Here’s a handy free utility to automate this for you: https://topnotch.app Personally I never see the desktop background so I just set desktop to Black, it’s perfect for me. - Source: Hacker News / 16 days ago

To "hide" the notch, try Top Notch: https://topnotch.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

Https://topnotch.app/ if you have the notch in the toolbar, this helps. Source: 6 months ago

Hide the notch: https://topnotch.app/ ChatGPT menubar access: https://github.com/vincelwt/chatgpt-mac Better window management: https://magnet.crowdcafe.com/ A better browser: https://arc.net/ Best GTD task manager (expensive but worth it IMO): https://culturedcode.com/things/. Source: about 1 year ago

Https://topnotch.app makes it less distracting. I've come to prefer the look, even on my (un-notched) iMac. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

Its not a terminal app like bottom or nvtop but I use https://github.com/exelban/stats and it has iGPU stats. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

I’ve found stats [1] to be a great open source alternative to the iStat Menus system monitor app mentioned in the article. [1] https://github.com/exelban/stats. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

Have not used it for quite some time, and I think it was launching the Mac system monitor , it does don't have its own widow , but you can check this https://github.com/exelban/stats. Source: 11 months ago

Install stats and put it in your menu bar. It will show the top processes. If my battery is going down quicker than usual I check there and it is usually some hungry tab in Firefox. But I've also noticed bluetoothd using way more CPU than I would expect. Source: 11 months ago

Don't know about 'better looking', but I use https://github.com/exelban/stats. Source: 11 months ago