Lynx Notch · for Mac
The notch finally does something.
Progress, copied links, music and a shelf for files — living in the black space around your camera, out of the way until you need them.
- About 1% of one CPU core
- Built into Lynx · macOS 14+
Downloads, at a glance
A thumbnail and a progress ring sit either side of the camera. Hover and the island opens with speed, time left, pause and stop.
Copied a link? It’s ready
Copy a video link anywhere and the notch shows what it is — Download it, grab the MP3 or Download a Clip without opening Lynx.
Your music, too
Whatever is playing — Music, Spotify, a browser tab — shows its artwork and a live visualizer, with play, skip and a scrubber.
And more
Small, quick, and never in the way.
A shelf for files
Drop files on the notch to keep them handy, then drag them out into any app when you need them.
Drag to download
Drag a link or a file onto the notch and Lynx takes it from there.
Opens when you mean it
It swells when your pointer arrives and opens once it settles — never when you’re just passing through to the menu bar.
Light on your Mac
Idle, it’s invisible. With music or a download running it uses about 1% of one CPU core.
No notch? No problem
On Macs and displays without a notch, the island grows from the top-center of the screen instead.
Yours to tune
Choose what it shows and how quickly it opens — or turn it off — in Lynx › Settings › Notch.
Download progress is free. Copied links, music, the shelf and drag-to-notch are part of Pro — and on for everyone during the trial.
See Pro
Give your notch a job.
Download it, paste a link, done. Every Pro feature is yours for 14 days — no card, no account.
macOS 11 or later · Apple silicon and Intel Windows is on the way — the Mac version is out now For Mac, with Windows on the way