Download Floating Todos

Free beta · macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later · Apple silicon & Intel

Download FloatingTodos-0.1.0.dmg

Drag FloatingTodos.app from the dmg into Applications, then read the note below.

macOS will warn on first launch. Beta builds are ad-hoc signed — not yet notarized with an Apple Developer ID — so Gatekeeper flags the app as from an unidentified developer. It takes one step to open; pick either option below.

Option 1 — clear the quarantine flag (recommended)

After copying the app into Applications, run this in Terminal:

Terminal
xattr -cr /Applications/FloatingTodos.app

This removes the quarantine attribute macOS attaches to downloaded files. The app then launches normally, now and on every update you install by hand.

Option 2 — approve it in System Settings

  1. Right-click FloatingTodos.app in Applications and choose Open. macOS shows the warning and blocks the launch.
  2. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to the Security section, and click Open Anyway next to the Floating Todos message.
  3. Confirm once more in the dialog that follows.
On macOS 15 (Sequoia) and later the old right-click → Open shortcut alone is no longer enough — the Open Anyway step in System Settings is required. You only do this once.

First launch

Floating Todos runs as a menu-bar app — no Dock icon. Press ⌥⌘T to summon the panel, and start with Getting Started.

Signed and notarized builds (plus Sparkle auto-updates) are coming as the beta stabilizes.