SETUP
Turn on Flippy Notes
To flip a window, Flippy Notes needs two macOS permissions: Accessibility and Screen Recording. It takes about two minutes, and you only do it once.
Accessibility
Lets Flippy Notes find the window you flip and bring you back to it.
Screen Recording
Takes one still image of a window, only when you flip it. Nothing is recorded. A small copy stays with the note on your Mac, is never uploaded, and you can turn it off in Settings › Sources & Privacy.
More in the Privacy Policy.
Step 1
Accessibility
- In Flippy Notes’ setup, click Enable window access. System Settings opens at Privacy & Security › Accessibility.Open Accessibility settings Your browser asks before opening System Settings.
- Click + below the list, then confirm with Touch ID or your password.
Illustration: the + button below the Accessibility list. - Choose Applications › Flippy Notes, then click Open. You can also drag Flippy Notes from Finder into the list: setup’s Not listed? Show in Finder shows you where it is.
- Make sure the switch next to Flippy Notes is on.
Illustration: Flippy Notes in the list, switched on. - Go back to Flippy Notes. Setup notices within a second or two. If it doesn’t, click Check again.
Step 2
Screen Recording
- Click Enable flip animation. When macOS asks, choose Open System Settings.
Illustration: macOS asks once. Choose Open System Settings. - In Privacy & Security › Screen & System Audio Recording, turn on Flippy Notes. It should already be in this list. If it isn’t, add it with + as in step 1.Open Screen Recording settings Your browser asks before opening System Settings.
Illustration: Flippy Notes switched on under Screen & System Audio Recording. - macOS offers to Quit & Reopen Flippy Notes. Choose it: your notes are saved first, and Flippy Notes reopens at the same step.
Illustration: choose Quit & Reopen. - Click Continue. macOS asks whether Flippy Notes may “bypass the system private window picker.” Choose Allow. It’s only for the still image of the window you flip. macOS may ask this again from time to time.
Illustration: choose Allow.
Step 3
Flip a window
Open any window, like a web page, a PDF or a document, and flip it in any of these ways:
- Press Control Shift Space.
- Click the round dot at the end of the window’s red, yellow and green buttons.
- Click empty space in the window’s title bar.
Write your note, then flip back the same way.
If something’s not working
I turned it on, but setup still says it’s off.
Quit Flippy Notes and open it again. If it still says off, select Flippy Notes in the list, click −, then add it again with +.
There are two Flippy Notes in the list.
One is usually an older test copy. Remove both with −, then add the Flippy Notes in your Applications folder.
I can’t change the switch.
Changing privacy settings needs an administrator’s name and password. If you don’t have one, ask the person who manages your Mac.
I chose Deny or Don’t Allow by mistake.
macOS only asks once. Open the setting with the links above, or from System Settings › Privacy & Security, and turn Flippy Notes on there.
Nothing happens when I flip.
Check that Flippy Notes is on in both lists. If another app already uses Control ShiftSpace, flip with the dot or the title bar, or choose another shortcut in Settings › Window Actions.
I skipped setup. How do I get back to it?
In Flippy Notes, open Settings › Window Actions and choose Open Setup…
How do I turn the permissions off?
Switch Flippy Notes off in either list, or remove it with −. Your notes stay in the library; flipping needs both permissions again.
Still stuck? Email [email protected] with your macOS version and what you see. A screenshot of the setup window helps.