Perhaps Apple will introduce such a feature in a future macOS update, or perhaps a third party will offer a similar solution via a utility. Given some users frustration with the Notch due to the menu bar behavior, and it’s mixed popularity in general, it would seem useful for Apple to introduce a universal Display settings toggle to shrink the screen for the entire operating system and all apps, to effectively hide the notch. #Apple #M1Pro #M1Max #MacBookPro2021 /nlGqkFkXAH While the app is running (even in the bg), your display is scaled. Good news for notch haters! If you've got an app (or apps) with menus that collide with the notch, just Get Info on the app, and enable 'Scale to fit below built-in camera'. The video below, embedded from Twitter, shows how this feature in macOS works: This solution and above screenshot comes directly from Apple support, and admittedly it’s a bit of a workaround, but if you can’t access menu bar items behind The Notch on a MacBook Pro 16″ or 14″, you might need to use this. This only applies to a single app at a time, so you will have to repeat this process for all apps where the menubar is interfering with the notch.

Check the box for “Scale to fit below built-in camera” to shrink the display when that app launches to go underneath the notch, revealing the full menubar.

Select the app, then go to the File menu and choose “Get Info” (or hit Command+i).

From the Finder, navigate to the Applications folder and locate the app with the menu bar issue.

Quit out of the app where the menu bar is hiding behind the Notch.

This option is only available on the M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pro models with a screen notch:

Here is how you can shrink the screen down per app so that the menubar fits on any Notch equipped MacBook Pro (affectionately called NotchBook Pro by some), whether the 14″ or 16″ model: How to Scale Apps Down to Fit Display Notch on MacBook Pro 14″ & 16″ This basically mimics screen bezels through software, allowing the full menubar to show, hiding the notch, but at a cost of reducing screen real estate and display resolution.

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