Friends who are familiar with Xiaohei know that xiaohei's new toy that he has recently loved is the new 14-inch MacBook Pro.
The new MacBook Pro is good, but everyone knows its biggest problem: it is to make the little black call out the big bangs of "Live Kumi".
Everyone hates bangs, there's no doubt about that. Coupled with the inability to add Face ID functionality due to the limitation of the thickness of the fuselage, this makes the bangs of the new MacBook Pro more difficult to accept.
As a result, a variety of strategies and applications to help users reduce the "harm" of bangs came into being, and Xiao Hei tried it, hey, there are really some uses.
A little plugin to help you organize your bloated menu bar
The first application that Xiao Hei wants to introduce to everyone is called Hidden Bar.
This is an app that Little Black uses every day. Of course, this is not so much an application as a plug-in, after all, its size and presence are extremely small.
The app is only 7.4MB in size and takes up little resources to run. What's more conscientious is that this app is completely free!
Having said all that, what is the use of this little plugin?
The answer is simple: hide the less commonly used icons on the menu bar.
▲ The menu bar of the iMac can put down many icons
Unlike the iMac, which has a huge screen, even the screen size of the 16-inch MacBook Pro is difficult to fit multiple icons in many cases, and even if it is installed, it will look very crowded. In this case, the Hidden Bar has become one of the must-have apps recommended by Xiao Heifeng, even on models without bangs.
The Hidden Bar is very simple to use. The app starts automatically after installation and hides some icons.
▲Hidden Bar's function
Taking the menu bar on the small black computer as an example, even if the small black hides the application icon that can be used normally without displaying the menu bar icon, there are still some application functions that must be permanently in the menu bar to be realized, such as G HUB, Magnet, etc. The small black menu bar is still quite streamlined, and the small partner Y Jun has put too many things on the menu bar, such as hardware monitoring, etc. In this case, the necessity of hidden Bar has emerged.
Not only is it simple to use, but the Hidden Bar is also very simple to set up: by right-clicking on the Hide button, you can call out a vertical bar icon, and by clicking it, you can call out the settings menu.
Setting up the Hidden Bar is also very simple, and the top half is illustrated to simply show how to adjust the hidden and display areas.
In the second half you can set the time of automatic hiding and some other options.
For new MacBook Pro users who have the potential to mask the menu bar icon, this is simply an artifact to reduce the negative impact of bangs on daily use. Even for Mac users without bangs, if the little friends have obsessive-compulsive compulsions to the cleanliness of the computer desktop like a small black, they should also try this plug-in.
Simple and rough to hide bangs, you are worth a try
The Hidden Bar can certainly store the menu bar well, but the big bangs are still hanging above the screen, affecting our mood when using the computer.
So, just as every phone has an official or third-party hidden bangs solution, soon after the release of the new MacBook Pro, there were a lot of applications that focused on hiding bangs.
There are not many related applications in the App Store, and one of them even costs 68 yuan. Therefore, Xiao Black chose an application found by a third-party channel, called TopNotch.
▲TopNotch
TopNotch's function is also very simple, cleverly covering up the same black bangs by replacing the original menu bar with a black color bar. If you don't distinguish carefully, the presence of bangs is almost invisible in daily use.
▲ Please ignore the dust on the screen
As can be seen from the above picture, even from the side, in addition to the camera hole can be more obviously seen, the other parts of the bangs are almost integrated with the menu bar, which is even more difficult to detect in the process of daily use.
It may not be intuitive enough to say this, but the reaction of the little partner Z Jun may be used as a supporting evidence. In a small chat of friends, Z Jun accidentally glanced at the computer screen of Xiao Black, and then complained: Didn't you change the computer, are you still using the previous computer?
When Xiao Hei said that this was the new computer, Z Jun looked incredible: What about your bangs?
TopNotch does not have a Chinese interface for the time being, but it does not matter, the English used in the application is relatively simple and does not affect the user's application.
The button at the top of the setting interface is the switch to cover the bangs, and the options below are not too important, and all the closures do not hinder the effect of covering the bangs.
The most satisfying thing about Xiao Hei for TopNotch is the part of the red box in the picture above.
Check the first option in the red box, and the menu bar icon will be automatically hidden after each setting, saving valuable menu bar space.
Like this simple and rude and effective application of hidden bangs, Xiao Hei really loves it. What's more, the app is also completely free.
It's not enough to store icons and hide bangs, menu bar information is important
Even if we collect the menu bar icon and hide the ugly bangs, in some cases, the bangs will still cover some of the information on the menu bar, especially some applications of the menu bar options are too many, with the above methods can not solve this problem.
▲ The position of the bangs is also part of the menu bar
This led to the emergence of this application called the "Bangs Completion Plan".
▲The official website of the Liu Hai'er Supplementary Program
This app does not need to be installed, after downloading, unzipping, you need to follow the prompts to grant screen recording permissions.
This application completes the notch information by recording the menu bar information of the bangs part and generating a menu bar below the bangs. Therefore, you cannot use this app without granting screen recording permissions.
The application is also as simple to use, move the mouse to the bangs, you can see the information covered by the bangs.
Isn't this a very intuitive way to use?
The app's setup options are just as simple and intuitive.
The right side of the settings window briefly introduces the application, and on the left side, you can set whether to start the boot, display method, and hide the menu bar icon. Other than that, this app doesn't have any other fancy features.
Xiao Hei checked it on the Internet, the function of this app should be unique so far, so when the bangs really affect the normal use of the app, it should be the only choice for small partners.
Of course, the app wouldn't be necessary without a menu bar option obscured by bangs.
For macBook Pro to force the use of bangs screen operation, Xiao Black has a million alpacas stationed in his heart.
However, since the new MacBook Pro is really fragrant, the problem of bangs can only be solved by Xiao Hei. Among the above applications, the first two can find many applications of the same type, and small partners can also choose their own applications. For Xiao Hei, these bang-related applications can be called the "must-have applications" of the new MacBook Pro.
Image source: in-app screenshot, official website screenshot, Baidu search