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BetterDisplay
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Time to Upgrade Your Monitor
> the 4K monitors the author recommends are not good for macOS due to them not supporting native retina scaling above 1080p
Is this true even with the help of 3rd party apps?
My 3840x1600 ultrawide has that problem using the native screen resolution tools but I can get it to full-res HiDPI using BetterDisplay [0].
[0] https://betterdisplay.pro/
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Ask HN: Best Hacks for a Ultrawide Monitor?
2. "BetterDisplay" for better scaling quality on bigger screens, especially if you have a 4k ultrawide. https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay
- BetterDisplay: macOS Display Utility App
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Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers
It isn't a device, it's a software tool. It doesn't make the monitor magically 2x the resolution; it can trick macos to render onto a 5k buffer and then downscale the output to the physical display so it looks not-broken.
https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay
I'm not saying that it'll make 4k look good. I'm saying macOS is unusable on native resolutions - everything is either too small or too blurry, so a 4k display won't do me any good. 25x14 is the sweet spot for me, but I guess Apple decided I'm holding it wrong.
- MacOS tools to make your life easier
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My goodness does BetterDisplay improve 4K monitors
Download BetterDisplay (free to try, $18 for Pro, and well worth it IMO): https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay
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Man mini and monitor
This article is very good to explain this ppi thing https://bjango.com/articles/macexternaldisplays2/ also an extra app can make some monitors display sharper (hidpi) https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay
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monitor doesn't sleep
It can be found here: https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay
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An absolute must-have if you're using your Uperfect lapdock with a Mac!
So I installed the Better Display 2 app [link] , enabled HiDPI 1280x720, and suddenly everything looked both extremely sharp and in a good size. Judging by the size of the screenshot, it mimics Retina 2560 × 1440 and scales it down 2x to 1280x720, making it HiDPI. I can totally recommend you to do as I did.
- Hacking the LG Monitor's EDID
BetterDummy
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whiles exploring immersed, I had a difficult time with keyboard ans hands location, so using a webcam pointed to them in a screen solved the problem :)
BetterDummy lets you create the virtual screens on the computer https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDummy
- E Ink (Boox Mira, Mudita Pure) Reviews and Tips
- How to make macOS look better on 3440x1440p external monitor with M1 Air?
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Immersed VR app - creating virtual monitor vs using headless ghost dongle
If your on a Mac you can use this software instead of hardware dongles with much higher resolutions https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDummy
- Your screen is being observed. This appears on lock screen. Seeing it for the first time. What does it mean?
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Alternative to Lunar/Vivid for XDR Brightness?
BetterTouchTool has a SuperBrightness action in the newest beta which works on the same principle as Vivid, while BetterDummy added an XDR slider that works on the same principle as Lunar.
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Apple Intentionally Disabled HiDPI on M1 Macs to Push 4K Monitors Sales
I've had great results with BetterDummy[0] for my M1 make with a non-4K external monitor.
It's free and open source with an optional Pro version. I've been using it longer than the Pro version has been around, so I'm not familiar with what advantages it may have over the free version.
[0] https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDummy
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KVM for lab macs
You might want to try BetterDummy to add a virtual display to the Mac if there is not a physical one already connected. Might solve the black screen issue.
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Mac Mini M1 with external monitors - text sharpness issues?
I'm currently on MontereyI use this https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDummy and create a dummy to emulate higher res display
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After 2 and a half hours, I finally managed to get MacOS to recognise my LG Ultrawide as a HiDPI display. Thank you to the developer of OneKeyHiDPI for letting me have properly sized UI elements and scaled text at native 4K resolution!
better dummy, just download it
What are some alternatives?
MonitorControl - 🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.
one-key-hidpi - Enable macOS HiDPI and have a native setting.
Lunar - Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external monitors
FluffyDisplay - FluffyDisplay: Manage virtual displays on your Mac
displayplacer - macOS command line utility to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements. Essentially XRandR for macOS.
awesome-macos-command-line - Use your macOS terminal shell to do awesome things.
RDM - Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions
awesome-mac - Now we have become very big, Different from the original idea. Collect premium software in various categories.
A-Guide-to-MacOS-Scaled-Resolutions - A guide to adding scaled resolutions in MacOS without losing pixel density.
Opencore-Legacy-Patcher - [Moved to: https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher]
deskreen - Deskreen turns any device with a web browser into a secondary screen for your computer. ⭐️ Star to support our work!