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In macOS, the areas on both sides of the notch are occupied by the menu bar by default, but do not fall within the drawing range of any standard window, so third-party apps need private or semi-public APIs to draw content there.
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10/15/2026
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Shrine: Moving AI Agent Coding Status into the Mac Notch
producthuntProductHunt Daily10/15/2026
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