A ritual
for every
open lid.

LidPulse is a tiny menu-bar app that turns the most repeated motion of your day into a moment worth hearing. Eight curated sounds. One that’s yours.

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01install

Drag.

Open the DMG, drag LidPulse into Applications. That’s the whole install.

02configure
app screenshot
/screenshots/menu.png

Pick.

Click the menu-bar icon, choose one of eight curated sounds. Change anytime.

03enjoy

Open.

Lift the lid. Hear it. Every single time. Even on the 14th open of the day.

Small detail.
Big feeling.

Sound

Eight curated sounds.

Hand-tuned for MacBook speakers. Nothing harsh, nothing generic.

Minimal

Lives in the menu bar.

No Dock icon, no window, no clutter. The kind of app you forget is running.

LidPulse ♪ Piano 9:41
Privacy

Zero network. Zero telemetry.

No accounts, no analytics, no “anonymous usage data.”

0
network requests
made today
Built by
MayOs

“I built this because I open my Mac forty times a day and wanted those forty moments to feel like something.”

Requirements to install
Chip Apple Silicon · Intel
macOS 14 Sonoma or later
Footprint Under 50 MB
Network Not required
Install

  1. Download & mount

    Grab LidPulse.dmg and double-click to open it.

  2. Drag to Applications

    Drop the LidPulse icon into the Applications folder.

  3. Approve in Privacy & Security

    First launch: macOS will ask. Click “Open Anyway” in Settings.

  4. Pin as a login item

    So it’s always there the moment your lid lifts.

Downloads
finder
LidPulse.dmg
2.4 MB · just now
screenshot.png
1.1 MB · yesterday
notes.md
8 KB · 3 days ago
LidPulse.dmg
LidPulse.app
Applications
→ drag & drop
privacy & security
“LidPulse” was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer.
menu bar
Finder File Edit
9:41
Launch at login
LidPulse will be ready the moment you open the lid.
Download LidPulse.dmg
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One more thing

Your lid
deserves
a sound.

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