# Swap > Swap is a suite of Mac apps developed by Emanuele Menduni. Each app takes one piece of macOS and makes it more capable without removing anything. Three apps: The Dock (the smart Dock), The Look (face unlock for Mac) and The Notch (an interactive island in the notch), all available. - Home (English): https://swapsuite.app/en/ - Home (Italiano): https://swapsuite.app/ - The Dock: https://swapsuite.app/en/dock/ - The Look: https://swapsuite.app/en/look/ - The Notch: https://swapsuite.app/en/notch/ - Contact: info@swapsuite.app - Not affiliated with Apple Inc. --- # The Dock > The Dock is the smart Dock for Mac, made by Swap. It sits alongside the macOS Dock and adds the AI assistants you already use (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity), mail, and 24 widgets that open with a click. It runs on macOS 14 Sonoma or later and costs EUR 2.99 per month or EUR 29 once. - Product page (English): https://swapsuite.app/en/dock/ - Product page (Italiano): https://swapsuite.app/dock/ - Publisher: Swap (https://swapsuite.app/), developed by Emanuele Menduni - Contact: info@swapsuite.app - Platform: macOS 14 Sonoma or later. On-device AI answers need a Mac compatible with Apple Intelligence. - Distribution: direct download from swapsuite.app, signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple. Not on the Mac App Store. - Not affiliated with Apple Inc. ## What it does The Dock takes nothing away: apps, minimized windows, badges, menus, Downloads and Trash stay in place. It adds what the Dock has always lacked: answers, an email written in ten seconds, your everyday tools. ### AI assistants Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity open in a panel next to the Dock. Select text in any app, press ⌃⌥Space and choose what to do with it. - Your account, no keys. Sign in with the account you already have, free ones included. No setup. - Four ready-made actions. Summarize, Reply, Proofread, Translate. The result takes the place of your selected text. - Offline, too. On Macs with Apple Intelligence, short answers are written by Apple's model, inside the computer. - Drag in a file. Drop it on the assistant's icon and it's ready to paste into the conversation. ### Mail Write an email without opening Mail. The recipient comes from your contacts, the assistant prepares the draft, you read it over and send it. - Reply to what you're reading. The Dock starts from the message selected in Mail. - You always send it. The draft opens in Mail. No message goes out on its own. ### On your Mac - Original icons: Every app shows its own icon, untouched. Calendar shows today's date. - Badges and windows: Notification badges and minimized windows live in the Dock, as always. - Right-click: Open windows, recent documents, Show in Finder, Open at Login, Quit. - Accessibility: Works with VoiceOver and respects Reduce Motion, Reduce Transparency and Increase Contrast. ### Settings A window like the Mac's own, with four panes. Choose icon size and magnification, the screen edge, and which assistants and widgets to keep in the Dock. - Three positions. Bottom, left or right, with or without auto-hide. - Your shortcut. Choose the key combination that opens Ask. - Living with the Mac Dock. Keep both or hide the system one: it comes back as it was when you quit. ## Widgets (24) - **Ask or Search**: Type an app's name to open it, or a question. If you've selected text in another app, The Dock picks it up and offers four actions: Summarize, Reply, Proofread, Translate. The answer can replace your selected text. One click opens the card. ⌃⌥Space opens it too. - **Email**: Type the first letters of the recipient and your contacts appear. Describe what you want to say and the assistant prepares the draft. If a message is selected in Mail, it drafts the reply to that. The draft opens in Mail: you're the one who sends it. One click opens the card. - **Inbox**: When a message arrives the widget shows who's writing and the subject. One click and you read it in full. From there you can reply with the AI's help, have Apple's model summarize it, listen to it read aloud, or mark it as read. Mail needs to stay open in the background. One click opens your unread messages. - **System**: One card with your Mac's whole status: processor use, memory in use, free disk space, temperature, network speed, battery with charge cycles, and uptime. On Macs that don't expose their sensors you see the thermal state reported by macOS. One click opens the card. - **Up Next**: Reads your Mac's calendars and shows the next event in the coming seven days. Ten minutes before it starts the widget changes color and you get a notification. One click opens the event details. - **Timer**: The remaining time stays visible in the Dock while you work. In the card you choose the duration, add or remove minutes, and restart. You get an alert when time's up. One click starts or pauses. - **Calculator**: Type a calculation the way you'd write it, brackets and percentages included, and read the result. There's also a keypad for mouse use. One click opens the card. - **Clock**: Shows the time and day. The card adds seconds, the full date, the week number and UTC time. One click opens the card. - **Now Playing**: Shows the title and artist of the track playing in Music or Spotify. One click pauses or resumes. - **Battery**: Shows the charge percentage and changes color when the Mac is charging or running low. The card tells you whether you're on battery or the power adapter. One click opens the card. - **Stopwatch**: Measures elapsed time and shows it in the Dock. One click starts or stops. - **Note**: A space for jotting things down. The first line becomes the title you see in the Dock. The text stays on your Mac. One click opens the note. - **To-Do**: Add things to do and check them off as you go. The Dock shows how many are left. One click opens the list. - **Keep Awake**: Stops your Mac from sleeping during a presentation, a download or a long export. Another click turns it off. One click turns it on or off. - **Light / Dark**: Switches between macOS light and dark appearance without opening System Settings. One click switches appearance. - **Storage**: Shows free disk space. The card adds total capacity and a usage bar. One click opens the card. - **Network**: Shows how much your Mac is downloading and uploading right now. One click opens the card. - **Activity**: Shows processor usage in the Dock. The card adds memory in use, with a bar for each. One click opens the card. - **Color Picker**: The macOS loupe appears: click anywhere on screen and the color code is copied to your clipboard. One click starts the picker. - **Password Generator**: Creates a random password and copies it to your clipboard, ready to paste where you need it. One click generates and copies. - **Moon**: Shows the moon's phase and how much of it is illuminated. One click opens the card. - **Counter**: A simple counter to keep tally of anything: glasses of water, calls, reps. One click adds one. - **Clipboard**: Keeps a list of the last pieces of text you copied: pick one to copy it again. The list stays on your Mac. One click opens the list. - **QR Code**: Type some text or paste a link and get a QR code to show or save. One click opens the card. ## Pricing - Monthly: EUR 2.99 per month, VAT included. Renews monthly, cancel anytime. - Lifetime: EUR 29 one-time payment, VAT included. - Same features in both plans. Payments are handled by Paddle. ## Privacy Contacts, calendar, notes and clipboard history never leave your computer. The Dock has no server of its own and collects no usage statistics. When you ask Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity, the text you send goes to the service you chose, under your account and its terms. Before sending, you see what you're about to share. ## Frequently asked questions ### How much does The Dock cost? You can choose between €2.99 a month and €29 once. The features are the same. Prices include VAT. ### What's the difference between monthly and lifetime? Only how you pay. With monthly you pay for as long as you use it and can cancel anytime. With the lifetime license you pay once and you're done. ### What happens to my Mac's Dock? It stays where it is, unless you choose to hide it in The Dock's settings. If you do, the Mac Dock comes back as it was when you quit The Dock. ### Do I need an API key to use the AI? No. Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity open on their own sites inside a panel: you sign in with your account, free ones included, as you would in a browser. ### What does it mean that the AI answers "on device"? On Macs compatible with Apple Intelligence, summaries, corrections and short drafts are written by Apple's model installed on the computer. The text doesn't leave your Mac and no account is needed. ### Does my data go anywhere? The Dock has no server of its own and collects no statistics. Contacts, calendar, notes and clipboard history stay on your Mac. Only when you choose to ask an online assistant does the text you send go to that service, under your account. ### Which permissions does it ask for? Accessibility, to show badges and minimized windows and to read selected text. Calendar and Contacts only if you use the widgets that need them. Every permission can be granted or revoked in System Settings. ### Which Macs does it work on? On any Mac running macOS 14 Sonoma or later. On-device AI answers need a Mac compatible with Apple Intelligence; everything else works everywhere. ### Is the app safe? The Dock is signed with an Apple Developer ID certificate and notarized by Apple, which checks it for malicious software before distribution. ### Why isn't it on the Mac App Store? Sitting alongside the Dock, reading badges and showing minimized windows needs access to macOS that the Mac App Store doesn't allow. That's why you download it from swapsuite.app. ### How do I cancel the subscription? From the link in the receipt sent by Paddle, the service that handles payments. Cancellation takes effect from the next renewal. --- # The Look > The Look unlocks your Mac with your face using the computer's camera. Your face stays on the Mac, encrypted. It's a convenience alongside Touch ID and your password, not a high-security system. Price: EUR 2.99 per month or EUR 29 once, VAT included. - Product page (English): https://swapsuite.app/en/look/ - Product page (Italiano): https://swapsuite.app/look/ - Platform: macOS 15 Sequoia or later, Apple silicon or Intel, built-in or external camera. - Built on Glance (open source, MIT license) with the SFace recognition model. ## How it works 1. Enroll your face: Look at the camera and turn your head in nine directions. The Look turns that into numbers and discards the images. 2. Enter your password: Your Mac password stays on the computer, encrypted. The key lives in the macOS keychain, protected by Touch ID. 3. Look at the screen: When your Mac wakes or locks, The Look searches for you. If it's you, it enters the password and you're in. ## Features - When to look for you: When the screen wakes, right after locking, or only when you press the space bar. Your choice. - Several looks: Enroll your face with glasses, with a beard, in different light. Each look can be turned on or off without deleting it. - Photos and screens rejected: The real-person check rejects printed photos and photos shown on a phone. Two levels: Light or Strict. - Strictness to suit you: Lenient, Normal or Strict, and three distances from the screen. The stricter it is, the less it mistakes someone for you. - The camera you want: Use the built-in one or an external one, and decide which display shows the indicator. - A discreet indicator: At the top of the screen you see when it's searching and when it has recognized you. Hover it to try again. ## Security limits We tell you before you install it: your Mac's camera sees in two dimensions and doesn't measure depth. The Look is more convenient than a password, not more secure. - It can get it wrong. It may fail to recognize you, and in particular cases it may accept a well-made video, a mask or a close lookalike. - It sits alongside Touch ID and your password. It doesn't replace them: they're always available. - After a restart you need the password. You type it for the first login, as macOS requires. - You decide where to use it. We recommend turning it off when you leave your Mac unattended in public places or if it holds highly confidential data. ## Privacy The Look keeps no photos or videos. For each enrolled look it keeps only a series of numbers, in an encrypted file on your Mac. Camera images are analyzed in memory for a few seconds and are not saved. Your face and password never reach us and we can't read them. Delete them whenever you like from Settings › Password › Remove password and faces. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is it as secure as face recognition on a phone? No. Phones that unlock with your face use a depth sensor; your Mac's camera sees a flat image. The Look rejects printed photos and photos on a screen, but a good video or a mask can fool it. It's a convenience, not a security upgrade. ### How does it unlock the Mac? macOS doesn't let an app authorize a login. So when The Look recognizes you, it enters your Mac password on the lock screen. The password is stored encrypted on your computer. ### Where does my face go? Nowhere. It stays on your Mac as numbers, in a file encrypted with a key in the macOS keychain. We keep no photos, receive nothing and can't read it. ### What happens after a restart? The first login after a restart requires the password typed by hand. From then on The Look works again. If you change your Mac password, update it in The Look too. ### Which permissions does it ask for? Camera, to see your face. Accessibility, to enter the password on the lock screen. Touch ID or your Mac password, to protect the key that encrypts your face and password. ### Which Macs does it work on? On Macs running macOS 15 Sequoia or later, with Apple silicon or Intel, using the built-in camera or an external one. ### How much does it cost? €2.99 a month or €29 once, VAT included. The features are the same. Payment is handled by Paddle and one license works on two Macs. ### Is it an open source project? The Look is built on Glance, an open source project under the MIT license, and uses the SFace recognition model. Component licenses are listed in the app's Info pane. --- # The Notch > The Notch turns your Mac's notch into an interactive island: assistant, music, files, next event, downloads, Bluetooth, mirror and terminal. All on your Mac. Price: EUR 2.99 per month or EUR 29 once, VAT included. - Product page (English): https://swapsuite.app/en/notch/ - Product page (Italiano): https://swapsuite.app/notch/ - Platform: macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon or Intel. Apple Intelligence answers need macOS 26. ## Features - Assistant: Ask something and Apple Intelligence answers on your Mac. For anything else it opens Claude or ChatGPT with your question already typed. - Music: Track, artist, artwork and controls for Music and Spotify. When something plays, the notch shows it at the sides. - Shelf: Drop files here: they stay within reach and you drag them out wherever you need them, even into another app. - Next event: A countdown to your next Calendar event and a button to join Zoom, Meet or Teams. A heads-up 5 minutes before. - Downloads: Follows downloads from Safari, Chrome and other browsers, with progress and one click to open the file. - Bluetooth: Connected headphones and AirPods with their battery, and a heads-up when they connect. - Mirror: A quick look at the camera before a call. It runs only while open and records nothing. - Terminal: A terminal in the notch. Drop a folder on it and it opens there. ## Privacy The Notch has no server of its own and collects no statistics. Calendar events, Shelf files and downloads stay on your Mac. The camera turns on only while you look at the Mirror and records nothing. There are only two connections: the update check and the license check, both to swapsuite.app. No private macOS APIs. ## Frequently asked questions ### Does it work on Macs without a notch? Yes. On Macs without a notch, and on external displays, a simulated notch appears at the top center. Choose the display in Settings. ### Do I need Apple Intelligence? No. Without it, the assistant opens Claude or ChatGPT with your question and the good-morning and break messages use our own text. Local answers need macOS 26 and a compatible Mac. ### Do I need a Claude or ChatGPT key? No. The Notch opens the app or website with your question typed in: you sign in with your own account, as usual. ### Which permissions does it ask for? Only when you use the feature: Calendars for the next event, Automation to control Music or Spotify, the Downloads folder to follow downloads, Bluetooth for devices, Camera for the Mirror. You can refuse some and the rest still works. ### Does it get in the way of full-screen games or video? It opens only when you ask, with the pointer on the notch or the shortcut. You can turn off opening on hover in Settings. ### How much does it cost? €2.99 a month or €29 once, VAT included. The features are the same. Payment is handled by Paddle and one license works on two Macs. ### Is it affiliated with Apple? No. The Notch is an independent app developed by Emanuele Menduni. Apple, Mac and macOS are trademarks of Apple Inc.