TapNoiseBlog
Notes on sounds and tools for your Mac.
Guides that answer the question first, using what macOS already gives you, then show where TapNoise fits. By Rudra Satani, who makes TapNoise.
- Do typing sounds help you focus?Why some people find typing sounds help them concentrate and others find them distracting, with the built-in Mac options that let you test it yourself.
- How to add mechanical keyboard sounds to a MacmacOS has no mechanical keyboard sound setting. Here is what the built-in options do, and how to add real switch sounds to every key with TapNoise.
- How to clean your MacBook keyboard safelyThe safe way to clean a MacBook keyboard and trackpad, and how TapNoise's Clean Mode holds keys and clicks so you can wipe without typing gibberish.
- How to get a sound when Claude Code finishesHear when Claude Code is done or needs you. Use its built-in hooks with a macOS sound, or let TapNoise connect it for you in Settings > Agents.
- How to know when Codex is done on your MacCodex can run a command when a turn ends. Set that up yourself, or let TapNoise connect Codex in Settings > Agents and play a sound when it finishes.
- How to mute your Mac's microphone quicklyHow to mute your Mac's microphone fast: the mute button in your call app, what macOS shows when a mic is in use, and a knock on the MacBook in TapNoise.
- How to set a break reminder on your MacWhat Screen Time on a Mac can and cannot do for breaks, the third-party apps people use instead, and how TapNoise's Break buddy nudges you to stretch.
- How to stop someone using your MacBookStop someone using your MacBook while you step away: the built-in lock options first, then Guard Mode in TapNoise, and what its alarm can and cannot do.
- Is Input Monitoring on a Mac safe?What Input Monitoring is on a Mac, why it is a sensitive permission, what TapNoise uses it for and does not do, and how to check or remove it.
- Which MacBooks have a lid angle sensor?Which MacBooks have the hinge sensor that reads the lid angle, how to check your own Mac, and what TapNoise uses it for: lid sounds and Guard Mode.