Appears the moment you drag
No shaking, no hunting for an icon. Start dragging a file and the shelf is there. Prefer it on demand? Press ⌥⌘S, or only show it while holding a modifier key.
A file shelf for macOS
Park it now. Grab it later.
Magpie is a floating shelf for your Mac. Drop files on it while you work, then drag them wherever they need to go.
Three moves. That’s it.
1
Drag
Pick up any file. The shelf slides in at the top-right of your screen.
2
Park
Drop it on the shelf and let go. Your hands are free for whatever comes next.
3
Grab
When you’re ready, drag it from the shelf to Mail, a chat, a folder — anywhere.
Small app. Lots of reach.
Everything you need to move files around without juggling windows.
Holds anything
Files, folders, images and snippets of text. Drop them in, or press ⌘V to paste.
Take them all at once
Select a few items, or none, and drag the whole stack out in one go.
Quick actions built in
Quick Look with Space, compress to ZIP, resize images or convert them to PNG, JPEG or HEIC, open with any app, rename.
Screenshots, on the shelf
Watch your Screenshots or Downloads folder and new files land on the shelf by themselves.
Never lose a link
Recent uploads stay in the menu bar, even after you clear the shelf.
Share a link in one click
Upload to your own Google Drive and the link is copied for you. Keep links private or public, open them, or delete the cloud copy later. Large files stream straight from disk.
Right there in Finder
Right-click any file or selected text and choose Services → Add to Magpie.
Mistake-proof
Removed something by accident? ⌘Z brings it back, cloud link and all.
Speaks your language
English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, Français, Español, Deutsch, Italiano, 日本語 and 한국어.
Your files stay yours.
Magpie works on your Mac, not on our servers. There are no servers.
Stays on your Mac
No account and no cloud of ours. Nothing leaves your Mac unless you choose to upload it.
No tracking
No analytics, no ads, no telemetry in the app. This website only counts downloads, anonymously.
Minimal permissions
Google Drive access is limited to files Magpie uploads itself, and you can revoke it at any time.
At your fingertips
⌥⌘S
Show or hide the shelf (customizable)
Space
Quick Look the selection
⌘A
Select everything
⌘C
Copy files to paste in Finder
⌘V
Paste files, text or images
⌫
Remove from the shelf
⌘Z
Undo the last removal
Esc
Deselect, then hide the shelf
Questions
Magpie won’t open the first time. What do I do?
Magpie isn’t on the Mac App Store yet, so macOS asks you to confirm the first launch. Open your Applications folder, right-click Magpie, choose Open, then confirm. After that it opens normally.
Why does Magpie ask for Accessibility access?
So it can notice when you start dragging a file and show the shelf right then. It doesn’t read what you type or what’s on your screen. Without it, you can still open the shelf with ⌥⌘S or from the menu bar.
Which Macs are supported?
Macs with Apple silicon running macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
Do I need a Google account?
No. Google Drive is optional and only used when you choose to upload a file and get a share link.
Where do my files go?
Nowhere. Files stay where they are; the shelf just remembers them. Text and images you drop in are saved as small files in Magpie’s own folder and cleaned up when you remove them.
