--- title: "Features, Droppy for Mac" description: "Everything Droppy can do on your Mac: the notch shelf, File Tray, clipboard history, Live Activities, music, the lock screen and 43 free Droplets, each shown on a real MacBook." canonical: "https://getdroppy.app/features" last-updated: "2026-10-27" --- # Features Everything Droppy can do, from the [notch shelf](https://getdroppy.app/features/notch-shelf) to 43 free Droplets, right at the top of your Mac. ## Built into Droppy The notch, your files, music and the lock screen. Ready the moment you open Droppy. [Notch Shelf Hover the notch and it opens into a shelf: Now Playing, your calendar and any widgets you pick, right under the camera. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/notch-shelf) [File Tray Drag files to the top of the screen and they wait there. Zip them, convert them or drag them on whenever you are ready. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/file-tray) [Clipboard History Text, links, colors, code and images are saved as you copy them. Open the clipboard and paste anything again. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/clipboard) [Now Playing The cover comes alive and the waveform follows the beat, right at the notch, with full playback controls. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/now-playing) [Live Activities Downloads, timers, calls, AirPods and coding agents slip in beside the notch, then step aside when they are done. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/live-activities) [Dynamic Island No notch? On an iMac, a Mac mini or an external display, the island grows into the full player and shelf. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/dynamic-island) [Lock Screen A Liquid Glass player on the macOS lock screen. Tap the artwork and its motion art fills the whole screen. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/lock-screen) [Floating Player Your music anywhere on the desktop, in three sizes: Mini, Player and Expanded, with the queue and lyrics. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/floating-player) [Shelf Widgets Pomodoro, the weather, CPU graphs, notes and more, side by side in your notch in the order you pick. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/widgets) [Make It Yours Add widgets, reorder them and drag them around. Pick the glass, the highlight color and the shape. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/customize) [Dynamic Glass Dynamic Glass melts from black into glass, Liquid Glass stays clear, and Low battery mode turns it solid. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/glass) [Playing Next See what is coming up and move any song to the top of the queue. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/playing-next) [Command Center One menu bar icon with every control you use: seven layouts, or build your own. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/command-center) [Transform Drop a file and pick what it becomes. Compress a video, convert an image or combine files into a PDF. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/transform) [System HUDs Volume, brightness and keyboard backlight, redesigned to grow out of the notch. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/huds) [Droppy for iPhone Your clipboard, files and notes on your iPhone, synced both ways and end to end encrypted. Free with Droppy. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/ios) ## Droplets 43 free extensions, each one built like a full Mac app. Turn on what you want, turn off what you don't. [Build your own](https://getdroppy.app/docs/droppykit). [Droplet Agents A live HUD in your notch for Claude, Codex, Cursor, Antigravity, and OpenCode. Watches your local coding agent sessions: no network, no telemetry. See what the model is thinking, which file it's editing, how many lines it changed, and follow every tool call as it happens. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/agents) [Droplet Calendar Capture tasks in natural language, mention lists and dates, and sync with Apple Reminders. Supports multilingual input, priorities, and fast checklist flows. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/calendar) [Droplet Action Ring One shortcut opens a ring of buttons under your pointer. Hold it, move to a button and let go to run it. Fill the ring with a preset such as Element Capture or Window Snap, mix your own, and use up to three rings to combine your actions. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/ring) [Droplet Thunderstorm A full Spotlight replacement and keyboard launcher for your Mac. One shortcut, Option-Space by default, opens a single panel for your apps, files, System Settings pages, clipboard history, calculations and conversions, AI chat and the web. Where Spotlight only finds things, Thunderstorm acts on them: move windows, run quicklinks, snippets and shell commands, quit or uninstall apps, join meetings and open your droplets, all without touching the mouse. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/thunderstorm) [Droplet Element Capture Capture specific screen elements, annotate with arrows, shapes, text, and blur, then send screenshots to the clipboard, a folder, Droppy Cloud, or any mix of those. Perfect for grabbing and marking up UI components, icons, or any visual element. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/element-capture) [Droplet Pomodoro Run Focus and Break sessions directly from Droppy: scrub the time tape to any length and start from the notch. Monitor remaining time in the HUD, and keep context with an optional focus title. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/pomodoro) [Droplet Weather Show the current conditions, temperature, and hourly outlook right in your notch. Pick a fixed city or use automatic location from your Mac, choose a card style, and tune how often the forecast refreshes. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/weather) [Droplet System Stats Keep an eye on your Mac with live stat cards right in your notch. Pick any two of CPU, RAM, GPU, disk, battery, network and temperature, each with a big live number and a rolling history graph, or the apps working hardest right now. Turn on Superstats to see every stat at once. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/system-stats) [Droplet Cleaner Remove an app together with the files it leaves in your Library, and clear caches, logs and developer data your Mac can rebuild. You review every item and its exact location first, and everything goes to the Trash, so you can put it back until you empty it. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/cleaner) [Droplet Lyrics Adds an inline lyrics badge beside supported song titles. Tap it to open a smooth synced-lyrics panel beside your media HUD that follows the current track in real time. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/lyrics) [Droplet Audio Control Turn every app into its own volume slider right in your notch. Quiet the music while a video stays loud, hush system alerts without touching the player, and every app remembers its level between sessions. Powered by macOS audio taps, entirely on your Mac. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/audio-control) [Droplet Droppy Cloud Upload files instantly and get a Droppy share page link. Files are removed automatically after 3 days, with a 200 MB per-file limit and 1 GB of active share space per Mac. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/droppy-cloud) [Droplet Notifications Capture macOS notifications and display them directly in the notch, like iPhone's Dynamic Island. Click to open and swipe up to dismiss. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/notifications) [By Anurag Deshpande Meetings Control Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, and Telegram calls directly from your notch. Mute, toggle your camera, share your screen, or end the call, all without switching windows. When you share your screen, the notch is automatically hidden from what viewers see. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/meetings) [Droplet DropClip Select text in any app and a pill appears beside it with copy, search, AI rewrite and every action you set up, on Droppy's own Dynamic Glass. DropClip runs inside Droppy, so there is no separate app, and every setting and shortcut lives in Droppy's Settings. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/dropclip) [Droplet Notes A fast, beautiful notepad in your notch. Jot something down the moment it crosses your mind, and every note stays one hover away, with no app switch and no friction. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/notes) [Droplet Stay Awake Prevent your Mac from going to sleep. Choose indefinite mode or set a timer for hours or minutes. Perfect for downloads, presentations, or long-running tasks. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/high-alert) [Droplet Text Capture Select text anywhere on screen or choose an image or PDF. Recognition stays on your Mac, preserves document structure when macOS supports it, and keeps recent results in a private local history widget. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/ocr) [Droplet Sales Sales adds up what you sold today across Stripe, Shopify, Lemon Squeezy, Gumroad, Dodo Payments, Polar and Paddle, and keeps the total beside the notch, rolling up as orders come in, with a card on the notch for each new sale. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/sales) [By ejbills DockDoor DockDoor brings live window previews to the Dock and a window switcher that replaces the one macOS never gave you. This droplet is DockDoor's own source, ported into Droppy as one external droplet with the author's permission. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/dockdoor) [By Aarush Prakash Devly Devly's developer tools, right on the shelf: Base64, JSON, hashes, UUIDs, JWTs, URL encoding, QR codes and 50 more. Type or paste, pick a tool, and copy the result. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/devly) [Droplet Things 3 Connect Things 3 for Mac to work with your tasks in Droppy. Create and organize tasks, then see scheduled tasks and deadlines alongside your calendars. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/things3) [Droplet Xcode Builds Follow Xcode builds without switching windows. See elapsed time and build status in a compact live activity, then an expanded result when the build finishes. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/xcode-builds) [Droplet CleanMyMac Follow CleanMyMac scans and cleanup from your notch. A compact live activity shows progress, with an expanded view for more detail and completion results. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/cleanmymac) [Droplet MCP Connect Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or another MCP app to Droppy. Choose which features it can use, with each permission off until you allow it. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/mcp) [Droplet Teleprompter Read your script in the notch, just under the camera, so reading in a call or a recording looks like looking at the person you are talking to. Set your pace once, import a PDF, Word or text file, and press Start. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/teleprompter) [Droplet Lid Fold Your MacBook opens and closes like an iPhone Duo. As the lid comes down, what the screen shows floats up into the top edge of the display: the bottom stays put, the picture narrows and recedes with depth, blur and light falling away, then comes back down the moment you open the lid, on the exact curve of Apple's Duo animation, frame for frame. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/mac-duo) [Droplet Emoji Picker Find emoji from any app with a shortcut or text trigger. Choose larger emoji, your preferred skin tone, where the picker opens, and whether selecting an emoji pastes it or copies it. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/emoji-picker) [By Anurag Deshpande Kaset Control YouTube Music via Kaset directly from your notch. Browse and select upcoming queue tracks, toggle shuffle and repeat, like or dislike songs, and display Discord Rich Presence. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/kaset) [Droplet Obsidian Open your Obsidian vault right in the notch. Notes are the same Markdown files Obsidian uses. Edit in Droppy or Obsidian and both stay in sync. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/obsidian) [Droplet LocalSend Send and receive files with any phone, tablet, or computer running LocalSend, fully offline over your local network. Works as an AirDrop replacement in share menus and quick actions, with optional PIN protection and encrypted transfers. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/localsend) [Droplet Mechey Adds rich, low-latency mechanical keyboard sound effects to every keystroke. Pick from a library of soundpacks for every iconic switch. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/mechey) [By Toni Förster Thaw Install the official Thaw menu bar manager directly from Droppy. Thaw is developed by Toni Förster as a modern fork of Ice, with item hiding, search, tinting, and per-display profiles. Droppy keeps Thaw up to date from the official GitHub releases; no extra tooling required. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/thaw) [Droplet LiquidMouse Makes external wheel mice feel closer to trackpad scrolling by smoothing coarse wheel ticks. Includes an optional reverse-direction toggle for mouse scrolling. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/liquidmouse) [Droplet Camera Adds a Camera widget to the notch for a live front-camera preview. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/camera) [Droplet Apple Music Controls Control Apple Music directly from your notch with shuffle, repeat, and love controls. See album art, track info, and playback controls without switching apps. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/apple-music) [Droplet Termi-Notch A Quake-style drop-down terminal embedded in your notch. Run quick commands without switching apps, or expand for a full terminal experience. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/termi-notch) [Droplet Window Snap Snap windows with shortcuts and modifier-drag controls, with optional no-key title-bar corner snapping. Includes fluid animated snap zones, adjustable window padding, and multi-monitor support. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/window-snap) [Droplet Voice Transcribe Transcribe audio recordings to text using Droppy Voice Runtime. 100% on-device processing means your voice never leaves your Mac, completely private. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/voice-transcribe) [Droplet Spotify Control Spotify playback directly from your notch. See album art, track info, and playback controls without switching apps. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/spotify) [Droplet Finder Services Access Droppy directly from Finder's right-click menu. Add selected files to the file tray or the floating file tray without switching apps. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/finder-services) [Droplet Alfred Workflow Seamlessly add files to Droppy's file tray or floating file tray directly from Alfred using keyboard shortcuts. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/alfred-workflow) [Droplet Remove Background Remove backgrounds from images instantly using local AI processing. No internet connection required. See it in action](https://getdroppy.app/features/ai-background-removal) ## Put everything you need at the top of your Mac. Free for three days, then one price for good. [Download for macOS](https://getdroppy.app/download/latest)