Independent Mac software
Mac apps that feel built in.
tesaurex makes focused Mac software that feels built in — the small things your MacBook should have shipped with, finished with the restraint the Mac deserves.
Project Tesoro
Private BetaA media island for the top of your MacBook's display.
Artwork, title, artist, controls, and progress stay within reach at the top center of your screen. It expands when you approach it and becomes compact when it isn't needed.
Works with Apple Music, Spotify, and QuickTime Player.
macOS 15 or later · Apple silicon
Private by design
Your media stays on your Mac.
Project Tesoro does not collect or store your media information. No analytics, tracking, telemetry, or advertising. Playback information and artwork processing remain local to your Mac.
The tesaurex way
Software that knows where it is.
MacBooks are designed with care. The software on them should feel just as thoughtful. Five ideas guide everything tesaurex makes.
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Designed around macOS, not ported to it.
Native frameworks, native materials, native behavior. A tesaurex app is built for the Mac from the first line — never wrapped, never translated from somewhere else.
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Familiar from the first click.
If a control needs explaining, it isn't finished. Everything lands where your hands already expect it, so new software feels like something you've used for years.
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Missing features, thoughtfully added.
We build the small, obvious things MacBooks never shipped with — and finish them so carefully you may forget they didn't come with the machine.
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Motion that supports function.
Animation tells you what happened — where something came from, where it went. Nothing moves for decoration, and nothing keeps moving when you've stopped.
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Nothing extra.
No clutter, no analytics, and no features added only to fill space. Software that earns its place by staying out of the way.
Project Tesoro is the first.
A media island that gives the top of your MacBook's display a job. Now in private beta.