Show HN: Natcho – Hide your MacBook’s Notch
Natcho is a free, Apple-notarized macOS app that hides the MacBook's camera notch by adjusting the display's active area. The developer created it after a previous notch-hiding app became unsupported.
Background
- The "notch" is the black cutout at the top center of newer MacBook screens (2021 and later) that houses the webcam; some users find it visually distracting.
- Natcho is a free macOS utility that hides the notch by making the menu bar (where the clock, Wi-Fi icon, etc. sit) completely black, so the notch blends into it and becomes invisible.
- "Notarized by Apple" means Apple has scanned the app for malware and approved it to run on macOS — a sign it's safe to install.
- The maker mentions an older, now-unsupported app (likely "TopNotch" or similar) that did the same thing, so Natcho fills that gap for current Macs with notches.