MacYaps is a menu bar app that makes your Mac talk back — with funny audio clips every time something happens.
Battery dying? WiFi drops? Charger plugged in? High CPU? It yaps.
Think of it as giving your laptop a personality. Chaotic and hilarious… or calm and professional. Whatever vibe you’re feeling today.
🍎 macOS 13 Ventura or later · Menu bar app · Coming soon
Everything that happens quietly in the background? MacYaps turns into a moment.
MacYaps uses Apple's native OS frameworks to listen for events — almost entirely without polling.
IOKit delivers a push notification the moment the system detects a power source change or a USB device connects/disconnects. MacYaps registers a callback and goes back to sleep.
NWPathMonitor (Apple's Network framework) pushes an event when your network path changes (drops, reconnects). MacYaps also runs a periodic latency ping to 1.1.1.1 to catch slow connections that technically stay "connected."
The only monitor that polls: every 5 seconds it asks the kernel for processor tick counts. If load has been sustained above your threshold, it fires. If not, nothing happens.
Swap voice packs to match your vibe. Or just rotate them until your coworkers are concerned.
A lad with opinions. Low battery? "Ah Jaysus, would ya not plug that in." Every event gets a sarcastic Dublin commentary.
WiFi drops? Full aria. Charger plugged in? Triumphant overture. Your Mac has become a one-man opera and nothing is proportionate.
Classic internet chaos energy. Vine booms, bruh sounds, distorted audio from clips you forgot existed.
No patience, no filter, no time for this. USB connected? "FINALLY." CPU overheating? "What is WRONG with you." Pure New York energy.
Crikey, the battery's at 5%! She'll be right, mate — except she won't be. Sun's out, volume's up, and your Mac's havin' a ripper time.
Oh. My. God. Your battery is literally dying right now. Like, why would you even do this? Charger connected? "Yaaaas, slay queen."
Upload any audio file and assign it to any trigger. Your sounds, your Mac, your chaos. No rules, total creative control.
You are solely responsible for any audio files you add to MacYaps. Make sure they do not infringe copyrights, trademarks, or other third-party rights.MacYaps and its developers are not liable for any legal issues caused by user-added sounds.
More voice packs coming soon. Free updates forever.
Pay once, yap forever. That's the whole deal.
macOS only · Made by an indie dev · Launching soon
Give it a personality. A funny one, a serious one or both. Your choice.