NotchbackAlways rolling
The ring by the notch shows how much replay you have. Pick 10, 30 or 60 seconds before saving.
Rec · last 00:30
Your notchrewinds.
Notchback quietly keeps the last 30 seconds of your screen. When a bug flashes past, or something worth keeping happens, press ⌃⌥R. The moment is saved, ready for Slack or for Claude.
The last 30 seconds
Bugs don't wait
Bugs don't wait
for record.
Your screen is always rolling past. Notchback holds on to the last stretch, so you decide what to keep after it happens.
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BUFFER · 30S
NOW
Rolling. Press ⌃⌥R or the button above to save.
How it rolls
Three seconds of effort.
−0:30
Always rolling
A small ring beside your notch fills as the last 30 seconds build up. Nothing is saved; older seconds are deleted as new ones come in.
0:00
Something happens
Press ⌃⌥R, or hover the notch and click Save. A shutter flash, a soft tink, and the clip is in Movies › Notchback.
+0:05
Share it
Copy puts the video on your clipboard for Slack or a bug report. Claude pulls six frames and writes the prompt for you.
Small app, every detail
Built for the moment after.
Saves from any app
One shortcut, everywhere. It needs no extra permissions beyond Screen Recording.
Paste it anywhere
Copy puts the video file on your clipboard. Drop it into Slack, Messages, Linear or email.
Hand it to Claude
Six frames plus a written prompt, ready to paste into Claude Code. It reads what went wrong and goes looking for the cause in your code.
Private by default
Lock your Mac or press pause and the buffer is deleted. Nothing is ever uploaded; your screen stays on your Mac.
Light on battery
Hardware video encoding in five-second chunks keeps it light. Choose 15 fps in Settings to roughly halve the cost.
A real Mac app
Swift, no Electron, no account. Settings, open at login, and your recent replays in the menu bar.
Pricing
Free to keep.
Free to keep.
Pro to keep more.
Free
$0
- The last 15 seconds, always ready
- ⌃⌥R and the notch card
- Save, copy and play clips
- Pause and auto-clear on lock
Pro
$9.99one time
- Keep up to 2 minutes
- Save 10, 30 or 60 second clips
- Send to Claude: frames and a ready prompt
- Use on 2 Macs, free 1.x updates
Secure checkout by Dodo Payments. Your license key arrives by email and activates with one click.
Install
Twenty seconds
Twenty seconds
to rolling.
Open Terminal (⌘ Space, type "Terminal"), paste this and press Return.
$curl -fsSL https://notchback.app/install.sh | bash- It installs and opens Notchback in your Applications folder.
- Allow Screen Recording when macOS asks. That's how it sees your screen.
- Quit and reopen when asked. The ring by your notch turns red: you're rolling.
Why Terminal? Notchback isn't notarized by Apple yet, so a browser download shows a warning. The script fetches the same app directly and checks its fingerprint. Read the script.
Already use Homebrew? One line:
$brew install --cask __BREW_TAP__/notchbackUpdates arrive with brew upgrade.
- Download Notchback and open the file.
- Drag the app onto Applications in that window, then open it.
- When macOS says it can't verify the app, click Done.
- Open System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll down, click Open Anyway and enter your password.
- Allow Screen Recording, then reopen the app.
No Open Anyway button, or not an admin? Paste this in Terminal, then open the app:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Notchback.app"macOS 14 Sonoma or laterApple silicon & Intelv0.5.0
Questions
Is it recording all the time? Where does the video go?
It keeps a rolling buffer of the last 15 to 120 seconds in a temporary folder and deletes older seconds as it goes. Only clips you save are kept, in Movies › Notchback. Nothing is uploaded. Pausing, locking your Mac or quitting deletes the buffer.
How do I activate Pro?
After checkout, the thank-you page has an Activate button that unlocks Pro in one click. The key is also in your email: open Settings › License, paste it and click Activate.
How does "Send to Claude" work?
Coding agents read images, not video. Notchback pulls six frames from your clip, saves them next to it and copies a prompt listing their paths. Paste it into Claude Code and it can look at the frames and search your code for the cause.
Is pasting a command into Terminal safe?
Only from a source you trust, and it's fair to check first. The script is public: it downloads the app from this site over HTTPS, checks its fingerprint and signature, copies it into Applications and opens it. No sudo, no system changes.
How do I uninstall?
Quit Notchback from its menu bar icon, then drag it from Applications to the Trash. Saved clips stay in Movies › Notchback until you delete them.
Refunds?
If Notchback doesn't work on your Mac, email hello@notchback.app within 14 days for a full refund.