Shape your corners
A softer frame for your desktop. Choose from three corner sizes and round the bottom corners too, if you like.
A little app. A lovely difference.
Less notch.
More Mac.
Your wallpaper deserves the whole stage. Blackcap turns your menu bar black, so your MacBook’s notch quietly blends in. Then it rounds your corners, calms your wallpaper and dresses the bar in your color.
Get Blackcap
Mac App StoremacOS 26+
- Built for macOS 26 & 27
- No screen recording
- No tracking. Ever.
Make it yours
Your Mac.
Your way.
Round the corners, find your color, or turn down the distractions. Try the look right here.
Find your color
Give your menu bar a color of your own. Adjust its opacity, or let it pick up the colors of your wallpaper.
Calm your wallpaper
A little less brightness. A little less detail. A little less color. Darken, soften or mute your wallpaper until your desktop feels just right.
One switch. That’s it.
Turn it on and the notch blends in. Turn it off to bring back your usual desktop. No setup to puzzle over.
Quietly, privately yours.
No screen recording, no tracking, no network access. Just a sandboxed Mac app doing one small thing well.
Privacy promiseYour desktop, uninterrupted
Your wallpaper.
Still yours.
The photo you love. The landscape that changes with the light. Blackcap keeps your desktop feeling like home, with a little less notch.
Works with photos and Apple’s still and day-and-night wallpapers. Your originals stay safe.
A few things worth knowingPart of your routine
A calmer Mac, on your terms.
Apple Shortcuts
Switch Blackcap on or off, hide the desktop items, set the corners, change the bar color, or calm the wallpaper with your own shortcuts.
Focus filters
Let your Work Focus switch Blackcap on, hide the desktop items, round the corners and calm the wallpaper when it is time to concentrate.
Control Center
Keep the switches within reach, even with Blackcap’s menu bar icon hidden.
Fits right in
Made for your Mac.
And your everyday.
All your displays.
One MacBook or a whole desk. Blackcap can add a black menu bar to external displays and Macs without a notch, too.
Ready when you are.
Choose to launch at login or have Blackcap work only in Dark Mode. Hide the menu bar icon for an extra-clean desktop.
At home on macOS.
Warm colors, thoughtful details, and familiar Mac controls. A calmer little app, in Light and Dark Mode.
Hello. Hallo.
Available in English, German, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Greek, Portuguese and Korean. The same small app, with the same thoughtful details.
How does Blackcap hide the MacBook notch?
Blackcap turns the menu bar area black so the physical notch blends into it. Your menus stay readable and clickable. It chooses the right approach automatically, so all you need is the switch.
Which Macs does it work with?
Blackcap requires macOS 26 or later and is built for macOS 26 and 27. It hides the notch on MacBook Air and MacBook Pro displays that have one, and gives Macs and external displays without a notch a black menu bar too.
Will it work with my wallpaper?
Photos, Apple’s still wallpapers, and dynamic day-and-night wallpapers are supported. Aerial and animated wallpapers work in Dark Mode; in Light Mode, Blackcap pauses to keep your menus readable. Choose a picture wallpaper or switch to Dark Mode to resume. See wallpaper tips.
Can Blackcap hide my desktop icons?
Yes. “Hide desktop items” lays your wallpaper over the icons and widgets on your desktop, on every display, until you switch it off. Nothing is moved or deleted. With an aerial or animated wallpaper, the items stay visible, because there is no picture to show in their place.
Does it need access to my screen?
No. Blackcap never records your screen and never asks for Screen Recording access. For some wallpapers, macOS may ask you to allow access to the image file, or once to Apple’s wallpaper folder. That access is read-only and limited to what you choose.
Can I put everything back?
Yes. Switch Blackcap off to restore your desktop. Your original wallpaper is kept safe. If you use multiple desktop spaces, visit each space once so Blackcap can restore its wallpaper as you arrive.
Is Blackcap free?
Blackcap is free to download, and you can try every feature for 3 days. To keep it after that, buy it once with an in-app purchase. There is no subscription. Without the purchase, Blackcap switches off and your menu bar and wallpaper look as they did before.
A black cap for your Mac.
Put a cap on it.
One small switch. A lovely little difference.
Get BlackcapMac App StoremacOS 26+