

Monterey ensures that app menu items are displayed on either side of the notch by using “compatibility mode” that disables the active display area taken up by the notch, however, that does not mean that adding this type of compatibility mode support would automatically fix the behavior we’re seeing in these videos. By blocking access to the space underneath the notch, it ensures that older versions of apps will not display menus in that space, however, at a system level, the mouse pointer can still enter the notch area where it will be hidden. While the UI inconsistency problem still remains, the behavior in the second video is actually intentional by Apple. The system only activates this compatibility mode while an app that requires it runs in the current desktop space.” – new developer document by Apple

The new active area ensures your app’s contents are always visible and not obscured by the camera housing.
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When this mode is active, the system changes the active area of the display to avoid the camera housing. Upgrade Success Monterey on Macbook Pro mid 2012. “On Macs that include a camera housing in the screen bezel, the system provides a compatibility mode to prevent apps from unintentionally putting content in the region the housing occupies. I say ‘supposedly’ because, well, it no work. Apple’s newest macOS, Monterey, has a new “compatibility mode” that is supposedly a tool to stop any content being obscured by the camera housing. It’s worth noting that the menu bar behavior he is pointing out in his videos is, of course, third-party apps that have not been updated to accommodate the new notch.

In the first video, menu bar items for popular app iStat Menus can be seen partially hidden behind the notch but still accessible via mouse pointer, albeit obscurely, but still accessible.Ĭontrastingly, in his second video, he opens an older version of DaVinci Resolve, where he illustrates how the menu bar items act differently by avoiding the notch altogether, blocking mouse pointer access in the process. WHO DESIGNED THIS?! ? /ADVqmfdqV2- Quinn Nelson October 26, 2021
