I have a problem with my applications not going into full screen; there is always a horizontal bar at the top. When I click on it, it shows the desktop. I’m using macOS Sonoma and I experience this issue with Chrome, Sublime Text, and other applications. How can I get rid of this horizontal bar?
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 14.5
Go to System Settings > Control Center > Menu Bar Only (at the very bottom).
Change "Automatically hide and show menu bar" to a setting that is NOT set to "Never".
Go to System Settings > Control Center > Menu Bar Only (at the very bottom).
Change "Automatically hide and show menu bar" to a setting that is NOT set to "Never".
elitost wrote:
I have a problem with my applications not going into full screen; there is always a horizontal bar at the top. When I click on it, it shows the desktop.
I’m using macOS Sonoma and I experience this issue with Chrome, Sublime Text, and other applications.
How can I get rid of this horizontal bar?
old issue, new issue, what changed?
If this is limited to your third party apps— you would think by this late date the apps would be updated(?)
if in doubt search the developers website or contact their: Support/Help/FAQ/Known issues/compatibility/updates…
Contact a third-party vendor - Apple Support
Contact a third-party vendor - Apple Support
see if there is anything here—Notch / Menubar make a change...
How to adjust an app's settings to appear below the camera area on your 14-inch or 16-inch MacBook Pro
When developers update their app for compatibility with the new Mac, the
"Scale to fit below built-in camera" setting no longer appears.
third party—
If this is a universal issue—
try a SafeBoot Use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies
Does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled temporarily.
Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.
This test will tell you if third party interference; most extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.
I was advised to go to System Settings > Control Center > Menu Bar Only (at the very bottom) and change “Automatically hide and show menu bar” to a setting that is not set to “Never.” However, I want the menu bar to remain hidden, and I want maximized windows to occupy the entire screen space, both in height and width, without any margins or the horizontal bar corresponding to the notch. Currently, all my maximized applications stop just below the notch. Is there any way to achieve this?
I would suggest following through on ALL the suggestions presented by both @leroydouglas and @Randall_2023 before moving forwards
An aside you your main issue
The Apple Support Community Forums are sometimes visited by AI / LMM / ChatBots.
AI / LLM are basically a Super Version of Predictive Text which is based upon a Data Set.
When that Data Set is based upon older data points, the outcome of the response will be equally out dated and / or unreliable
AI is also the newest form for Data Mining by Large Corporations.
Suggest being very careful about this.
Some suggestions can be incorrect, misinformed , incomplete, impossible to do, out right wrong.
To follow on regarding Stage Manager and worth your time reading what it is and how to using Stage Manager
I maybe missing things.
Do not see a mention of Full Screen Mode when using Stage Manager affecting the " Horizontal Bar " issue
Organize your Mac desktop with Stage Manager
How to Remove the Horizontal Bar on Full Screen Apps in macOS Sonoma
