What’s new in MacStick: release notes

Version 1.2.3 · 15 November 2026

MacStick no longer starts with a Pro trial: it is free to use, and Pro features unlock with a license. On Free, the remaining allowance and reset time for each tool now show a small “Limits in Pro” lock that opens the pricing page, matching the locked AI budget and Limits cards. Today’s tokens and the Claude Code cost estimate stay free.

Version 1.2.2 · 15 November 2026

Activating a license is now obvious. The License tab has a clearly visible key box with a Paste button, the three steps written underneath, and a link to the picture guide. If MacStick is opened straight from the downloaded disk image, it asks you to drag it into Applications first, and the Claude Code limits connection waits until you have. If you move the app later, a Reconnect button repairs the connection. AI usage settings now sit at the top of the Monitors tab.

Version 1.2.1 · 15 November 2026

The reset time now sits right next to the remaining allowance. Each tool’s row reads “14% left · 3d 7h”, and when a limit is running low the collapsed island shows the tool’s badge with the same pair, so you can tell a ten-minute wait from a ten-hour one before starting a long task. Thanks to the user on X who suggested it.

Version 1.2 · 15 November 2026

MacStick is now built around one job: your AI usage, right in the notch.

AI usage today is a single full-width card: one row per tool with a thin bar showing how much of its limit is left, today’s tokens and cost.
Limits card: every 5-hour and weekly window with “% left” and the time it resets.
Real Claude Code limits. Press Connect in Settings → Monitors and Claude Code passes its real 5-hour and weekly percentages to MacStick after each reply in the terminal (Claude subscription plans). Without it you still get the 5-hour estimate.
Limit warning: when 20% or less of a limit is left, a strip appears at the top of the panel and the island shows the figure.
The focus timer is now off by default; turn it on in Settings → Focus. Battery moved to a small indicator in the header.

Version 1.1.4 · 15 November 2026

Gemini CLI joins Claude Code and ChatGPT Codex in the AI usage tile. If you use Gemini CLI, a third row shows today’s tokens, read from its local session files; turn it off in Settings → Monitors. Gemini cost and limit resets are not shown, because the CLI does not record them locally.

Version 1.1.3 · 15 November 2026

A new Resets row shows when each subscription limit resets, next to your cost. ChatGPT Codex shows its 5-hour and weekly windows with the percentage used, read from the Codex CLI’s local logs. Claude Code shows its 5-hour window as an estimate (marked ~) based on your session times; Claude Code does not record its weekly limit on your Mac, so that one is not shown. Resets and the AI budget with burn rate are Pro features; the free version shows them as locked rows.

Version 1.1.2 · 10 November 2026

Claude Code and Codex now carry small coloured badges in the AI usage and Agents tiles, so you can tell them apart at a glance.

Version 1.1.1 · 10 November 2026

The focus ring no longer squeezes its label: a finished session shows a checkmark and “Done”, and a running one shows the time left.

Version 1.1 · 10 November 2026

MacStick now has a free version and Pro. Every install starts with a 14-day Pro trial; afterwards the essentials stay free. Pro unlocks one-click Join, agent alerts, the AI budget, an unlimited shelf, OLED care and island templates. Settings → License shows your plan and trial days, and locked features explain themselves instead of disappearing.

Version 1.0.1 · 10 November 2026

License activation now works with live purchases. Buy Pro on the website, receive your key by email and activate it in Settings → License.

Version 1.0 · 10 November 2026

First public release. A universal app for Apple silicon and Intel Macs on macOS 15 or later, signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple.

Claude Code and Codex usage: tokens, estimated cost, monthly budget with pace, and the Codex reset countdown, read from local session logs.
Agent status: see which session finished or is waiting for you.
Next calendar event with one-click join for Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex and FaceTime.
Focus timer, file shelf, Apple Music and Spotify controls, battery status.
Works at the MacBook notch or pinned to the top of an external display, with an OLED-friendly idle mode.