

When you move your cursor to the top of the screen to access a menu bar item, these controls will fade in. Content is displayed below the menu bar and a black border will appear at the top of the screen. Full-Screen Apps Ignore the NotchĪny apps that you use in full-screen mode (or apps that use full-screen mode by default, like games) will automatically hide the notch. In time, you probably won’t even notice it.

If you change how you think about the notch, you may come around to consider it less of an issue. RELATED: Why the Notch in Apple's New MacBook Pro Isn't a Big Deal If you previously hid the menu bar under System Preferences > Dock & Menu Bar, consider that you no longer need to do that to maintain a full 16:10 aspect ratio. This means that Apple’s longstanding menu bar at the top of the screen no longer takes up precious screen real-estate. Instead of a thicker band of dead space along the top of your MacBook, as is the case with the 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro, the bezel has been cannibalized to add more display. Rather than thinking of the notch as an imposition on your screen real estate, consider that the display is instead an imposition on the bezel.
