The new Apple MacBook Pro's notch is obstructing several apps

"Apple has clarified that this is an intentional feature of MacOS Monterey to prevent older apps from showing menus in that space"

I knew it was cleverly designed that way before I opened the article !
 
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Strange decision to notch a laptop display...seems like a lot of software shenanigans to make it work rather than just having the camera on top or sliding out. Wonder how much internal consensus there was over this design decision.
 
Following the complaints, Apple published a support document detailing a new setting that scales the app to fit below the notch, or “camera housing”, as Apple calls it.

Turning it on forces the entire status bar below the notch within specific apps and makes the space on either side of the notch black.
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They should call it 'compatibility view'.

How to adjust an app's settings to appear below the camera area on your MacBook Air or MacBook Pro - Apple Support

You can adjust an app’s settings so that it uses the whole display or uses only the area below the camera housing.
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Apps can be updated to work better with this area of your screen. If a developer updates their app for compatibility with your Mac, the "Scale to fit below built-in camera" setting no longer appears. You can contact the developer of the app to learn whether an update is available or planned.
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and the legal writing,

Information about products not manufactured by Apple, or independent websites not controlled or tested by Apple, is provided without recommendation or endorsement. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of third-party websites or products. Apple makes no representations regarding third-party website accuracy or reliability. Contact the vendor for additional information.
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To quote this 9to5Mac review,

9to5mac.com

Hands-on: The new 14-inch MacBook Pro is a stunning return to form - 9to5Mac

The new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models have officially arrived. I paid a visit to my local Apple Store...
9to5mac.com 9to5mac.com

The notch on the new MacBook Pro exists almost entirely inside the macOS menu bar that has been a staple for years. The way it works is that you have a 16:10 display below the notch and menu bar area. So one way to look at things is that the menu bar and notch area is pure bonus screen real estate.
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so... how would you look at this with DaVinci Resolve in operation?
 
Headline should read, "Lazy app developers fail to make use of Apple's latest hardware."

Or

"App developers preventing users from getting the best Mac experience due to incompetence."

Or

"Apple releases best laptop yet, developers too stupid to realise it."

Okay I'm being facetious, but this isn't an Apple issue, this is a developer issue. Update your apps to accommodate changes, as is the usual path of progress.
 
UrBaN963 said:
Headline should read, "Lazy app developers fail to make use of Apple's latest hardware."

Or

"App developers preventing users from getting the best Mac experience due to incompetence."

Or

"Apple releases best laptop yet, developers too stupid to realise it."

Okay I'm being facetious, but this isn't an Apple issue, this is a developer issue. Update your apps to accommodate changes, as is the usual path of progress.
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Not even Lazy App Developers, more like Internet Trolls looking for attention. The article states that Apple have provided a way to make an app display below the notch which is user configurable, but the trolls want to brush that aside and shout "hur dur, Apple so stupid!" from the hilltops so they can appeal to the others of their kind.

I dislike a lot of what Apple does when it comes to design, but trying to turn this into an issue is asinine. If your application has 20 menu bar entries, you should seriously reconsider your application design. If your favourite app has 20 menu bar entries, and the devs seem unable to fix it, then just use the work around Apple provided you.
 
SilverCode said:
Not even Lazy App Developers, more like Internet Trolls looking for attention. The article states that Apple have provided a way to make an app display below the notch which is user configurable, but the trolls want to brush that aside and shout "hur dur, Apple so stupid!" from the hilltops so they can appeal to the others of their kind.

I dislike a lot of what Apple does when it comes to design, but trying to turn this into an issue is asinine. If your application has 20 menu bar entries, you should seriously reconsider your application design. If your favourite app has 20 menu bar entries, and the devs seem unable to fix it, then just use the work around Apple provided you.
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"Just hold the phone better"

How much time did Apple give developers to implement a completely different screen layout? Apple were the ones who introduced a different screen shape to the one that people have been using since computers had screens.

In the wise words of Linus Torvalds:


On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 6:08 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Are you saying that pulseaudio is entering on some weird loop if the
> returned value is not -EINVAL? That seems a bug at pulseaudio.

Mauro, SHUT THE F**K UP!

It's a bug alright - in the kernel. How long have you been a
maintainer? And you *still* haven't learnt the first rule of kernel
maintenance?

If a change results in user programs breaking, it's a bug in the
kernel. We never EVER blame the user programs. How hard can this be to
understand?
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The correct approach would have been to assume all apps don't have support for the notch unless they explicitly tell the OS that they support it.

Note what a proper operating system does:

Default behavior​

By default, in portrait mode with no special flags set, the status bar on a device with a cutout is resized to be at least as tall as the cutout, and your content displays in the area below. In landscape or fullscreen mode, your app window is letterboxed so that none of your content displays in the cutout area.
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https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/display-cutout
 
‘Scale to fit’ mode temporarily shrinks your MacBook Pro screen as a workaround for notch-incompatible apps

The notch has been a big point of contention since the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro were announced. By increasing the height of the macOS menu bar to include the notch height, Apple’s hope is that in most use cases, the notch is easily ignored and does not interfere with content.

This has mostly turned out to be true. However, Apple has included a temporary workaround app launch mode that exists as a fallback in case users run into incompatibilities. This mode is available as a toggle in the Get Info panel, labelled ‘Scale to fit below built-in camera’.

This option is off by default as most apps should work just fine. However, if you notice that an application is trying to put menu items or app chrome in a place on screen that is obscured by the notch (or ‘camera housing’ as Apple names it), you can enable this mode.

To enable the scale-to-fit mode, right click on an application in Finder and choose ‘Get Info’. In the Info panel, activate the checkbox labelled ‘Scale to fit below built-in camera’, and then launch the application. (As detailed below, this checkbox may not always be available.)

When this mode is active, the entire macOS screen is shrunk down to fit in the proportional rectangular space beneath the top notch inset. This means all four sides of the screen are temporarily scaled down whilst you use the app. As soon as you close all apps running in this compatibility mode, the full screen experience is restored.

https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/28/scale-to-fit-macbook-pro-notch/

https://twitter.com/x/status/1453382287328874497
 
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