Not possible to access menu bar items without external monitor due to notch

I have about 16 menu bar items on the right side of my monitor. When I'm connected to an external monitor I can access them all fine—but when I'm only on my laptop, several of them end up behind the notch and I have no way to access them that I can find. This is a problem in that, for example, there is a printer at my office which I have to turn off VPN to connect to, but I can't access the VPN app to turn it off because it's behind the notch. This really needs to be fixed—I should be able to just hit an arrow key to move to items hidden due to overflow.

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.2

Posted on Feb 15, 2022 12:05 PM

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Posted on Feb 16, 2022 11:53 AM

Greetings iancjazz,


Thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities! It seems menu bar items are being hidden on your Mac by the camera housing.


macOS Monterey 12.1 has a fix for the issue: What's new in the updates for macOS Monterey - Apple Support


"This release also includes bug fixes for your Mac:

....

  • Menu bar extras may be obscured by the camera housing on 2021 MacBook Pro computers"


Reach out to Apple Support directly if the issue persists after updating macOS: Get Support


Kind regards.

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Feb 16, 2022 11:53 AM in response to iancjazz

Greetings iancjazz,


Thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities! It seems menu bar items are being hidden on your Mac by the camera housing.


macOS Monterey 12.1 has a fix for the issue: What's new in the updates for macOS Monterey - Apple Support


"This release also includes bug fixes for your Mac:

....

  • Menu bar extras may be obscured by the camera housing on 2021 MacBook Pro computers"


Reach out to Apple Support directly if the issue persists after updating macOS: Get Support


Kind regards.

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