Menu bar showing full screen video

Yes "Never" means that it will never automatically hide.

Switch it to 'In Full Screen Only" and test.

If the pointer is parked at the top of the screen, then the Menu Bar will continue to show in Full Screen Mode.

After entering Full Screen Mode, move the pointer down and away from the top of the screen to hide the Menu Bar.

Review the Control Center setting for "Automatic hide and show the menu bar" that leroydouglas referred to.

Kulan wrote:

When I play videos in full screen in certain apps, the menu bar is still showing.

This happens in applications like QuickTime, Firefox (YouTube.com, Netflix), Safari or Plex.

It does not happen in applications like VLC or iINA or playing games in full screen.

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(The setting for Automatically hide the menu bar is left at default value.

I have a Macbook Pro 14" M1 2021. Running MacOS Squoia 15.6.

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I read your post and it sounded to me like you are not in full screen mode— seems simple enough

There should be no issue hiding the menubar in the macOS 15.6 in "Full Screen Mode"

I would _suggest_ making some changes and compare your results, then come back to you preferred settings.

if no insight or resolve—

A SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support will sort many anomalies

Login and test. Reboot  as normal and compare your results.  Caches get rebuilt automatically.

Kulan wrote:

When I play videos in full screen in certain apps, the menu bar is still showing. For example I watch The Lord of the Rings and during the whole movie the Menu bar is still visible at the top. See image.

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/1328278f-ce22-435b-b3d0-bfda605f6ffa

This happens in applications like QuickTime, Firefox (YouTube.com, Netflix), Safari or Plex.

It does not happen in applications like VLC or iINA or playing games in full screen.

I just want to confirm. Is this the default behaviour for macOS or is something wrong with my Macbook? Someone stated that Apple does not offer a native way for apps to hide the menu bar when viewing video in full screen.

(The setting for Automatically hide the menu bar is left at default value.

This is full screen, not maximized window mode.)

I have a Macbook Pro 14" M1 2021. Running MacOS Squoia 15.6. All

applications are latest stable build. But I've had this issue since I

bought the laptop.

Full screen— hold the Option key down... click the green pill button (?)

Some App Control Commnad F for full screen

some apps fn F for full screen

Kulan wrote:

I have enabled/disabled the "Automatically hide menu bar" option - It does as described.

The question remains: Does macOS not hide the menu bar by default when playing videos in full screen?

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so you are saying there is no issue. I can not account of for 3rd party apps/sites like "Plex"...

I have no way of knowing what is "default" setting if that is your biggest concern here(?) Make changes to suit your needs.

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