Apple’s latest MacEbook Pros made fairly an entrance this yr. While the machines had been lauded for his or her efficiency and options, the small, black notch on the high of the units obtained outsized consideration and created waves of controversy. You could find it irresistible. You could hate it. Whatever your stance is, now you possibly can enhance it.

Developer Iconfactory delivered a digital vacation reward for Apple customers on Friday with the discharge of Notchmeister, an app for notched MacEbook Pros that, within the phrases of the developer, makes notches “go wild.” With Notchmeister, customers can put flashing Christmas lights on their notch, make their notch appear to be it’s leaking plasma, adorn their notch with a pleasant purple-ish glow, or simulate a “nano radar” that lets them see the place their cursor is behind the notch, amongst others.

“Think of it as a fun way to spruce up your notch. Or as a screen saver for something you can’t see. Or, maybe, just a useless waste of time,” Iconfactory wrote in a blog post saying the app.

Like a screensaver, Notchmeister doesn’t run on a regular basis. It solely pops up when you’ve got the app open and you progress your cursor on or close to the notch. Considering the tendency of human beings to cease what they’re doing and take a look at flashing lights or something that grabs our consideration, it is a good factor.

If you’ve got an older MacEbook or MacEbook Pro mannequin that has no notch, like yours actually, don’t fear, Notchmeister lets you already know what it feels wish to have a notch. The app creates a “genuine replacement notch” on the highest of your display screen and allows you to have enjoyable, too.

“Be warned that side effects of this feature include making you want a new Mac even more than you already do. Sorry,” Iconfactory said.

Luckily, I didn’t expertise that facet impact (not having a minimum of $1,999 to spend on a brand new pc helps), however I did lastly study what it’s wish to have a notch on my older MacEbook Pro. And all I’ve to say is, actually? That’s what all of the fuss was about? Honestly, it’s actually not that large a deal.