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BetterDisplay
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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
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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.
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Mac Mouse Fix: Do the things you do on a trackpad. Without a trackpad
Totally unrelated, but since we are talking about QOL tools on macOS, i thoroughly recommend BetterDisplay[0]
It enables reting scaling functionality on any external monitor, regardless of the resolution or the Apple compatibility.
It's great for 2k monitors that are totally hiDPI but are not deemed enough by Apple, and even for FHD secondarh displays that don't need that much display real state so you can use that real state to scale everything nicely.
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A collection of useful Mac Apps
Better Display is another I run on startup. I have a 1440p 144hz monitor and using the default options in the Display System Settings at native resolution it is too small, retina makes it 720p which makes everything too large, and scaled resolutions are fuzzy. This let me find the sweet spot for me which was 1600x900 - not too small or too big and also not fuzzy. It was not available as a selection using the standard Mac System Settings.
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Can Dell’s 6K monitor beat their 8K monitor?
No, HDMI 2.1 doesn't matter (yet) because there are no 8K desktop monitors (meaning 32-inch size or similar) on the market that use HDMI.
The only 8K monitor has for years been the Dell UP3218K, which uses DisplayPort -- and requires two DisplayPort cables, actually, to get 7680 × 4320 at 60Hz.
Apple has never supported this on any of their machines -- they just couldn't drive the monitor. (It worked, but only in 4K mode.)
They quietly changed this with the M2 machines. I had a MacBook Pro M1 Max that couldn't drive this monitor at 8K. Then I found this GitHub thread[1] where it was revealed that M2 Pro can drive up to one of these 8K displays over Thunderbolt (to DisplayPort). And the M2 Ultra on a Mac Pro or Mac Studio can drive 3 of them.
I don't think it is scaling, per se, but rather that Apple has never supported the full DisplayPort spec. That 8K monitor apparently needs support for something called "dual SST" and Apple never supported that in their software. More details are in the linked GitHub discussion.
So, I don't know why they didn't make this work on the M1 Ultra, too, but Apple gonna Apple. So I went down to the Apple Store and bought a Mac Studio M2 Ultra the day I read that. Now I can plug my Mac into my KVM switch and use this monitor on Mac just like I always could with Linux and Windows.
[1]: https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay/discussions/199#d...
OS X not only uses a lame hack to scale, it completely muddles the issue by introducing the concept of "HiDPI". Somehow I can set my 4K monitor to use "native resolution" at 3840 x 2160, and yet the UI and fonts look fuzzy! Absolutely terrible, and a complete embarrassment for Apple imo since they are supposedly the UI kings.
For me, I only closed the book on the issue after finding BetterDisplay [0]. Basically a 3rd party program that gives you complete control over resolution, display density, and a ton of other options on MacOS. It has a trial mode but it is well well worth the money. With that + the CLI tweak to set font smoothing to 0, the 4K experience on MacOS looks decent. You can even decrease the effective scale of the native screen past "More Space", so those of us with good eyes can actually take advantage of the screen real estate.
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Monitor choices
Also for 4k and 5k2k Ultrawide’s Better Display is a great free enhancement. There’s also a paid version. Better Display
Theres also free apps that give you more scaling options, like BetterDisplay.
RDM
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Macbook scaling issue/solution?
another tool i highly recommend is Retina Display Menu (RDM).
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Home Truths about macOS
Yeah, using non-Apple monitors with a mac is a pain. Try "Retina Display Manager" - https://github.com/avibrazil/RDM - as it allows you to switch to the sharper HiDPI resolutions supported on your monitor.
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Missing Built-in Display Icon in MacOS Ventura System Preference
RDM GitHub
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Screen Resolution
you could use an 3rd-party app. I use BetterDisplay because I mirror my display to wireless displays and wanted to have a third dummy screen, but it also shows resolutions that macOS doesn’t. if you didn’t need the dummy display functionality, you could use something like RDM
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Can't enable 1080p HiDPI on 25 inch QHD monitor
try this https://github.com/avibrazil/RDM
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Resolution issues with external monitor. When I connect my MacBook 2017 (12 inch) with a HDMI to my new external monitor (Samsung M8), the text on the external monitor is so tiny difficult to read. Could a newer laptop I.E MacBook Air M2 fix this? Thanks!
get RDM to change whatever resolution you want
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Laptop UI scaling vs resolution
Can you take a look at this
- I only get 30fps on macOS Monterey, what could be the reason?
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4K monitor setup
Here is link number 1 - Previous text "RDM"
Might want to check out RDM and see what it can do...
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.
Lunar - Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external monitors
BetterDummy - Unlock your displays on your Mac! Smooth scaling, HiDPI unlock, XDR/HDR extra brightness upscale, DDC, brightness and dimming, dummy displays, PIP and lots more! [Moved to: https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay]
displayplacer - macOS command line utility to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements. Essentially XRandR for macOS.
Hackintool - The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing
Karabiner-Elements - Karabiner-Elements is a powerful utility for keyboard customization on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later.
Weylus - Use your tablet as graphic tablet/touch screen on your computer.
awesome-mac - Now we have become very big, Different from the original idea. Collect premium software in various categories.
awesome-macos-command-line - Use your macOS terminal shell to do awesome things.
Opencore-Legacy-Patcher - [Moved to: https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher]