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Hardware Efficiency • Updated 2026-10-18

Measure media controller resource use on your Mac

The earlier fixed resource figures and claim about which processor cores run the app were not supported by a reproducible measurement.

Measure media controller resource use on your Mac

Resource use changes with app version, playback source, system state, and workload. Compare current apps under the same conditions and record the observed readings.

NotchDock’s media controls are part of its current product; no quantitative efficiency result is claimed here.

For current product details, see the NotchDock media feature guide.

NotchDock is currently free during beta and requires macOS 14 or newer.

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