Drop files on the notch
Drag files to the top of your screen and Aden offers what fits, from a new track to a transfer link.
Drag files onto your MacBook's notch, or the top centre of any screen. It opens into a small shelf that reads the files and offers only what fits. As you drag, the notch glows so you can find it from across the screen.
File what you dropped
- Drag one or more files to the notch.
- Check the team on the left of the shelf. Switching it plans the files again.
- Pick a suggestion, or type in the shelf's search to find any other action.
What it offers:
- A bounce becomes a track, with people, BPM, key and tags read from its name. A bounce named after one of your tracks becomes its new version.
- Several bounces become a track each, or one track with every file as a version.
- A DAW project, project folder or stems become a track's project files.
- A contract, split sheet, lyrics or statement go to the track named in it, or to team files.
- Anything can go out as a transfer. The link is copied for you.
- On a Mac, anything can go by AirDrop.
You can also type a phrase: "create track with Mave", "add as version to Afterglow", "send transfer to Senator". Nothing is sent for you; you press send.
Press play on a bounce to hear it right on the shelf. Drop more files and they join the pile. While an upload runs, the shelf shows its progress, and its ✕ stops it and removes what it already made.
Drop apps into your setup
Drop apps like Ableton Live, Notion or Dropbox and Aden adds them to Account → Gear. A DAW gets the Aden plugin. An app Aden connects to shows Connect. Aden's chat reads your setup, so its answers fit your tools.
Move it or turn it off
- Hold the notch and drag it to any corner or edge.
- Click away and the files wait. Rest the pointer on the notch to get them back.
- Choose screens, place and how long files stay in Settings → System.
- Turn it off with Drop zone in the same place.
Without a notch
- Drop files on the Aden icon in the menu bar.
- On Windows, drag a file toward the top centre of the screen.
- Right-click files and pick Aden's Choose Action. On Windows it sits under Aden in the menu.
- In ⌘K, type "drop".