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It runs stable, is constantly being developed and solves one of the most annoying problems on macOS.Ī little tip for users of an Apple Thunderbolt display: after the update it may be that the brightness of the external display can no longer be controlled with ctrl + F1/F2 because it is taken over by BetterDisplay (but which one only dims the picture, not the brightness of the LED itself). RDM - Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions A-Guide-to-MacOS-Scaled-Resolutions - A guide to adding scaled resolutions in MacOS without losing pixel density. Launch the Terminal app on your Mac from the /Applications/Utilities folder. We also use it and can only recommend it.

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And yes, even users of a Pro XDR cannot avoid this small program for certain purposes. Color temperature, gamma, gain, contrast and color control.įor the basic functions and to try out the tool is still free of charge, the Pro version costs a fair 15 dollars.Use native Apple keyboard brightness/volume key support with native OSD.Enter BetterDummy - an app that tricks macOS into. Change the audio volume of your external display via DDC. Mac owners is that there doesnt seem to be any way to enable 1440p Retina scaling on external monitors.

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XDR/HDR upscaling – unlock the full brightness of your Apple XDR or third party HDR displays! *.

Brightness control – control the brightness of your internal and external displays – all methods (native, DDC, colortable, overlay) supported!.

Custom resolutions – create any number of native custom HiDPI resolutions on Apple Silicon! Redefine the native and default resolutions!.

Native smooth resolution scaling – have a flexible scaled resolution slider on Apple Silicon even without a dummy! *.

The update description mentions the following new options: From now on there is not only a new name but also a few new functions. This problem is solved by the small tool BetterDisplay, formerly known as BetterDummy. So if you set a resolution that deviates from the native resolution of your display, for example because you have poor vision and prefer a larger display, the display will be blurred. The full interview is a good read, and BetterDummy can be found on GitHub.The problem with current macOS versions is that Apple refuses to provide high-quality HiDPI scaling for monitors with a resolution below 4K. They need to give the pro users the ability to define custom resolutions and display timings enable HiDPI rendering for all displays give more granular options for scaled resolutions and allow higher scaled resolutions. This results in a low-res desktop experience locking the user with too small or too big fonts and GUI, and there is no way to change that.Īs this is mostly a macOS issue, Apple could fix this problem.

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On some displays, like those sub-4K displays with 1080p or 1440p resolutions, Apple Silicon Macs do not allow high-resolution display modes, namely HiDPI, and does not do scaling well. I assuming it’s because the usb-c cable I had only supports DP 1.3. At first the M1 wouldn’t work with the DisplayPort to USB-C cable, even after updating to Big Sur 11.0.1. However, on the new Mac Mini M1 I had a hard time getting 5120x1440 120hz.

Here are a couple highlights from the interview. It works perfectly with on MacBook Air 2020. His open source app BetterDummy fixes the issue. Tóth says that text and icons can look too small or blurry, or the resolution is lower than the display’s capability.

He talks about why displays can often look bad with M1 Macs. Fernando Cassia of The Register interviewed István Tóth, the developer behind BetterDummy.