Save and Cancel sit at the top of the editor.
  • Saved History starts recording without asking for a folder.
  • Sidebar groups fold with a click, so the whole sidebar fits the window.
  • Clipboard merges identical copies.
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