diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebookEditorWidget.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebookEditorWidget.ts
index b8487f2b53841e384ae2bcaeb2d54d263a199ea1..05575ea7039c4949563e848e3b773142831f67c9 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebookEditorWidget.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebookEditorWidget.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ import { IListContextMenuEvent } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/list/list';
 import { IContextMenuService } from 'vs/platform/contextview/browser/contextView';
 import { IMenuService, MenuId } from 'vs/platform/actions/common/actions';
 import { IAction, Separator } from 'vs/base/common/actions';
+import { isMacintosh, isNative } from 'vs/base/common/platform';
+import { getTitleBarStyle } from 'vs/platform/windows/common/windows';
+import { IEnvironmentService } from 'vs/platform/environment/common/environment';
 
 const $ = DOM.$;
 
@@ -214,6 +217,7 @@ export class NotebookEditorWidget extends Disposable implements INotebookEditor
 		@IStorageService storageService: IStorageService,
 		@INotebookService private notebookService: INotebookService,
 		@IConfigurationService private readonly configurationService: IConfigurationService,
+		@IEnvironmentService private readonly environmentService: IEnvironmentService,
 		@IContextKeyService readonly contextKeyService: IContextKeyService,
 		@ILayoutService private readonly layoutService: ILayoutService,
 		@IContextMenuService private readonly contextMenuService: IContextMenuService,
@@ -401,7 +405,7 @@ export class NotebookEditorWidget extends Disposable implements INotebookEditor
 				multipleSelectionSupport: false,
 				enableKeyboardNavigation: true,
 				additionalScrollHeight: 0,
-				transformOptimization: true,
+				transformOptimization: (isMacintosh && isNative) || getTitleBarStyle(this.configurationService, this.environmentService) === 'native',
 				styleController: (_suffix: string) => { return this._list!; },
 				overrideStyles: {
 					listBackground: editorBackground,