Does the MacBook Air have a notch?
Yes, recent MacBook Air models have a notch. Apple’s tech specs for the MacBook Air (M2, 2022) say the displays on the 13 inch and 15 inch MacBook Air with M2 chip have rounded corners at the top, and the later M3, M4 and M5 pages repeat that for the 13 inch and 15 inch Air. The MacBook Air (M1, 2020) page does not.
The Air models, by year
- MacBook Air (M1, 2020): 13.3 inch Retina display and a 720p FaceTime HD camera. No rounded corner footnote.
- MacBook Air (M2, 2022): 13.6 inch Liquid Retina display, 1080p FaceTime HD camera, rounded corners at the top.
- MacBook Air (15 inch, M2, 2023): named in the same M2 footnote.
- MacBook Air (13 inch, M3, 2024), (13 inch, M4, 2025) and (13 inch, M5), 2026: footnote that the displays on the 13 inch and 15 inch MacBook Air have rounded corners at the top.
Apple lists the 15 inch Air in each of those years in its list of Air models. Apple’s pages use the camera housing and rounded corners wording and do not say notch, so this page infers the cutout from them, together with Apple’s article on the camera housing.
Check your own Air
- Open the Apple menu and choose About This Mac.
- Read the model name, for example MacBook Air (M2, 2022).
- Look at the top centre of the screen. A black cutout in the middle of the menu bar is the notch.
Find your MacBook model and year has the steps in more detail.
What this means for apps
On an Air with a notch, some apps may need Apple’s Scale to fit below built-in camera setting if their menus run behind the camera housing. See Scale to fit. If you have an older Air, nothing on screen needs working around, and notch apps can draw a floating pill instead, as covered in what to do on a Mac with no notch.
For the Pro line read does the MacBook Pro have a notch, and for the full list which MacBooks have a notch.
NotchStar works on an Air with or without the cutout, from macOS 14. The Clipboard tool opens from the same spot.
