From ca38b33e55bdb473bad4683969ac95a45759f3e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Thubin Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:45:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] docs: highlight the standalone notch and the Gatekeeper step --- README.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6886583..80654cc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ Overhead switches noise cancelling and ambient sound, sets the equalizer and sho Bluetooth headphones. It also turns the MacBook notch into a small player for the music playing in Spotify, Apple Music, and (experimental) Deezer, YouTube Music or your browser. +The notch player stands on its own: no Sony headphones, no Bluetooth, no account. Any MacBook with a notch will +do, and on a screen without one it shows up as a black pill at the top. +

The notch opening into a music player, then closing

## Install @@ -20,7 +23,9 @@ If you use [Homebrew](https://brew.sh), run: brew install --cask flotttt/tap/overhead ``` -That's it. Open Overhead from your Applications folder. +Then open Overhead from your Applications folder. The first time, macOS says it can't check the app, because +it isn't signed with an Apple developer account yet: click Done, then go to System Settings › Privacy & +Security, scroll down and click **Open Anyway**. Homebrew doesn't skip that step. ### Without Homebrew From 1a844e48565b638490068eef4be8c08e448befaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Thubin Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:50:30 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] docs: highlight the standalone notch and the Homebrew install path --- README.md | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 80654cc..01ac790 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ If you use [Homebrew](https://brew.sh), run: brew install --cask flotttt/tap/overhead ``` -Then open Overhead from your Applications folder. The first time, macOS says it can't check the app, because -it isn't signed with an Apple developer account yet: click Done, then go to System Settings › Privacy & -Security, scroll down and click **Open Anyway**. Homebrew doesn't skip that step. +That's it. Open Overhead from your Applications folder. The app isn't signed with an Apple developer account +yet, but the cask clears the quarantine flag for you, so macOS doesn't get in the way. This is the easy path. ### Without Homebrew From 6684f34da9688dd491da7f0e17c63d8dc6ddce7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Thubin Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:54:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] docs: highlight the standalone notch, the Homebrew path and add funding --- .github/FUNDING.yml | 1 + README.md | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+) create mode 100644 .github/FUNDING.yml diff --git a/.github/FUNDING.yml b/.github/FUNDING.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..00f7d6a --- /dev/null +++ b/.github/FUNDING.yml @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +ko_fi: sunnrockk diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 01ac790..d7634ba 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -215,6 +215,12 @@ semvis123 and their contributors. It has since been renamed and largely rewritte Overhead isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Sony. It uses a reverse engineered protocol, so use it at your own risk. +## Support + +Overhead is free and there's no company behind it. If it's useful to you, you can +[buy me a coffee](https://ko-fi.com/sunnrockk). The first thing that pays for is the Apple developer account, +so the app can be signed and open without the Open Anyway detour. + ## License MIT, see [LICENSE](LICENSE). The original copyright notice is kept as the license requires.