macOS 27
Battery impact of macOS 27
macOS 27 is a small SwiftUI surface. NotNotch keeps a macOS 14 deployment floor and is intended to run on macOS 27 without raising the minimum to 27. Disable it if you want the lightest possible notch.
Last updated 2027-07-26
What costs energy
Live polling and media artwork cost more than a static chip. macOS 27 should sleep when unused.
How to lighten it
Turn off unused live activities in Settings so macOS 27 is not in the stack all day.