MacBook Pro notch complainers: Don’t hate it, decorate it, with this app
‘Notchmeister’ app might change your mind about the notch – at least for the holidays
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Apple’s new MacBook Promodels arrived with gorgeous Mini-LED screens, but the displays also carried something that proved more controversial – the notch, of course – but haters of that feature might find this new app lightens their mood around the iPhone-style notch. Briefly. Maybe.
The free ‘Notchmeister’ app, spotted byMacRumors, is essentially a fun and gimmicky piece of software which “spruces up your notch” with a choice of different effects.
That small selection includes a festive option, whereby when the mouse is moved under the notch, sparkly holiday lights drop down to fill your heart with cheer (or at least elicit a smile – hopefully).
Other effects comprise of a Cylon setting with a red ‘scanning’ light that sweeps across from side to side, but sticks to the cursor if it’s moved up to the notch, and a nifty looking ‘plasma leak’ which represents the mouse “breaking down the magnetic containment field that keeps theM1’spower in check.”
Analysis: Even no-notch MacBooks aren’t left out of the festive fun
This is an amusing and nicely tongue-in-cheek application made byThe Iconfactory, and as pointed out by the readers of MacRumors, even those who have aMacBookwithout a notch can use the software.
How? With the Notch Simulation Mode which puts a mock notch (a black block) at the top of the screen, which you can dangle your virtual festive lights from. This is a ‘genuine replacement notch’ as the app calls it, though it doesn’t interact with the mouse the same as with anew MacBook Pro.
Back in the real world, as to the notch debate, while there are still those who dislike it (or even detest it), we’ve observed something of a softening of mood around it. More folks seem to be talking about how the notch might take a bit of initial acclimatization, but it becomes not really noticeable or an issue after you’ve had a little time with your new MacBook Pro.
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Darren is a freelancer writing news and features for TechRadar (and occasionally T3) across a broad range of computing topics including CPUs, GPUs, various other hardware, VPNs, antivirus and more. He has written about tech for the best part of three decades, and writes books in his spare time (his debut novel - ‘I Know What You Did Last Supper’ - was published by Hachette UK in 2013).
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