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I'm the developer of NoBadge, a native macOS menu bar app for a narrow problem: hiding supported Dock notification badges during Focus without permanently disabling them. It follows any Focus or selected modes, lets you keep badges visible for individual apps, and can show badges for 15 minutes without ending your Focus. When Focus ends, it restores the badge settings it changed. The interesting implementation work was preserving the user's original preferences. The app records the settings before changing them, verifies the changes, and keeps recovery information so an interrupted session can be restored after reopening. It uses Swift/SwiftUI and was built with AI assistance. There are real tradeoffs: it uses private macOS Focus and notification settings and requires Full Disk Access, which is a broad permission. It does not read messages or documents. Apps that draw their own badges may not respond, and after a force quit you need to reopen NoBadge to restore pending settings. Current support is Apple Silicon on macOS 26.5.1 (25F80) or 26.6 (25G72). Other builds and Intel Macs aren't supported yet. The site has a short walkthrough and the setup details: https://www.asdftq.com/nobadge/ It's a paid download: $2.99 once, no subscription, for up to 3 Macs. Activation needs a license key and internet. There is no free trial. SIDEPROJECT50 gives 50% off at checkout, with no review or engagement requirement. For other desktop-app builders, how do you decide when a small feature is worth the permission and compatibility burden of private OS settings?   submitted by   /u/flrngel [link]   [comments]

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  • 发布时间：2026/10/17 05:46:43