# Levers 1.3: modes, rules, a palette and sixty switches for your Mac By Atta Ur Rehman Shah (https://attacomsian.com/about). Published Nov 7, 2026. Topics: Product Update. Canonical URL: https://attacomsian.com/blog/levers-1-3 > **Quick answer:** Levers 1.3 is a free update to the Levers menu bar app for Mac. It adds modes you make from any switches, which can start on their own at a set time, when an app opens or when you share your screen, plus rules, a ⌃⌥Space palette, switches of your own, and 44 new switches and actions, 60 in all. It needs macOS 15 or later. **[Levers](https://leversmac.com)** 1.3 is out today, and it is the biggest update since launch. Levers started as one thing: a menu bar app that clears your screen before you share it. It is now one app to supercharge your Mac: sixty switches and actions for the settings you change every day, modes that change many of them at once, and a palette to reach any of them from the keyboard. If you haven't used it, I wrote about [why I built Levers](https://attacomsian.com/blog/levers) when it came out two weeks ago. ## Why it grew Recording Mode was always a set of switches run together: hide the desktop, hide the Dock, turn on Do Not Disturb, keep the Mac awake. The same idea works for much more than recording. A call wants a different set. So does a talk, or a morning of focused work. And plenty of everyday Mac settings are buried in System Settings, or behind a `defaults write` in Terminal that you look up every time: the notch, Hot Corners, hidden files, the Dock's position, Caps Lock. So 1.3 puts them where the first sixteen were, one click away, and lets you group them however you like. ![The Levers dropdown in 1.3: tabs across the top, four modes (Recording, Call with Zoom, Presentation with Keynote, Deep Work), eight switches and four actions](https://attacomsian.com/assets/img/blog/levers-1-3/dropdown.webp) ## Modes Recording Mode is now one of many. A mode is a list of switches and actions in the order you pick: turn these on, turn those off, run this. Start it with a click in the dropdown or a hotkey, and stop it the same way. When it stops, it undoes its changes in reverse, and only the ones it made. Levers comes with a few ideas to start from: Call, Presentation and Deep Work. Change them, or make your own in Settings › Modes. Each gets a name, a color and a symbol, so you can tell them apart at a glance. When several modes and switches are on at once, **Restore Everything** puts every switch back the way it was before Levers changed it. ## Modes that start by themselves You don't have to remember to start a mode. It can start on its own when: - an app opens, such as Zoom or Keynote - you share or record your screen - it's between two times you set, on the days you pick - you join a Wi‑Fi network - you plug in a second display or a device - a Focus turns on - the Mac goes on battery or on the charger - the screen locks When that ends, the mode stops and everything goes back. Close Zoom and Call stops. At noon, Deep Work stops. ![Deep Work in Levers Settings: Do Not Disturb and Grayscale on from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Monday to Friday](https://attacomsian.com/assets/img/blog/levers-1-3/mode-time.webp) ## Rules Some changes don't need a whole mode. A rule is one line: when this happens, do that. Turn switches on or off, run an action, or start a mode, and put it all back when it ends. They live in Settings › Rules. For example: Night Shift and Do Not Disturb on from 10 PM to 7 AM, or the desktop icons hidden whenever a second display is plugged in. ![A rule in Levers: at a time, from 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM every day, Night Shift and Do Not Disturb on, and everything put back when it ends](https://attacomsian.com/assets/img/blog/levers-1-3/rule.webp) ## The palette Press ⌃⌥Space in any app and type. The palette finds a switch, a mode or an action by name, and Return flips the switch, starts the mode or runs the action. It also does sums, converts units, finds emoji, and runs any shortcut from the Shortcuts app. You don't need to reach for the menu bar at all. ![The Levers palette: Recording Mode, Call, Presentation and Deep Work to start, then Dark Mode, Hide Dock, Hide Desktop Icons and more with their state](https://attacomsian.com/assets/img/blog/levers-1-3/palette.webp) ## Your own switches If a setting isn't in Levers, you can add it. Give it a command or a shortcut to turn it on, one to turn it off, and one that tells Levers whether it's on. Yours then works everywhere the others do: in the dropdown, the palette, modes, rules, hotkeys and the Shortcuts app. ## Sixty switches and actions 1.3 adds forty-four, so there are sixty in all, sorted into tabs across the top of the dropdown, as a list or as tiles. ![The Screen tab in Levers as tiles: Notch, Menu Bar, Spotlight, Dock, Desktop Icons, Backdrop, Other Apps, Hot Corners, Idle Pointer, Stage Manager, Dock Edge, Magnification, Seconds and Clock](https://attacomsian.com/assets/img/blog/levers-1-3/screen-tab.webp) The full list: - **Screen:** Hide Desktop Icons, Backdrop, Hide Other Apps, Hide Dock, Hide Menu Bar, Pointer Spotlight, Pause Hot Corners, Hide Idle Pointer, Stage Manager, Dock Position, Dock Magnification, Clock Seconds, 24‑Hour Clock, Hide the Notch - **Display:** Dark Mode, Night Shift, True Tone, Grayscale, Reduce Transparency, Increase Contrast, Reduce Motion - **Focus & Power:** Do Not Disturb, Keep Awake, Lock Keyboard, Low Power Mode, Cleaning Mode - **Sound:** Mute Alert Sounds, Mute Microphone - **Connections:** AirPods, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth - **System:** Standard Function Keys, Default Browser, Hide Apps You Leave, Ask Before Quit, Quit on Last Window, Remap Caps Lock, Fast Key Repeat, Reopen Windows at Login, Shake to Find Pointer - **Finder:** Show Hidden Files, Show File Extensions, Path Bar, Status Bar, Folders First, Ask Before Emptying Trash - **Actions:** Screen Saver, Clear Clipboard, Empty Trash, Eject All Disks, Sleep Displays, Lock Screen, Quit Other Apps, Restart Finder, Restart Dock, Flush DNS Cache, Paste as Plain Text, Run a Shortcut, Copy Window Title, Sort Desktop A few that are easy to miss. **Hide the Notch** paints the top of your wallpaper black, so the notch disappears into the menu bar. **Remap Caps Lock** makes Caps Lock an Escape key, or a Hyper key for shortcuts nothing else uses. **Ask Before Quit** makes you hold ⌘Q for a second, so a slip of the finger doesn't close your work. **Paste as Plain Text** strips the formatting off what you copied and pastes it into the app in front. Every switch still has a hotkey of its own, a Turn off timer, and an action in the Shortcuts app. Levers asks for a permission only the first time you use a switch that needs it. ## Glass The dropdown and the palette now sit on a blur of your desktop, the way macOS's own panels do. If you prefer the old solid black, choose Solid under Background in Settings › General. ## Recording Mode is still here Nothing changed about the reason Levers exists. When Zoom, Meet, Teams or any recorder starts capturing your screen, Recording Mode hides what nobody needs to see, and puts each thing back when you stop. It is just no longer the only mode. ## How to get it The update is free for everyone who owns Levers, and Levers offers it on its own. New to Levers? It's a one-time purchase with no subscription: $9 for one Mac at the launch price, for a limited time, and $29 a Mac after that. There is a three-day free trial with no account and no card, and a 14-day refund. It needs macOS 15 or later, on Apple silicon or Intel. **[Get Levers for Mac](https://leversmac.com/#pricing)** If you use Homebrew, `brew install --cask foredotstudio/tap/levers` gets you the same app. The [changelog](https://leversmac.com/changelog) has every change in 1.3. If there's a Mac setting you change all the time and Levers doesn't have it yet, [tell me](mailto:hi@attacomsian.com).