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User profile for user: Jeff Axup
Jeff Axup Author
User level: Level 1
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Menu bar cut off on right of display, both with and without external monitor connected

With Mac OS Big Sur 11.0.1 (on the new 2020 Mac Air with new processor), I am experiencing a screen resolution problem.

  • Immediately after reboot it is OK, but after connecting to a USB-C Sony 4k TV (extension not mirror), the resolution of my primary (laptop) monitor gets reset to a value that is too big for the screen.
  • Connecting or reconnecting or unplugging the external monitor has no effect on the laptop screen.
  • I have already tried 'default for display' and the various 'scaled' options, but it appears that Big Sur annoyingly doesn't allow you access to manually setting resolutions any more.
  • Rebooting the Mac Air solves the resolution problem until I plug in the external monitor again.


Anything I can do?

MacBook Air

Posted on Dec 9, 2020 10:14 AM

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User profile for user: Jeff Axup
Jeff Axup Author
User level: Level 1
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Dec 9, 2020 10:16 AM in response to Jeff Axup

Additional details:

  • The bottom "tray" of applications for the OS is also "off the viewable" area on the screen, which makes this a serious usability problem.
  • It appears that the chosen resolution is not mapping to the physical viewable area of the display.
  • Even 'Moom' thinks the 'full screen mode' is an area that is off the viewable area on the screen.
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Menu bar cut off on right of display, both with and without external monitor connected

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