According to several users of Apple’s new MacBook Pro, there’s an issue with the notch at the top of the screen, which appears to be causing some problems such as menu bar items and status icons getting lost.
The first videos of this problem showed up on Twitter, and were reported over at How-To Geek. Basically, a relatively empty menu bar turns into a nightmare when information and monitoring app iStatMenus launches. Depending on how many gauges you enable in iStatMenus, it’s possible to have some disappear entirely into the notch. Fortunately, in this case, the mouse cursor will enter the notch menu bar and allow you to click on the missing icons for more information.
With older apps, the issue appears to be even worse. Rather than the mouse cursor entering the notch to try finding hidden items, it skips around the notch altogether.
It’s unknown as to how many users this might affect, and perhaps the next update to macOS Monterey will resolve the issue.
If you’ve seen this issue on your end, please let us know about your experience in the comments.
Via The Mac Observer, How to Geek, and @SnazzyQ