OnlySwitch

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A smaller menu bar starts with one all-in-one switch.

OnlySwitch puts everyday macOS controls—such as hiding desktop icons, changing appearance, keeping the Mac awake, and managing the notch—into one customizable menu-bar app. Add, remove, and reorder switches and Shortcuts, assign keyboard shortcuts, or place controls on the desktop as widgets.

Installation

Homebrew

brew install only-switch

Manual download

Download the latest OnlySwitch DMG.

[!IMPORTANT] Automatic updating is broken in version 2.5.6 and earlier. If you are on one of those versions, update manually or reinstall with Homebrew.

Quick start

1. Launch OnlySwitch and enable it under System Settings → Menu Bar if macOS does not show its icon.
2. Click the OnlySwitch menu-bar icon to open the control list.
3. Open settings to add, remove, and reorder switches or Shortcuts, configure hotkeys, and enable optional features.
4. On supported macOS versions, add Only Widget from the widget gallery for desktop or Notification Center access.

To control OnlySwitch from an iPhone or iPad, install OnlyRemote from the App Store, then open iOS Remote in OnlySwitch settings to enable local-network access and pair the device.

Features

Highlights

• Automate recurring Mac tasks with Schedules.
• Import macOS Shortcuts into OnlySwitch and control switches and Shortcuts with keyboard shortcuts.
• Customize which controls appear and arrange them to fit your workflow. Built-in switches are grouped by category and can be searched by name.
• Manage every optional page from one place: OnlySwitch Settings → Tabs shows or hides tabs in the menu-bar list and Only Control.
• Use Apple Widgets on macOS Sonoma and later, including Evolution controls.
• Open the compact Only Control interface for a focused control panel.
• Control your Mac from iPhone or iPad with OnlyRemote.
• Enable the optional Desktop Pet, drag it anywhere, click it to show or dismiss Only Control, and skip to the next track or radio station with playback animations for Apple Music, Spotify, and Radio.
• Enable Turn off after sleep for Keep Awake to turn it off when you manually put your Mac to sleep.

Schedules

Open OnlySwitch Settings → Schedules to automate supported switches, buttons, Shortcuts, and Evolutions. Run an action at a repeating interval, at a specific minute every hour, or at a set time on selected days. For example, turn Dim Screen on at 8:00 AM and off at 7:00 PM every day, or run Empty Trash every Saturday at 9:00 AM.

Use the Schedules tab in the menu bar or Only Control to see what runs next, run an action immediately, or turn a schedule on or off. Show or hide the tab under OnlySwitch Settings → Tabs. Schedules run locally while OnlySwitch is running, even with no window open.

Built-in switches

Switch	Status	Switch	Status
Hide desktop	finished	Hide notch	has known issues
Dark mode	finished	Low power mode	requires initial authorization
Screen Saver	finished	Show Finder Path Bar	finished
Night Shift	finished	Mute mic	finished
Autohide Dock	finished	Small launchpad icon	finished
AirPods	finished	Pomodoro timer	finished
Bluetooth	finished	Show extension name	finished
Xcode cache	finished	Show user library folder	finished
Autohide Menu Bar	finished	Mute	finished
Show hidden files	finished	Empty pasteboard	finished
Radio Station	finished	Empty trash	finished
Keep awake	finished	Show Recent Apps on Dock	finished
Spotify	finished	Apple Music	finished
Screen Test & Clean	finished	Hide Menu Bar Icons

Switches can be added to or removed from the list. Optional tabs (Authenticator, Sound Mixer, Brightness, Screenshots & Record, System Monitor, Codex Usage, Claude Usage, Aphrodite, Xcode Cleaner, and App Uninstaller) are shown or hidden under OnlySwitch Settings → Tabs; switches that only toggled a tab have been replaced by this page.

Sound Mixer

Sound Mixer sets the volume and mute state of each app that is playing audio. On macOS 14.4 or later, each app can also expand its own 10-band equalizer (−12 to +12 dB, with a flat reset) and route its audio to one or more output devices at the same time. Equalizer settings and output selections are remembered per app; selecting no output follows the system default. If every selected device is disconnected, the app's original audio is restored until a selected device returns.

When the current output is an external display with speakers, the keyboard's volume up, volume down, and mute keys adjust the display's volume over DDC/CI and show a volume HUD. Holding Shift+Option steps in finer increments. Capturing these keys requires Accessibility permission.

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