How to make apps avoid MacBook Pro camera notch

October 29, 2021

The new MacBook Pros are extremely popular, but there are two things people are complaining about:

  1. The notch.

  2. The mismatched color of the MagSafe charger tip.

While we don't have a fix for the charger, we do for the notch. There's a setting to deal with the notch and it can be customized for individual apps. If the notch is driving you crazy, this might be the fix.

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If one of your favorite applications doesn’t work well with the screen notch in the 2021 MacBook Pro, there is a solution. Apple created a “Scale to fit below built-in camera” setting that always puts the app into the space below the notch when in full-screen mode. And it can be set for individual apps. Here's how.

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"And so I haven't got any sort of odd chip on my shoulder about proving anything to myself or anybody else. And remember, though the outside world looks at success from a numerical point of view, my yardstick might be quite different than that. My yardstick may be how every computer that's designed from here on out will have to be at least as good as a Macintosh." -- Steve Jobs

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