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Drip for Mac

Bring any file to the notch.

Drag a file up to the top of your screen and Drip opens with the jobs that file needs, each one shown on your own file.

Try it free for 7 days Buy for $7.50

macOS 14 or later · one-time purchase · 14-day refund

How it stays out of the way

Nothing moves until you bring it to the notch.

Drag a photo into a browser upload box, an email or a Slack message and everything works the way it always has. Drip only wakes up when you bring a file up to the notch. Then a drop reaches out for it, and the notch pours open into a glass panel of choices.

  • Anywhere else, your drag goes where you drop it. Drip doesn't move.
  • Up at the notch, Drip opens with choices for that file.

No notch on your Mac? Drip opens from the top middle of the screen instead.

Where Drip pays attention A Mac screen with a Finder window and a browser. A photo dragged into the browser's upload box goes in as usual and Drip stays still. The same photo brought up to the notch lights the area around it, a drop reaches for it, and the notch opens into a panel of choices.

What you see

Every choice shows your own file.

No guessing what a button will do. Hold the file over a choice and it plays out on that file before you let go.

  1. A photo being dragged towards the notch. A small drop reaches down out of the notch towards it.
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    It reaches for the file

    Bring a file close to the notch and a drop reaches out for it. Move it anywhere else and nothing happens.

  2. The open notch panel for IMG_2041.HEIC. The photo is held over Remove the background, whose tile shows the photo with its background gone.
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    Aim at a choice to see it done

    Hold the photo over Remove the background and the tile shows your photo with the background gone. The top line says what letting go will do.

  3. The photo held over Under 200 KB. The tile's size has counted down from 3 MB to 200 KB.
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    Sizes count down as you aim

    Over Under 200 KB, the size counts down from 3 MB. Drop it on 50 KB, 200 KB or 1 MB, whichever the form asks for.

  4. The photo has been dropped on Under 200 KB. The tile fills with teal like liquid while the other choices fade back.
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    Let go, and it pours in

    The choice fills up while Drip does the job. Your photo itself stays exactly as it was.

  5. The finished file, IMG_2041 under 200 KB.jpg, shown in the notch with Show and Undo buttons.
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    The finished file comes back

    It waits in the notch, ready to drag straight into the form or email it's for. Show and Undo are right there.

What it does

The jobs files actually need.

Drip offers what fits the file you're holding: a photo gets photo jobs, a PDF gets PDF jobs. Here's the lot.

Photos

  • Make it a JPG or a PNG
  • Under 50 KB, 200 KB or 1 MBFor forms and uploads with a size limit
  • Shrink itLooks the same, takes less space
  • Resize to 2000, 1280 or 640 px
  • Remove the backgroundA see-through PNG
  • Remove location details
  • Make it a PDFOr one PDF from several pictures
  • Read the wordsCopies the text out of a picture
  • Mark it up
  • Put it in a frame

PDFs

  • Join them
  • Shrink it
  • Under 1, 2 or 5 MB
  • Pages to pictures
  • Copy the wordsReads scans too
  • Sign or split

Videos

  • Small enough for email, WhatsApp or Discord
  • Shrink it
  • Make it an MP4
  • Make a GIF
  • Just the soundAs an M4A
  • Grab a still

Sound

  • Make it smallerWAV, AIFF or FLAC to M4A

Any file or folder

  • Zip or unzip
  • Copy the path
  • Move or copy to Desktop, Documents or Downloads
  • Move to TrashWith Undo
  • Keep for later
  • Rename many at once

Tutorials

Watch it on everyday jobs.

Four everyday jobs, start to finish. Click one to play it with sound.

A photo for an upload form

Make a photo fit a form’s size limit, then drag it straight in.

Two PDFs into one

Bring both up to the notch together and join them into one.

A video small enough to email

Make a video small enough to attach, without opening an editor.

A folder, zipped and sent

Zip a folder at the notch, then drop the zip on a page that takes one file.

Private by design

Your files stay on your Mac.

  • Done on your Mac

    Every job runs on the Mac itself. Nothing is uploaded, so your files never leave it.

  • Your original is never changed

    Jobs that make something save a new file next to the original, with a name that says what changed.

  • No account

    Nothing to sign up for. The trial needs no card, and buying just emails you a licence key.

Price

Pay once. Keep it.

Drip for Mac

$7.50

One time, tax included.

Try it free for 7 days Buy for $7.50
  • Every job on this pagePhotos, PDFs, videos, sound, any file or folder
  • Updates includedNo subscription
  • One licence key for one Mac at a timeUse on Another Mac in Settings moves it
  • 7-day free trial firstNo account and no card
  • 14-day refund, no questions askedA refund switches the key off

Payments are handled by Dodo Payments, the merchant of record. They take the payment, handle any tax and email your licence key as soon as you've paid.

macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon Macs

Questions

Good to know.

More in Help, or write to [email protected].

How does the free trial work?

Download Drip and use all of it for 7 days, counted from the first time you open it. There's no account to make and no card to enter.

What happens when the 7 days are up?

When you next bring a file to the notch, Drip says your free days are up and offers Buy or I have a key. Your files, and everything Drip made, stay where they are. Buy for $7.50, paste the key from your email, and it carries on.

Can I use my licence on two Macs?

One key works on one Mac at a time. To move it, choose Use on Another Mac in Drip's Settings on the old Mac, then enter the key on the new one. For two Macs at once, you'd need a second key.

What if it isn't for me?

Ask within 14 days of buying and you get a full refund, no questions asked. Reply to your receipt or write to [email protected]. The refund switches your key off. How refunds work

My Mac doesn't have a notch. Does it still work?

Yes. On a Mac without a notch, Drip opens from the top middle of the screen, where the notch would be.

Where are the finished files saved?

Next to the original, with a name that says what changed, like “IMG_2041 under 200 KB.jpg”. Nothing is overwritten. Files that don't live in a folder of yours, like a photo dragged out of Photos or an attachment out of Mail, go to your Downloads folder.

Can I undo?

Yes. Undo sits next to the finished file in the notch. It moves what Drip made to the Trash, or puts a moved file back where it was. The original was never changed in the first place.

Is anything uploaded?

No. Every job runs on your Mac and your files never leave it. Drip only goes online to check your licence, look for updates and keep track of the free trial. The Privacy page lists exactly what's sent.

Which Macs does it run on?

Here's what Drip needs: macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon Macs.

How do I turn it off?

For one app, right-click the open notch and choose Not while I'm in… with that app's name. For a while, choose Take an Hour Off from the drop icon in the menu bar. To stop it altogether, untick Catch Files at the Notch in that menu, or choose Quit Drip.