Observed arrival · 2026-09-13
Hinge Gives a MacBook Screen a Fold
A $4.99 Mac utility that makes the desktop bend, blur, and recede as you close the lid.
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Field notes
Hinge uses a MacBook’s lid-angle sensor to drive a desktop distortion, with controls for perspective, variable blur, and the angle at which the effect begins. The page presents three modes—Duo, Soft, and Deep—and describes a menu-bar app that works with the built-in display on Apple silicon machines running macOS 14 or later. It also documents the required Screen Recording permission and says frames remain in GPU memory rather than being saved.
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