A MAC APP, BY NATE

Your Mac.
Within reach.

Your apps, windows, files, music, messages, and everyday controls. Together in the notch at the top of your Mac, or in the menu bar on any display without one.

Try it free

Interactive Preview

An 80-second look at N8Island in light and dark mode: complete a reminder, play music, and adjust volume. From the dock at the edge of the screen, glance at widgets and bring a Maps window forward. Copy a saved password, browse Wi-Fi networks, reply to a message, and answer a call. Drag a spreadsheet from Files onto Mail to start an email, then add, resize, and rearrange widgets. The film ends with “Your Mac. Within reach.”, the N8Island logo, and n8island.com. Music and interface sounds accompany the film.

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FEATURES

More of your Mac.
Less reaching around.

The Now Playing widget in N8Island, with artwork, playback controls and a progress bar, light appearance

The Now Playing widget in N8Island, with artwork, playback controls and a progress bar, dark appearance

MUSIC & AUDIO

Stay with the song.

See what’s playing, scrub through a track, skip ahead, and choose an audio output. Music stays close while you work.

See what’s playing, scrub, skip ahead, and pick an audio output without leaving your work.

The N8Island Windows shelf showing Notes, Mail and Calendar windows above the recent apps dock, light appearance

The N8Island Windows shelf showing Notes, Mail and Calendar windows above the recent apps dock, dark appearance

APPS & WINDOWS

Find your place.

Move between recent apps, see your open windows, and keep useful windows on a shelf. Bring the right thing forward without hunting for it.

Move between recent apps, see your open windows, and keep the useful ones on a shelf.

FILES

Keep work moving.

Pin files and folders, browse inside them, search, and Quick Look a file. Copy, move, or drag items into your next task. The optional Finder integration brings your pinned collection into Finder, too.

Pin files and folders, browse and search inside them, Quick Look a file, and drag it into your next task.

The N8Island Home page with calendar, battery, timer, brightness, reminders, music and weather widgets, light appearance

The N8Island Home page with calendar, battery, timer, brightness, reminders, music and weather widgets, dark appearance

YOUR WIDGETS

A glance that’s yours.

Weather, your calendar, reminders, music, and more, with or without glass. Resize and rearrange widgets, name your own pages, mix in actions and recent apps, or expand the carousel into a dashboard.

Weather, calendar, reminders, music, and more. Resize and rearrange widgets, or expand the carousel into a dashboard.

See the widget editor

An iMessage in the N8Island notch, with a reply field underneath, light appearance

An iMessage in the N8Island notch, with a reply field underneath, dark appearance

MESSAGES & CALLS

Stay in the conversation.

Read and reply to Messages, reach Phone and FaceTime call controls, and revisit notification history. The Island makes room for what comes in.

Read and reply to Messages, reach your call controls, and revisit notification history.

N8Island’s Shortcuts widget with ten colored action tiles, light appearance

N8Island’s Shortcuts widget with ten colored action tiles, dark appearance

EVERYDAY ACTIONS

Make it a one-step thing.

Build your own tiles for apps, websites, and Apple Shortcuts. Start a timer, mute audio, switch Low Power Mode, lock your Mac, or start the screen saver. Choose each tile’s icon, color, and label.

Build your own tiles for apps, websites, and Apple Shortcuts. Start a timer, mute audio, or lock your Mac in one step.

Try it free for 7 days

Every feature, no card, no account. Then $9.99, once, for two Macs.

An Island that fits your Mac.

Make the Island smaller or larger to suit your screen. Compare the sizes in the same desktop view.

Island size

A full Mac desktop with the N8Island Home page open at its large size, showing the Island’s size relative to the desktop, light appearance

A full Mac desktop with the N8Island Home page open at its large size, showing the Island’s size relative to the desktop, dark appearance

The details add up.

PASSWORDS

Passwords, close by.

Bring your logins over from Apple Passwords, unlock them with Touch ID or your Mac’s password, and copy a password or a verification code from the Island. They stay in your Mac’s keychain, lock again after a quiet moment, and a copied password clears from the clipboard on its own. It’s a copy, so export again after you change a password.

Bring your logins over from Apple Passwords and copy a password or verification code from the Island, unlocked with Touch ID. They stay in your Mac’s keychain and lock again on their own.

FACE UNLOCK · EXPERIMENTAL

Look up, and you’re in.

Optional, and set up on your Mac. When the camera recognizes you at the lock screen, N8Island types your login password from the Keychain. macOS still asks for the password after a restart, and a webcam has no depth, so treat it as a convenience, not as security. It is not Apple Face ID.

Optional. When the camera recognizes you at the lock screen, N8Island types your login password from the Keychain. A webcam has no depth, so treat it as a convenience, not as security. It is not Apple Face ID.

Your connections

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth devices, volume, and audio routing in the same familiar space.

Your Mac, at a glance

See CPU, GPU, memory, battery, and charging status. Adjust volume and display brightness directly from their widgets.

More ways to reach your apps

Open a full-screen, Launchpad-style grid of your apps with one shortcut, or reveal a recent-apps dock from the left, right, or bottom edge of your display.

Glances on the lock screen

See Now Playing, weather, Mac and accessory batteries, and optional Face Unlock status with lock-screen widgets.

Fits your setup

Light, dark, or clear glass. Pin the Island open or reveal it on demand, with custom page layouts, hover timing, and per-display preferences.

Notch or no notch

Each display gets its own Island, in the notch or centered in the menu bar where there isn’t one. Turn it off on any display.

Keep your hands on the keys

Assign global keyboard shortcuts to open or pin the Island, jump to a page, or reach files, windows, passwords, and notifications.

A moment for your accessories

Connection cards show when supported audio accessories connect or disconnect, with earbud and case battery levels when available.

Keep up with Xcode

Pick a project, scheme, and destination, then build, run, test, or stop from the Island and follow the progress there. Apple Shortcuts can trigger the same actions.

A little island.
A better everyday.

Free for 7 days. Then $9.99, once, for two Macs. macOS 26 or later.

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Your Mac.Within reach.

More of your Mac.Less reaching around.