Stash

Stash is a macOS utility that keeps your apps and system controls hidden at the edges and corners of your screen until you reach for them. Stash lives in your menu bar: you set up your apps and controls once, then reach for them at the edges and corners of your screen. On the Mac it delivers Edge Sliders, Corner Dials, a Hidden Dock, an App Launcher and App Profiles. On the iPhone, the Stash Deck companion app turns your phone into a tactile remote for your Mac, with quick controls, app launching, configurable widgets and Creative Pro controls for creative applications. Stash is for Mac users who want their apps and controls within reach without cluttering the screen. The problem Stash addresses is one most Mac users recognise: the controls and apps you rely on most are rarely exactly where you need them when you need them. System controls such as volume, brightness, keyboard backlight and audio output normally require a trip to the menu bar, and the apps you use constantly have to compete for space in the Dock. Stash's approach is to keep those apps and controls within reach without cluttering your screen — they stay out of sight until you reach for them, then appear at the edges and corners. The company describes the result as hidden controls that feel like they have always belonged there: beautiful, native-feeling and ridiculously satisfying to use. It is not that the Mac lacks controls, but that those controls and apps are spread across the menu bar and the Dock, competing for the same limited space. Edge Sliders and Corner Dials are the two control surfaces that put system settings around the perimeter of your display. Edge Sliders let you assign the left or right edge of the screen to volume, brightness or appearance, so a reach to the side of the display adjusts the setting you use most. Corner Dials put volume, brightness, keyboard backlight and audio output in the corners of your screen, giving you a set of dials rather than a menu to hunt through. Together they turn the frame of your display into a control layer for the settings you adjust most often. They follow the same principle as the rest of Stash: the controls are not displayed permanently, only when your pointer reaches the relevant edge or corner. The Hidden Dock and App Launcher handle access to your applications. The Hidden Dock works alongside your existing Dock — it does not replace it — and slides out when you move to the edge of the Dock, holding the apps you want nearby but not always visible. An expanding App Launcher covers the rest of your applications, so your favourites sit within reach while everything else stays one step away. Stash can be recalibrated from the menu bar if your Dock changes. Because these apps are not permanently on screen, your workspace stays clear while your most-used tools remain immediately available. App Profiles make Stash adapt to what you are doing. Stash automatically changes your apps and controls depending on what you are using, so the set of controls and applications on hand reflects the current task rather than a single static configuration. That means the same utility can present a different, appropriate arrangement as you move between activities, without you rebuilding your setup each time. Because the switching happens automatically based on what you are using, there is no need to rebuild your layout by hand when you move between activities. Edges, corners, apps and the accent colour can all be changed at any time from Settings, so profiles and layout stay under your control. Stash Deck extends the same idea to your iPhone. It is the iPhone companion to Stash for Mac and it follows what you are doing: you can control your Mac from the phone, throw an app from your phone to open it on your screen, and keep widgets such as Spotify, Timer, Claude Code and Codex on hand. Creative Pro is part of Stash Deck. When you are in a creative app, the Deck becomes contextual tools, precise sliders and colour controls for Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro and Blender. Stash Deck is free to download and works with Stash for Mac. Stash's overall approach is a menu bar app that you configure once and then use through your edges and corners. Rather than adding more windows, panels or icons to your screen, Stash stays out of sight until you reach for it — the interface appears at the side or corner of the display exactly when your pointer arrives there. If your Dock changes, you can recalibrate Stash from the menu bar, and the Settings panel lets you revisit which apps and controls are assigned where. Everything ships as one package: Hidden Dock, App Launcher, Edge Sliders, Corner Dials, App Profiles and Stash Deck with Creative Pro, with no tiers or add-ons. The benefits follow from that design. Your screen stays uncluttered because the controls are hidden until used, yet volume, brightness, keyboard backlight, audio output and appearance are always a gesture away rather than buried in menus. Favourite apps stay within reach through the Hidden Dock while the App Launcher keeps the rest accessible, and App Profiles mean the right apps and controls are available for whatever you are working in. Stash Deck adds the convenience of working from your phone, and Creative Pro gives creative professionals precise controls tailored to the applications they already use. Because everything is included in a single purchase with no tiers or add-ons, users do not have to decide which parts of the experience they need. Use cases include adjusting system settings mid-task — changing volume, brightness or appearance by reaching for the edge or corner of the display without leaving what you are doing. Another is keeping a working set of apps close through the Hidden Dock and App Launcher while the main Dock stays tidy. Creative Pro supports photographers, designers, editors and 3D artists working in Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro or Blender, who can use the iPhone deck for contextual tools, precise sliders and colour controls. App Profiles suit users who move between different kinds of work and want the interface to follow. Stash Deck also serves anyone who wants their iPhone to act as a remote for their Mac, launching apps and hosting widgets such as Spotify, Timer, Claude Code and Codex. Stash is aimed at Mac users who want faster access to apps and system controls without cluttering their screen, and at creative professionals who want tactile, precise controls alongside their creative applications. It requires macOS Tahoe; older macOS versions are not supported. Pricing is simple: Stash is free for 24 hours, after which you can pay $3.99 per month, cancellable anytime, or $19.99 once for a lifetime licence at the launch price. Both options include everything and work on up to 3 Macs. If you cancel the monthly plan, Stash keeps working until the end of the period you have paid for and then locks until you renew or buy Lifetime. Existing owners get the update, including Creative Pro, on the same number of Macs as before. In short, Stash turns the edges and corners of your Mac into a hidden control layer, keeps your apps within reach without cluttering the screen, and extends the whole experience to your iPhone through Stash Deck and Creative Pro — one app, everything included.