Pad
A tiny notepad for your Mac. Always one shortcut away. Open it, jot something down, hide it.
Free. For macOS 14 or later.
Press ⌥+Space anytime to summon this window.
Shortcut triggered
Press ⌥ + Space (or yours) to summon Pad from anywhere.
Super fast
Opens instantly. No splash screen, no loading state. Just an empty page waiting.
Notes stay local
Everything you write lives on your Mac. No sync, no accounts, no cloud.
Always near
Pad floats above your work, never gets lost behind windows or buried in tabs.
Inline to-dos
Start a line with [ ] to make a task, then click the box to tick it off.
Talk instead of type
/voice turns your speech into text, fully on-device. Nothing leaves your Mac.
Quick maths
Type a sum like 12 * 8 and press Tab to drop the answer in.
Slash commands
/copy grabs the whole note, /clear wipes the slate.
Get Pad
Free. For macOS 14 or later.