Getting Started
StickyPresenter lives in your menu bar (the 📝 icon). Click it to create sticky notes, open timers, or start the teleprompter. The app has no Dock icon and runs quietly in the background.
Features
- Floating sticky notes — stay on top of full-screen Keynote, 6 colors, adjustable opacity, font size, and lock.
- Timers — square countdown widgets you can resize, theme (light / dark), show / hide, align next to the panel, or open in their own window for screen sharing & AirPlay. A chime and a pulsing border signal when time is up.
- Teleprompter — auto-scrolling script with adjustable speed, font size, and mirror mode.
Menu Bar Actions
| Action | Where |
|---|---|
| New Sticky Note | Menu bar → New Sticky Note |
| New from Clipboard | Menu bar → New from Clipboard |
| Open Timers | Menu bar → Timers |
| Teleprompter | Menu bar → Teleprompter Mode |
| Show / Hide all notes | Menu bar → Show / Hide All Notes |
FAQ
The timer window — can I add it as a source when screen mirroring?
Yes. Use the Window button on a timer row to open it as a real window, which
appears in your mirroring / screen-sharing "add window" list.
I hid a timer widget and can't find it.
Hover the timer's row in the panel to see its location (a dashed outline), or press
Align to bring it back next to the panel.
Remote Controller (iPhone)
The Remote Controller app runs your timers from your iPhone: start and pause, add or subtract 30 seconds, resize the widget, drag it somewhere else on your Mac's screen, hide it, or start a preset timer. It needs StickyPresenter running on a Mac on the same Wi-Fi.
Connecting for the first time. Open the app and it lists the Macs it
finds nearby. Pick yours, then click the timer icon in your Mac's menu bar and enter the
four-digit Pairing Code shown under Remote. Once it matches, the
Mac remembers that iPhone — from then on the app connects on its own when you open it. To
move to a different Mac, tap the connection indicator at the top right of the remote and
choose Disconnect and choose again.
It can't find my Mac. In order, check:
- StickyPresenter is running on the Mac — look for the icon in the menu bar. Closing every window does not quit it, but quitting it does stop the remote from finding it.
- Both devices are on the same Wi-Fi. A guest network, or one device on cellular, will not work.
- Local Network is allowed on the iPhone — Settings → Privacy & Security → Local Network → Remote Controller.
- Local Network is allowed on the Mac — System Settings → Privacy & Security → Local Network → StickyPresenter.
- Turn off any VPN. It commonly hides other devices on the same network.
It says the pairing code doesn't match. Check that you typed the code
currently shown under menu bar → Remote on the Mac. If you have pressed
New Pairing Code, the code has changed. The same message also appears when the
Mac is asleep or off the Wi-Fi and never answers.
Can someone else control my timers? Not unless you give them the code.
The Mac only accepts remotes that enter the right code, plus remotes that have passed the
code before. If you have shown the code to someone and want to undo that, use menu bar →
Remote → New Pairing Code to draw a fresh code, or
Forget Paired Remotes to clear every remembered remote. See the
Remote Controller privacy policy for details.
Contact
Questions, bugs, or feature requests? Email mizzking75@gmail.com and we'll get back to you.