a little space for what matters
your next thing, quietly under the notch.
right where you need it. until it’s done.
made for macOS 26 tahoe & later
a clear screen.
a clear next step.
click the reminder to open it. mark it done for a little celebration.
less to look at. more room to think.
pick a reminder. let it sit quietly above your work.
finish it, take a breath, and choose what comes next.
your list’s colour at the centre. four petals unique to the task. the same little mark, wherever you meet it.
same reminder. same flower. every time.
the lists, dates, notes, and priorities you already use. finish a task in dwell and it’s completed in Apple Reminders, too.
hold shift to turn done into term: complete and remove a reminder, including its repeating series.
type a task and a date like “friday 3pm”. hold shift to queue it for later while your current focus stays put.
search a title with /. filter by list, day, or priority with f. everyday words make a long list feel small.
press a to anchor a reminder to a desktop. switch Spaces and the right task is there waiting. everywhere else, your roaming focus comes with you.
finish the quarterly report
your task, its flower, and the time. on every display. any key or movement brings you right back.
your flower becomes a burst of colour. a few kind words take its place. then, when you’re ready, what’s next?
sixty ways to say: you did that.a guest on your screen
no dock icon. no dashboard to tend. just a small, native surface that lives alongside what you’re doing.
right-click the pill to peek behind it. clicks pass through while it’s faded. move away and it returns.
choose nothing and take your time. an empty pill is room to think. the list can wait.
a few little answers
a Mac running macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later. download dwell, unzip it, drag it into Applications, and open it. allow Reminders access when macOS asks.
no. on a MacBook with a notch, dwell hangs just below it. on a display without one, the pill sits below the menu bar.
no importing, and no new account. dwell works with the reminders already on your Mac. if you use iCloud Reminders, Apple syncs your changes to your other devices.
yes. ⌘⌥` opens dwell from anywhere. use the arrow keys or j / k to move, / to search, f to filter, r to create, and a to anchor. both global shortcuts can be changed in settings.
in Apple Reminders. dwell reads and updates them through macOS. your selected reminder, desktop anchors, and settings are kept locally on your Mac. there’s no dwell account or separate task service.
dwell shows titles, notes, dates, priorities, lists, and repeat information. macOS doesn’t expose subtasks, tags, flags, attachments, smart lists, attached URLs, or manual ordering to dwell. open Reminders for those details.
the signed app checks for updates daily, verifies the download, and installs it with a quiet relaunch. you can check now or switch automatic checks off in settings.
the rest will still be there.
download for macmacOS 26 tahoe & later · signed & notarizedwhat’s new in dwell ↗