Solved Full screen on macbook M1 (camera notch) cuts off part of game content

[liquid_metal]

With full screen apps, mac seems to put a black bar of pixels to mask the notch - but stardew is true to full screen dimensions of the screen which causes the very top of the screen to become cut off, cannot see the clock/time

 

[Lew Zealand]

There's a workaround for that (should work in all apps). Quit Stardew Valley and then:

Find Stardew Valley's location, usually in the Applications folder
Right click Stardew Valley and select Get Info
Check the box next to Scale to fit below the built-in camera
Close that info window and start up Stardew Valley again.

 

[liquid_metal]

There's a workaround for that (should work in all apps). Quit Stardew Valley and then:

Find Stardew Valley's location, usually in the Applications folder
Right click Stardew Valley and select Get Info
Check the box next to Scale to fit below the built-in camera
Close that info window and start up Stardew Valley again.

that worked great, thank you!

 

[Maddie1579]

There's a workaround for that (should work in all apps). Quit Stardew Valley and then:

Find Stardew Valley's location, usually in the Applications folder
Right click Stardew Valley and select Get Info
Check the box next to Scale to fit below the built-in camera
Close that info window and start up Stardew Valley again.

I'm having the same problem. I tried what you suggested, but I can't find a check box for scale to fit below built in camera. Any other advice?

 

[Lu.B17]

There's a workaround for that (should work in all apps). Quit Stardew Valley and then:

Find Stardew Valley's location, usually in the Applications folder
Right click Stardew Valley and select Get Info
Check the box next to Scale to fit below the built-in camera
Close that info window and start up Stardew Valley again.

Please help I can’t do it, i doesn’t propose scale to fit

 

[mxrsoon]

I'm also having this issue, but the option to fit below the camera is not showing up for me, probably because the Steam version isn't recognized as a proper app that can be directly launched. The GOG version allows me to check this box, but I'm unable to connect to a LAN game hosted using the Steam version (it tries to connect for a long time, then fails).

 

[cirabenthia]

For Steam users, I found a fix at the platform level using this third-party "Say No to Notch" app. I just installed it and haven't played around with it much yet so I can't 100% vouch for it, but Stardew's title screen looks good to me now.

The app lets you toggle the camera "notch" on/off by reducing your mac's total screensize. Someone else recommended an alternative (BetterDisplay) as well, in case Say No to Notch breaks, but I haven't tried it. (source)

If you got your Stardew from GOG as a .app file then Lew Zealand's solution should work for you, so try that first. (My Terraria app had the same issue and I fixed it like this, for example.)

But for Steam's Stardew, other indie games, or unpackaged code that opens fullscreen windows, "Say No to Notch" seems like a useful tool to have around.