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Latch: Lid Actions & Animations
Animations and actions that follow your MacBook lid
Latch reads your MacBook's hinge angle. Animations follow the lid as it moves, so stop halfway and they stop too. Actions mute, dim or run any Shortcut at an angle you choose, and put things back when the lid comes up. Nothing leaves your Mac.
If you've seen the iPhone Duo's fold animation: Latch brings it to your MacBook, and it follows the lid as it moves.
Hi everyone, I'm Mustafa. I built Latch after finding out that recent MacBooks have a sensor that reports the lid's angle in degrees, and nothing on macOS uses it.
Latch does two things with it:
• Animations that follow the lid. Close it halfway and the animation stops halfway. There are eight: Fade, Iris, Shutter, CRT, Frost, Genie, Drain and Duo. All free. • Actions at an angle. Mute as the lid dips past 45°, dim the screen, or run any Shortcut. When the lid comes back up, Latch puts back whatever it changed. Rules can depend on being docked, being on power, or the time of day.
There's also a private Journal of when your lid opened and closed, and App Intents, so Shortcuts, Raycast or Keyboard Maestro can read the angle.
Some honest notes: – Lid tracking and Actions need a recent Apple silicon MacBook. On other MacBooks, the animations still play on open and close, and the Journal works fully. – Fade, Iris, Shutter and Frost need no permissions. CRT, Genie, Drain and Duo ask for Screen Recording so they can grab one still of your screen. Without it, they fall back to a frosted version. – The app has no network code. Nothing leaves your Mac. – Animations are free for good. Latch Pro is $2.99 once, with no subscription. It adds more rules, Shortcuts and conditions.
What would you trigger from your lid? The best ideas go into the next release.
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About Latch: Lid Actions & Animations on Product Hunt
“Animations and actions that follow your MacBook lid”
Latch: Lid Actions & Animations was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #160 on the daily leaderboard. Latch reads your MacBook's hinge angle. Animations follow the lid as it moves, so stop halfway and they stop too. Actions mute, dim or run any Shortcut at an angle you choose, and put things back when the lid comes up. Nothing leaves your Mac.
Latch: Lid Actions & Animations was featured in Mac (103.7k followers), Productivity (661.1k followers) and Menu Bar Apps (12.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 174.7k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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Mustafa Bhatkar
If you've seen the iPhone Duo's fold animation: Latch brings it to your MacBook, and it follows the lid as it moves.
Hi everyone, I'm Mustafa. I built Latch after finding out that recent MacBooks have a sensor that reports the lid's angle in degrees, and nothing on macOS uses it.
Latch does two things with it:
• Animations that follow the lid. Close it halfway and the animation stops halfway. There are eight: Fade, Iris, Shutter, CRT, Frost, Genie, Drain and Duo. All free.
• Actions at an angle. Mute as the lid dips past 45°, dim the screen, or run any Shortcut. When the lid comes back up, Latch puts back whatever it changed. Rules can depend on being docked, being on power, or the time of day.
There's also a private Journal of when your lid opened and closed, and App Intents, so Shortcuts, Raycast or Keyboard Maestro can read the angle.
Some honest notes:
– Lid tracking and Actions need a recent Apple silicon MacBook. On other MacBooks, the animations still play on open and close, and the Journal works fully.
– Fade, Iris, Shutter and Frost need no permissions. CRT, Genie, Drain and Duo ask for Screen Recording so they can grab one still of your screen. Without it, they fall back to a frosted version.
– The app has no network code. Nothing leaves your Mac.
– Animations are free for good. Latch Pro is $2.99 once, with no subscription. It adds more rules, Shortcuts and conditions.
What would you trigger from your lid? The best ideas go into the next release.