How to turn your menu bar black so the notch disapears.

[8CoreWhore]

Settings > General Dark mode. Then, go to Accessibilty > Reduce Transparency.

Then, just like in full screen where it turns the area left/right of the notch pitch black, the menu bar will be pitch black also, and the notch vanishes. This menu bar with mini LED will be as black as the bezel. BTW, this turns the background of the Dock black also. I love it. (we need more ideas how to turn the area left and right of the notch black.)

 

[DHagan4755]

I wouldn't be surprised in a future macOS update, in the Dock & Menu Bar pane of System Preferences, a check box that says something to the effect, "Blackout menu bar." Or "Stealth menu bar." Because a lot of people don't mind the other aspects of the UI transparency and/or might not want to be in dark mode either.

 

[8CoreWhore]

Good idea, DHagen. I guess a black wallpaper plus hiding the menu bar would do it?

 

[darngooddesign]

Make a dark wallpaper with black behind the menubar.

 

[DHagan4755]

Good idea, DHagen. I guess a black wallpaper plus hiding the menu bar would do it?

You could make a black wallpaper but meh. Something like this.
(I don't seem to have access to the San Francisco font so I kicked it old school with Lucida Grande, but you get the idea)...

 

[8CoreWhore]

Exactly!

 

[januarydrive7]

There's always this approach...

 

[chumps]

If Apple doesn't support it directly I have to imagine several 3rd party devs will create an app for it.

 

[ncrypt]

Someone has developed an app that just blacks out the menubar

💻 Forehead - Hide the Notch and round the corners

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[chumps]

Someone has developed an app that just blacks out the menubar

💻 Forehead - Hide the Notch and round the corners

If you enjoy Forehead, you will probably also like Vivid, which lets you double the brightness on your new MacBook Pro! Use code 'FOREHEAD' to get 10% off when you purchase a license for Vivid.Apple announced the new MacBook Pro yesterday, and I can't wait to receive mine next week. I saw some...

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Lmao great name.

 

[thetechguy98]

Someone has developed an app that just blacks out the menubar

💻 Forehead - Hide the Notch and round the corners

If you enjoy Forehead, you will probably also like Vivid, which lets you double the brightness on your new MacBook Pro! Use code 'FOREHEAD' to get 10% off when you purchase a license for Vivid.Apple announced the new MacBook Pro yesterday, and I can't wait to receive mine next week. I saw some...

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Great work!!

 

[marinersaptcomplex]

Someone has developed an app that just blacks out the menubar

💻 Forehead - Hide the Notch and round the corners

If you enjoy Forehead, you will probably also like Vivid, which lets you double the brightness on your new MacBook Pro! Use code 'FOREHEAD' to get 10% off when you purchase a license for Vivid.Apple announced the new MacBook Pro yesterday, and I can't wait to receive mine next week. I saw some...

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"Simulate a notch on older macs" ???

 

[davidako]

Make a dark wallpaper with black behind the menubar.

Why does dark matter? Why not just a bright wallpaper in 16:10 then add 74 pixels of black at the top?

 

[darngooddesign]

Why does dark matter? Why not just a bright wallpaper in 16:10 then add 74 pixels of black at the top?

Doesn't the menu bar choose its tint based on the overall color/brightness of the wallpaper? Probably doesnt matter but I thought that affected it.

 

[usagora]

BTW, this turns the background of the Dock black also. I love it.

Well good for you, but this is the precise problem with the "reduce transparency" solution - it's all or nothing. I think the solid dock background looks awful. God forbid Apple should give us more precise control over the menu bar. Look at this horrible contrast with the white icons. Sort of ridiculous that users would have to make a custom wallpaper to get around this or change to one with a darker area at the top. We should be able to just make the menu bar a solid color with a simple option under System Preferences. Unreal.

 

[luxx80]

Why does dark matter? Why not just a bright wallpaper in 16:10 then add 74 pixels of black at the top?

That’s what I did - used a favorite photo for my wallpaper and just added a black bar on the top. Looks great. ??