Ember NoiseEmber Noise on Mac
Ember Noise on Mac is a native AppKit/SwiftUI app — not a Catalyst port, not a web wrapper, not Electron. It presents the same interface as the landscape iPad app, driven by the same core, in a resizable Mac window.
The menu-bar controller
Closing the mixer window doesn’t stop the sound — Ember Noise keeps running in the menu bar. The menu-bar popover gives you:
- Play/pause and master volume.
- Your preset list, one click to switch.
- Stop-timer status at a glance.
- Open Mixer to bring the full window back.
Two opt-in switches live there too: Launch at Login (off by default) and Show in Dock (on by default). Turn the Dock icon off and Ember Noise becomes a pure menu-bar companion.
A good macOS citizen
The Mac app plays by macOS rules: the media keys on your keyboard control playback, the current preset shows up in Now Playing, and audio-device changes are handled by the same engine adapters the iOS app uses for interruptions.
Receiving presets
After you activate Nearby Transfer once, the Mac can receive presets from your iPhone or iPad even while the mixer window is closed — the menu-bar app keeps the receiver available. See Send to Device.