I believe the entire display changes if the app is open (even if it’s in the background or hidden). So it’s per app, but impacts the entire display while that app is open.
You can try TopNotch. It's free. Another user on here reckons it works well. I haven't tried it, but you should check it out.
Look carefully at the screen. You get black borders on all 4 sides! So huge fake bezels all around, not just where the notch is.
I'm not sure what you're getting at, but what the Scale to fit function does is scale down, i.e. shrink, the entire work area so that your machine looks like an old 15" with wide bezels all around (if you have a black background). You get a smaller work space, and fewer pixels in your work space.
That's weird! Worth a call to Apple if no solution appears, I think.
Beat me to it! This is a way more elegant solution. I’m already using it on my current 16” intel MBP as I await my 14” M1 Max. I dig the all black menu bar. ?
this apple fix is for apps that have more taskbar menus, as I said, the taskbar menu is much important part as on iphone where you have static items on the left/right of the notch, they really screwed UI and user experience for introducing it on mbp's... the most elegant solution would be the "legacy mode" option which would bring normal slim size taskbar bellow the notch and you would have old style bezel size just on top
That is the weirdest take I've read on this so far. Might as well use a 12" display with a 6000x4000 resolution. It's the same thing, right!?
Not the problem Apple's fix is for. The "Scale to fit" function is there to prevent menu items from disappearing where the notch is. TopNotch hides the Notch, but it doesn't prevent menu items from running into it. (I think you can do that with Bartender, though, without scaling down.)
You are wrong here. The os DOES prevent the menu items from running into it. But it does not prevent the menu bar icons to disappear on the right when it needs their space for the menu items. So yes, Bartender can for sure help with that!
Why do you say that? I've seen videos that seem to show otherwise. Apple's own explanation is "If app controls or menu bar items appear blocked or hidden behind the camera housing, you can turn on "Scale to fit below built-in camera" for the app to adjust the active area of your display."
