

Just like full screen mode, works by using a black background for your wallpaper. If you find the notch annoying, you can effectively hide it using a selection of apps.
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This is good news if you plan to use your MacBook Pro for watching movies or TV content.Īs is the case with full screen apps, a black bar will appear instead, effectively extending the frame to your content. This means that widescreen content (whether it's 16: 9 or a cinematic aspect ratio like 1,85: 1 or 2,39: 1) will ignore the notch entirely.
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How to hide the MacBook notch in an app Widescreen movies and videos comfortably fit belowĪpple's displays achieve a 16:10 aspect ratio in terms of usable space under the notch. To do this, find the app in the Applications folder and use the Get Info right click option to go to the scaling toggle. In this case, you can enable scaling below the notch per application. Many will receive updates to reflect the new notch, but some older apps may not. Some apps have menu bars loaded with more than the usual file, edit, and view options at the top of the screen. This is an opt-in process and even Apple's built-in apps like Safari currently only fit below the notch. In this case, nothing will be hidden from view by the notch since the developer will have ensured that the content is not displayed here. The only exception to this rule is if an app developer takes steps to accommodate the notch in the app design. When you move your cursor up the screen to access an item on the menu bar, these controls fade out. The content is displayed below the menu bar and a black border will appear at the top of the screen. Why the notch on Apple's new MacBook Pro isn't a big dealĪny apps you use in full screen mode (or apps that use full screen mode by default, like games) will automatically hide the notch.


If you previously hid the menu bar under System Preferences> Dock & Menu Bar, consider that you no longer need to do this to maintain a full 16:10 aspect ratio. This means that Apple's long-standing menu bar at the top of the screen no longer takes up precious screen space. Instead of a thicker strip of dead space along the top of your MacBook, as is the case with the 13-inch MacBook Pro M1, the bezel has been cannibalized to add more display. Rather than seeing the notch as an imposition on your screen space, consider the display to be more of an imposition on the bezel.
