Notch Cutting Off Running Menu Bar Icons

I think I get what you're saying but it's slightly different than what I am.

Doesn't matter which app I'm in, this is a problem. Even if all applications are closed, the menu bar icons get treated the same way by the operating system: truncated after the notch. It's system-wide. I know about the right-click of the application and selecting "Scale to fit below built-in camera" as well but that doesn't quite address this either.

Examples:

As you can see, about SEVEN programs' icons are just lost to the notch abyss in the second example. Doesn't matter which program: you can even reorganize them by holding down command and native Apple apps will act the same; so it is 100% operating system related, not third party developer-based. Someone coded this in a really lazy way at Apple. This is unacceptable. And unfortunately "waiting" is not a good strategy for me since I have a 14 day return policy. Are there any solutions for this now?

Grant Bennet-Alder wrote:

If the Applications OWN icons are also being hidden behind the notch, this work-around will work for your situation as well:

How to adjust an app's settings to appear below the camera area on your 14-inch or 16-inch MacBook Pro - Apple Support

This does nothing for the train of third-party Icons creeping in from the RIGHT side of the notch, and once an App is recoded to avoid the notch, it stops being helpful altogether.

Thanks for your input, however, as I said above: "I know about the right-click of the application and selecting "Scale to fit below built-in camera" as well but that doesn't quite address this either."

Not sure what you mean in terms of this comment: "once an App is recoded to avoid the notch, it stops being helpful altogether."

Yes, exactly.

Here's some more screen shots of a couple apps, one native one third party.

Safari, full screen. Doesn't change anything from right.

Spotify full screen. Still truncated icons in menu bar from the right side.

This looks like a decent band-aid for now. Will have to mess with the settings. I appreciate the suggestion!

I really don't like that the "Bartender Bar" floats though and gets in the way of other windows.

Looking for something to just disregard all parts of the screen next to the notch so the screen is rectangular again.

Charpie wrote:

I've been using Bartender since well before the notch. It's a great app and powerful at keeping things tidy. I wouldn't call it a bandaid, but that's my opinion.

The Bartender Bar doesn't float in a persistent way. It appears when you hover over the right side of the menu bar and goes away when you don't need it.

If an app with a hidden status icon has a change in status, Bartender will show the status icon so you can see the change and not miss anything.

That was just my first impression but I will dig into the settings and get it set up and see if it works. It sounds like a really powerful tool and seems to be similar to BetterTouchTool in some ways which is something I've been using and enjoying for years – just looks like BTT haven't caught up to the notch yet.

Grant Bennet-Alder wrote:

I cant't tell anything is missing from those screenshots alone.

I was hoping for something more like your earlier example, that graphically showed what was missing.