Capture anything. Keep it for later, pin it, organize it into Workspaces, or act on it instantly — without breaking your flow.
SOBA is the temporary place between finding something and deciding what to do with it.
Use the same screen-edge gesture whether you are collecting for a Workspace or just need SOBA for something quick.
One edge. Two smart ways to drop.
Open Quick Capture from anywhere and bring something into SOBA without breaking your flow.
Useful actions change with the content. If there is ambiguity, SOBA asks instead of guessing.
This tracking number's format matches more than one carrier.
Addresses can open Maps. Phone numbers can call or add to Contacts. JSON can validate or format—all without hunting through menus.
SOBA doesn’t just help with what you need now. It helps you find your way back to what you were doing. Timeline turns your Mac activity into a visual history, helping you understand where your day went and quickly return to the context behind your work.
Hourly cards turn your activity into a clear visual history instead of a long raw log.
See when you were active, what you were using, and how your time was distributed.
Ask natural questions about previous days, apps you opened, or something you remember seeing.
Use the timeline and activity details together to understand what happened and pick up where you left off.
Create a Workspace for a trip, project, or topic. Drag files, screenshots, and notes into it while you work. Resume collecting later, finish when you’re done, and keep everything together without cluttering your shelf.
SOBA keeps a history of what you copy on your Mac, with the newest clips always at the top. Browse through your clipboard history to find something you copied earlier, edit text before using it again, pin important clips, and take useful actions—all without interrupting your workflow.
SOBA now adds the small platform details that make a utility feel native: full keyboard control, guided onboarding, Undo, optional iCloud sync, Focus awareness, and fuzzy search across your shelf.
Use arrow keys to move through the shelf, Quick Capture, and Actions. Press Enter to open the selected item or fire its default action.
A short guided tour introduces Drop, Later, Pin, Share, Quick Capture, screen-edge activation, and contextual Actions without overwhelming first-time users.
Clear the shelf, remove a pin, or dismiss a Later item with confidence. SOBA gives you a temporary Undo action for reversible cleanup.
Sync preferences and pins through your own iCloud account. It is optional, Apple-managed, and keeps SOBA’s local-first model intact.
During an active Focus session, SOBA can suppress resurfacing cards and click sounds so your workflow stays quiet.
Search across shelf items with partial words and imperfect matches, so a larger shelf stays fast to navigate.
Everything you need to start using SOBA in a few seconds.
Press ⌥ S from anywhere on your Mac to open Quick Capture. You can type, paste, or drop something and SOBA will show the most useful actions.
You can work with files, folders, URLs, text, screenshots, images, clipboard content, JSON, paths, and other everyday content.
Drop is a temporary shelf. Put something there while you move to another Finder folder, app, Space, or screen, then drag it back out when you need it.
Later brings something back when you are ready for it. Choose tonight, tomorrow, this weekend, next week, or another time without turning it into a complicated task.
Pin keeps a screenshot, image, note, or reference visible above your work so you do not have to keep switching windows.
Share lets you quickly send files, URLs, or text to a trusted device. SOBA is designed to favor direct, local-first sharing where possible.
Actions change depending on what you give SOBA. A URL can offer Open or Clean URL, JSON can offer Format or Validate, an image can offer Resize or Convert, and a project folder can offer Terminal or IDE actions.
No. SOBA is designed to work locally on your Mac without requiring an account for its core experience.