If you’re looking for a modern, easy to use, and powerful Stickies replacement, you can’t go wrong with Sticky Notifications. Sticky Notifications is only $2.99, either from the Mac App Store or the developer’s website. This doesn’t come as a surprise, considering, again, the amount of thought and work that Gemmell put into this app. Note that this will turn off all alerts for. If you don’t see the calendar list on the left, choose View > Show Calendar List.
Sticky Notifications is the perfect example of a fairly complex piece of software presented as a simple and intuitive app. In the Calendar app on your Mac, Control-click the name of the calendar your Google Account name in the calendar list, then choose Get Info. I really like having custom URL schemes in the apps I use daily, as they allow me to fiddle and build custom workflows tailored to my needs.
Because of this URL scheme, you can combine Sticky Notifications with Alfred (or LaunchBar) to set up custom searches. By URL-encoding parameters in a single string (just concatenate them using &), you can create new reminders outside of Sticky Notifications in the background, or bring up the app’s menu by using the prepare option in the URL. Speaking of URLs, Sticky Notification has a URL scheme. You can write down a title, hit Enter, and the reminder will be created on the desktop using Notification Center’s “alert” style, which is sticky and is displayed until manually dismissed. Upon clicking its icon, a post-it, sharing sheet-like menu pops up, allowing you to write down your reminder. And it has a lot of clever touches that, in spite of the app’s simplicity, show a profound attention to detail and care for optimal experience.īy default, Sticky Notifications sits in the menubar. By integrating with a system-wide feature users are already accustomed to, and adding neat integrations like Automator and hotkey support, Sticky Notifications greatly simplifies the process of putting information on the desktop for later.
OS X comes with Stickies, but, admittedly, Apple’s own app feels outdated and out of shape. Sticky Notifications by Matt Gemmell is a utility to create “sticky” reminders on the OS X desktop using Mountain Lion’s Notification Center (Growl is also supported, and the app runs on 10.7 as well).