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macOS 12.1 Fixes Menu Bar Icons Obscured by Notch on 2021 MacBook Pros
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The extra 48 rows of pixels (24 rows at retina scaling) gained is insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
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Deliberate to ensure users are aware the menu bar is still one long strip, not divided in half (which might lead to people thinking left = app menu, right = system menu).
The article appears to be saying that devs of each app have to manually program to allow for the notch. Absolute insanity if so. But I wouldn't at all be surprised with the current incompetent Apple software division.
what is the “solution” in this version?. It is not clear how is fixing the OS this situation in this version. Developers need to do a new GUI? Or what?. That was the “solution” before, no?. Please someone, elaborate.
I’m assuming that was a conscious design decision so that it’s clear to the user that the menu bar is one contiguous strip instead of two separate strips. This is important as menu items that run out of room can jump from one side to the other.
Also, Jony Ive allowed the hockey puck iMac G3 mouse, the buttonless iPod Shuffle, and butterfly keyboards, among other design horrors.
My toolbar is dark. I never see the notch. Doesn’t bother me one bit. I don’t like to have a whole bar of tools up there. I hope Apple keeps the notch forever
They obviously did it on purpose. They didn’t completely redesign the menu bar and accidentally make it too tall. It just doesn’t look good
Or this....
You sure about that?
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No. Menus were already handled. It was the system icons on the right side that did not wrap properly when you have a boatload of them.
Best just to get BarTender to handle the overflow anyway. Much better way to manage those icons.
That take was all wrong other than the problem with the status icons impacting the notch. The menus were working appropriately, he just didn’t know how it was supposed to work.
No, Ive would have understood the design issues caused by having the notch exactly line up with the bottom of the menu bar.
Doing so would have made the notch appear larger than it is. By having the menu line outside the notch, it makes the notch look just a little smaller.
When you have a line intersect a curve on a tangent, it can cause some strange visual distortions that make it look bent. You should intersect at a non-tangent angle or pass outside the edge of the curve.
These are just some of the subtle things about how the human visual system that graphic designers need to be trained to watch for and to adjust designs to avoid these problems.
That’s really great ? how about they fix broken USB C hub support for M1 MacBook Pros!!!
I think that’s a little bit more important than fixing the notch….
I think that’s a little bit more important than fixing the notch….
Agree, it looks great to me (vs my olde 2013 mac) and its low light performance is also good.
BT Trackpad fixed finally? And what about tab groups in Safari randomly refreshing (so you end up without newly opened tabs or your recently closed tabs reappear even though you only use one device at that time, so refresh really does not make any sense)
Edit: And HomePods and AirPods? They only work on iOS/iPadOS devices
Edit: And HomePods and AirPods? They only work on iOS/iPadOS devices
seems to me that Monterey and the new designed MacBook are really NOTch for me!
The new webcam is excellent, I have one. I have the best-looking video of anyone I videoconference with now, other than people who use dedicated external DSLRs or high-end mirrorless cameras. The light sensitivity is excellent -- I now get workable shots in darker conditions, and it's great. Yes, it still does better with more light -- yay physics.
When clicking on a menu bar icon and moving the mouse over the menu commands, why is the highlight color different from the highlight color in the standard File, Edit, etc menus? Where is the consistency?
Finally fixed the issue. Seems like macOS 12.1 fixes many issues.