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title: "Settings reference"
description: "What lives on each page. Every page is searchable from the field at the top of the Settings window, which also finds Droplets."
canonical: "https://getdroppy.app/docs/settings"
last-updated: "2026-09-09"
---

# Settings reference

What lives on each page. Every page is searchable from the field at the top of the Settings window, which also finds Droplets.

- **General**: Startup, which displays show the notch or island, Hide physical notch and Hide on fullscreen, Dock and menu bar icon, language, the expanded notch (opening, size when open, auto-collapse and auto-expand, animation speed, gestures and navigation), widgets (Home widgets, the widgets page, widget icons and Favorites), file actions, Quick Action tiles and the mail app they use, OCR auto-copy, and Droppy Sync.
- **Theming**: Notch or island per display type and their dimensions and position, subtle outline, highlight color, window tint, media player and widget text colors, and the volume and brightness slider colors.
- **MCP**: Lets AI apps such as Claude, Cursor and Codex use Droppy: the main switch, Connect buttons, permissions, connected apps and activity. See [MCP](https://getdroppy.app/docs/mcp).
- **Shortcuts**: Every key combination Droppy answers to, grouped by area. See [Keyboard shortcuts](https://getdroppy.app/docs/shortcuts).
- **Store**: The Droplet catalogue: browse, read, install, remove, and open a Droplet's own settings.
- **File tray**: Where the file tray appears, in the notch, floating or both, and a switch that turns it off. Open tray after drop, the floating file tray's instant appear, shake sensitivity, auto-hide and multiple floating trays, file retention, and sync between trays.
- **Clipboard**: Layout, type filters, tags, titles, source app icon, duplicate handling, search focus, clipboard actions, animation speed, and clear-on-quit.
- **Lock screen**: Cards, the status widgets row and its style, brightness and volume sliders, motion artwork, keep-awake, lock and unlock sounds, and screensaver behavior.
- **Droppy Cloud**: Appears once the Droplet is on: active shares, upload behavior, and the cloud provider the Quick Action tile targets.
- **Media**: The [floating player](https://getdroppy.app/docs/floating-player), its menu bar item, window placement and three sizes; the notch's Now Playing widget, motion artwork, the visualizer, media gestures, hide media in fullscreen, and which sources play.
- **Live Activities**: Every activity's switch, Multi Live Activities, and which displays show compact HUDs.
- **Permissions**: Every capability Droppy can use, its current state, and a button that asks macOS or opens the right pane.
- **Accessibility**: Right-click behavior, hold to reveal, hide in Mission Control, hide from screenshots, and haptic feedback.
- **License**: Activate a key, see your seats, buy extra seats, and manage this Mac's activation.
- **About**: Version, software update and its channel, and the release notes for what you just installed.