MacOS Sonoma menubar size on MBP 14"

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After upgrade to MacOs Sonoma my menu bar became larger like about 1.5x. Tried to change font size (add more space button), tried different resolutions and found out that for some resolutions the menubar size is ok, but the screen size changes from fullscreen to some additional black lines on the upper and lower screen sizes, so menubar moves under the webcam island.

According to the reddit threads, looks like not only me got this issue, but here is not solution for it there.

Maybe someone here can help me with that?

MacBook Pro (M2 Pro, 2023)

Posted on Oct 1, 2023 10:35 AM

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Stanislav_Kot Author

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Posted on Oct 1, 2023 10:59 AM

I tried all the things mentioned in that thread before, unfortunately it doesn't helped. All the things mentioned there for me only change font size in menu bar, but not the size of the bar itself. Not sure if it is normally seen here, but ill try to add screenshots:

Default value:

More Space value:

Desired state:

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Dec 1, 2023 5:02 AM in response to Stanislav_Kot

Did you get an answer?

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Dec 3, 2023 11:32 PM in response to leroydouglas

Please run Etrecheck and post its full report here. Use the "additional text" button and paste the report into the text box.

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Feb 23, 2024 12:57 PM in response to leroydouglas

Thanks Leroy, I had the same problem too, and changing the resolution to "default" did it for me. I'm now a happy camper!!

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Apr 6, 2024 3:58 AM in response to Stanislav_Kot

Any updates on the issue?

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Apr 6, 2024 3:59 AM in response to SilentPurr

Can you please tell the exact instructions how to return it's size back to normal via changing resolution to default?

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May 24, 2024 12:51 PM in response to tema_604

I just installed a 13 air and a 16 MBP and the bar is ugly af!

how can we change it back ? I’m hiding it now but I prefer to have the bar just at a normal size…

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MacOS Sonoma menubar size on MBP 14"

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