Slide to adjust.

EdgeBar turns the edges of your MacBook trackpad into volume and brightness controls.

Buy Learn more

$9 once. Requires macOS 13 or later.

400+ licenses sold

EdgeBar is featured on MacBase

Volume on the right.
Brightness on the left.

The same on-screen display you get from the keyboard keys.

More than two edges.

Quick Mute

Double-tap the top-right corner.

Media Strip

Swipe the bottom edge to skip. Tap to play.

Haptic Feedback

A light tick under your finger as you slide.

Fine Control

Hold Shift-Option for quarter steps.

Cursor Freeze

Your pointer stays put while you slide.

Bottom Quarter

Only the lower part of the trackpad responds.

Swap Sides

Brightness on the right, if you prefer.

Menu bar only

No Dock icon. Almost no CPU.

Lives in your menu bar.

The EdgeBar menu: brightness and volume shown on the trackpad edges that control them, then Haptic Feedback, Quick Mute and Media Strip, and sliders for sensitivity and edge width

At a glance

Brightness and volume, live on the edges that control them. Haptics, Quick Mute, the Media Strip and how the slide feels, right below.

EdgeBar settings: Swap Sides, Bottom Quarter Only, Require Fn or Option, Freeze Cursor, Fine Control, Appearance and Open at Login

Set once

Swap sides, keep slides to the bottom quarter, require a modifier, freeze the cursor, choose Light or Dark, and open at login.

Heard on Reddit and X

“This app is freaking amazing! … apple should have built this as part of the Mac OS.”
Fu/Federal-Translator60
“I was trying to set this up in BetterTouchTool but gave up, not sure if it's even possible. So thank you, I've wanted this for a long time.”
Au/ApprehensiveNail42
“absolutely yes; this is like the MX Master 3 on a track pad”
Bu/BackFront2710
“I've bought the app and I'm really thrilled! How smart is that, please!? Mega!!! Thank you so much :-)”
Stephan@Ladepanda
“Oh wow this is brilliant! Damn how could Apple miss this?? Feels like there should be buttons for essential controls like this…”
yac@yac_b0
“trackpad edges get a use case, haptic feedback makes it feel native”
David T Kramaley@simplydt
“Didn't know needed this. Love it. ❤️”
Nitin@NG_Exhales
“Instant buy, what a cool tool, gg :)”
Au/aymennn8
“This is such a creative app! Good luck!”
Mu/MaximusDecimusII
“Kudos to you, man! It's really nice. This might be one of the fastest purchases I've ever made, I bought it within five minutes of seeing your tweet.”
Aditya Anand@aditya12anand
“The Touch Bar just saw this and filed a wrongful termination claim.”
rudeTool@himanshugoooooo
“trackpad edges sitting unused all these years is kinda embarrassing for apple”
Loki@lokidotdev
“Freaking amazing, just bought! Well worth the money! 🙌🏼”
Tu/thedefaltcondition
“By gawd. Instabuy. Great idea!”
Cu/claudiouvm
“$5 lifetime is an easy yes.”
Gu/Grand-Carpenter-2490
“Nice work to respond and implement it so fast. Well done!”
Tu/TiMiMac
“I bought it. Thank you for such fantastic app.”
Wu/Weekly_Cut_3268
“Wonderful, something I really like to use.”
Wu/Wide-Mastodon9373
Reddit threadX thread

EdgeBar

$9

Normally $14
USD, one-time purchase

400+ licenses sold

  • All features
  • Lifetime license
  • Free 1.x updates
  • No subscription
Buy

Requires macOS 13 Ventura or later. Secure checkout by Paddle, our merchant of record. Local taxes are added at checkout where they apply.

What’s new

1.10

  • On macOS 26 and later, volume and brightness slides show the system’s new glass HUD, the same one your keyboard keys show.
  • HUD Style (macOS 26 and later): Modern for the new HUD, or Classic for the old centred square.
  • Brightness on macOS 26 and later changes with the system’s own smooth easing.
  • Slow slides are smoother, with no more jitter in volume or brightness.
  • The HUD updates only when the level actually changes, so slides put less load on your Mac.

1.9

  • Active Area: choose whether slides can start anywhere along the edge, or only in the bottom ¾, half or quarter. Handy if your thumbs rest near the top of the trackpad. It replaces Bottom Quarter Only, and your choice carries over.
  • Cleaner dropdowns for Haptic Feedback and Active Area.
  • In Dark appearance the menu stays dark over bright windows, instead of turning grey.
  • New installs start with a slightly narrower edge (5%), so fewer accidental slides. Your Edge Width stays as it is.

1.8

  • The pointer stays hidden and still while you slide.
  • Slides no longer stop partway when the trackpad loses track of your finger.
  • The volume and brightness HUD fills in quarter steps, matching Precise Sliding.
  • Play or pause on the media strip is now a double-tap, so swipes don’t set it off by accident.

1.7

  • Precise Sliding: slide in quarter steps without holding any keys. Turn it on under While Sliding.
  • Muting gives a stronger haptic buzz, so you can feel it without looking.

1.6

  • Reverse Swipe for the media strip.
  • EdgeBar picks your trackpad back up after it reconnects or your Mac wakes.
  • Optional Magic Mouse support: slide on the mouse’s top edges.

1.5

  • A redesigned menu. Brightness and volume show live on the edges that control them.
  • Everyday controls up front, set-once options on their own Settings page.
  • Light and Dark appearance.
  • Haptic strength in one menu, and smoother sliders.

1.4

  • A setup guide for your first slide.
  • A new app icon.
  • Tap to Play or Pause is off by default, so clicks near the bottom edge don’t pause your music.

1.3

  • Updates download and install themselves.
  • License keys from edgebar.xyz.