// Menu bar app for Mac
Your MacBook drifts off like in a movie.
Close the lid – and instead of “clack, black” your screen softly blurs, fades and glides into darkness or your favourite colour. Lidhaze reads the real angle sensor to do it.
For MacBook Pro 14"/16" from 2021 and MacBook Air from M2. Check your model
Try it: drag the slider.
Browser simulation. In the app the effect follows your real lid – at 120 frames per second.
// The problem
Closing your lid feels like pulling the plug.
Your Mac animates every window, every menu, every switch. Only the most important moment of the day – closing the lid – is a hard cut.
Clack. Black.
Everything is gone mid-frame. No transition, no fade-out – the screen is simply cut off.
Every day, many times.
End of work, lunch break, meeting, couch. Every time the same abrupt edge at the end of what you were doing.
And nobody notices it could be nicer.
You see it in films all the time: the picture blurs as the laptop closes. On your Mac – until now – you don’t.
// The fix
Lidhaze turns closing the lid into end credits.
The app sits invisibly in your menu bar and waits for your lid. That’s all you have to do.
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Lower the lid
From your start angle (default 70°) the effect begins – adjustable from 20° to 130°.
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The picture blurs
From the bottom – or in one of six shapes – the image turns softly blurry and paler.
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Colour takes over
Just before it closes, the screen is fully your end colour. Open it again and it all dissolves away.
// Facts, not promises
Small, quiet, checked by Apple.
No customer reviews yet – Lidhaze is new. So here is only what you can verify.
frames per second, smoothly eased
CPU with the lid open – easy on the battery
download, the whole app
special permissions – no screen recording access
Signed & notarized by Apple
// Features
Everything a graceful exit needs.
Real lid sensor
Lidhaze reads the angle sensor in your MacBook’s hinge. The effect follows your hand – degree by degree, not on a timer.
Any end colour
Black by default. Or any colour from the macOS colour picker.
Six shapes
From bottom, top, left, right, as an eyelid or a tunnel. This is each shape just before the lid closes – hover to play it (on your phone it plays by itself).
Finely adjustable
Start angle 20–130°, blur 50–200 %, distance between colour and blur.
Open it your way
Its own shape and start angle for opening – or no effect at all.
Sound when opening
10 built-in sounds – from morning bell to retro boot – or your own MP3/WAV. With its own angle and volume. Optional.
Invisible day to day
Just a menu bar icon, no Dock icon. Optional launch at login, clicks pass right through the effect.
// WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
Everything in one window.
One click on the menu bar icon – and you set angle, shape, colour and sound. Every change applies instantly.
// Will it run on my Mac?
Runs on every MacBook Pro 14"/16" from 2021 and every MacBook Air from M2.
Lidhaze needs the lid angle sensor. Older models don’t have a readable one – there the app starts with a clear message instead of failing silently.
- MacBook Pro 14" & 16" (2021 and newer)
- MacBook Air with M2, M3, M4, M5
- macOS 14 Sonoma or newer
- MacBook Air M1 (2020)
- MacBook Pro 13" with M1 or M2
- Intel MacBooks (16" 2019: please test)
// The offer
Everything included. Pay once.
No subscription, no tiers, no lite version. You get the whole app.
- Lidhaze full versionAll six shapes, any end colour, every setting.
- Licence for 2 MacsSay, personal and work. Move it with one click.
- Sound when openingYour own sound when the lid comes up.
- 7-day free trial firstNo account, no payment details.
- 14-day money backNo questions asked, one email is enough.
one-time · no subscription · licence for 2 Macs
Launch price ends in
After that the regular price of €4.99 applies. Deadline: December 31, 2026, 11:59 pm (Berlin time).
Until then: download the app and try it free for 7 days.
Try free for 7 days first// Your risk: zero
Try it first. Then decide. And even then you have 14 days to change your mind.
7 days free
Download, open, close the lid. No account, no card. After 7 days the effect pauses until you activate a licence – nothing renews automatically.
14-day money back
Not happy after buying? Send a short email and you get your money back – no reason needed.
// Frequently asked
Honest answers.
Will Lidhaze run on my Mac?
Lidhaze runs on every MacBook Pro 14" and 16" from 2021 and every MacBook Air from M2, with macOS 14 Sonoma or newer. Not supported: MacBook Air M1, MacBook Pro 13" with M1 or M2 and Intel MacBooks – for the MacBook Pro 16" (2019) please just test it. The app tells you right away at launch if your Mac has no readable sensor.
Check your model in 30 seconds →Why don’t I always see the effect when opening the lid?
Honestly: when you close the lid, the Mac sleeps and usually locks the screen. When you open it, macOS shows the lock screen – and for security reasons no app may draw over it, Lidhaze included. When closing you always see the effect. If you want it when opening too: System Settings → Lock Screen → set “Require password after …” to e.g. 5 minutes. Keep in mind that during that time anyone can open your Mac without a password.
Why doesn’t it work on the MacBook Air M1 or MacBook Pro 13"?
These models have no lid angle sensor an app can read. No real angle means no effect that follows your hand – and we didn’t want to sell a timer-based imitation. On such Macs the app shows a clear message at launch.
Why isn’t Lidhaze in the App Store?
Lidhaze reads the lid sensor directly through a hardware interface and draws a layer over the entire screen. That doesn’t fit the App Store sandbox rules, so we sell directly. The app is still signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple – meaning it was automatically checked for malware.
How does the free trial work?
Download the app, drag it into Applications, launch it. You can use Lidhaze with all features for 7 days – no account, no email, no payment details. After that the effect and sound pause until you activate a licence. Nothing renews automatically.
What if I don’t like it after buying?
Within 14 days of purchase you get your money back, no reason needed. Just send a short email to kontakt@lidhaze.com or reply to your Lemon Squeezy receipt.
// Launch price ends Dec 31
Close your lid softly for the first time tonight.
Until December 31, 2026, 11:59 pm (Berlin time) Lidhaze costs €1.99 instead of €4.99. After that the regular price applies – no extensions.