An engineer has tapped into Apple’s LidAngleSensor MacBook API to create an app which displays the angle read from the sensor on the screen. Though a cool and worthy tool in its own right, Sam Gold’s app is elevated to a higher plane as it also includes an audio feedback option to “play a wooden door creaking sound if you adjust it reeaaaaaal slowly.” A video demonstration is embedded below,
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door. pic.twitter.com/qysTbr9TV4September 6, 2025
