ILoveNotch is an unusually practical small Mac project: it turns the MacBook display notch into a compact utility tray rather than leaving it as dead space. The free, open-source app offers now-playing controls, per-app volume, file drop storage, Calendar and Reminders, timers, network information and a camera mirror. Its more distinctive features are AI coding-plan usage cards and notifications when Claude Code or Codex is waiting for approval.
That last feature is relevant to anyone who alternates between Cursor, terminal agents and other work. Instead of discovering later that an agent stalled on an approval prompt, the notch can surface the request. The project advertises a native SwiftUI/AppKit implementation with low idle CPU use and no required account. It is not affiliated with commercial notch utilities; it has a public MIT-licensed repository and an optional Homebrew installation path.
Try it on the MacBook Pro rather than the headless MiniMac, and start with music plus agent-status cards. Review requested macOS permissions and use a trusted release. If the feature reduces interruptions, keep it; if it becomes another distraction, the benefit evaporates.
What to do: Inspect the ILoveNotch GitHub releases and try its agent-approval notification on the MacBook Pro.