From the disk image to your first sound.

Check your Mac first.

TapNoise needs macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Apple silicon or an Intel processor. Harder press, slaps, knocks and Guard Mode’s lift alarm need a MacBook with a motion sensor. Other Macs get every key, click, charger and USB sound, plus Guard Mode’s charger alarm.

Get the disk image from the download page.

Move TapNoise to Applications.

1. Open the disk image. Open the TapNoise disk image you downloaded. Its window shows TapNoise next to an Applications folder.
2. Drag TapNoise into Applications. Then open TapNoise from Applications, not from the disk image.
3. Find it in the menu bar. TapNoise lives in your menu bar as a little keycap, and Tappy appears on your desktop.

Do this before you connect any coding agent. The agent hooks point at the copy you connect from. If you move TapNoise later, click Repair in Settings › Agents.

Approve it once with Open Anyway.

TapNoise is signed by its maker but not notarized by Apple, so macOS asks you to confirm the first time you open it. This happens once. A new download may ask again.

1. Click Done. When macOS says it can’t check TapNoise, click Done.
2. Open Privacy & Security. In System Settings, go to Privacy & Security and scroll to Security. It says TapNoise was blocked. Click Open Anyway.
3. Confirm and open. Enter your password or use Touch ID. Then open TapNoise again and click Open. From then on it opens like any other app.

Allow Input Monitoring.

To play a sound when you press a key, macOS needs you to turn on TapNoise in Input Monitoring. The first-launch walkthrough asks for it.

1. Open System Settings. In the walkthrough, click Open System Settings. Or go to Privacy & Security, then Input Monitoring.
2. Switch TapNoise on. TapNoise restarts itself once you switch it on. That’s normal.
3. Check it works. Type a few keys. You should hear a sound. If you skipped the step with Later, Settings › General shows Input Monitoring is off, with an Open Settings button.

TapNoise never sees what you type. It only learns which key went down, and keeps counts, not characters. The support page explains each permission.

Activate your license.

Until a license is activated, TapNoise stays quiet and offers Buy and Enter Key. Your key is in the receipt email from Dodo Payments.

1. Open Settings › License. Click the keycap in the menu bar, then Settings…, then License.
2. Enter the key. Click Enter Key…, paste your key and click Activate.

Haven’t bought it yet? Buy Moving to another Mac, or lost access to one? See the license page.

Optional settings.

• Accessibility. Knock commands, Clean Mode and the shortcut cheat sheet use it. It is optional. TapNoise never reads your windows or documents.
• Open at login. Turn it on in Settings › General to start TapNoise when you log in.

Something not working? Check the support page first. Then get in touch.