DisableMonitor
Easily disable or enable a monitor on your Mac. (by Eun)
RDM
Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions (by avibrazil)
| DisableMonitor | RDM | |
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| 7 | 60 | |
| 1,218 | 4,054 | |
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| over 6 years ago | 5 months ago | |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
DisableMonitor
Posts with mentions or reviews of DisableMonitor.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-18.
- Built-In Display is present despite being in clamshell mode after running patcher
- Internal display won't go to sleep [MBP mid2010 13" - Mac OS 12.1 and 12.2 beta and OCLP 0.3.3]
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MacBook apps you can't live without!
DisableMonitor (free) - lets you apply a custom resolution to your internal or external monitors (e.g. 1920x1080) Available on GitHub
- This is why your external monitor looks awful on an M1 Mac - A User wrote an open source solution
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8k monitor on M1?
I'm wondering if the same is possible on an M1 machine—through a tool like DisableMonitor, can you force 8k resolutions on an M1? Or, if not, does selecting 4k run it truly at 4k (e.g. 1:1 rendering for blurrier visuals on the pro display), or does it render at 8k and downscale?
- Force mac to only display one display at a time on the M1
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I built a 5K iMac Display on my own
I use Screen Sharing to have my Macbook screen show on my iMac. Works flawless over Gigabit, except that cmd-tab sometimes lags. There are tools available[0] that allow you to set a higher resolution for a screen than what would be sensibly supported by the LCD panel. Although it doesn't do retina this way.
[0] https://github.com/Eun/DisableMonitor
RDM
Posts with mentions or reviews of RDM.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-23.
- M2 MacBook pro and custom resolution
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LG UltraFine 4k Monitor Looks Terrible with M2 MacBook Pro
Download this tool and try out one of the „⚡️“ resolution options it‘ll give you in the menu bar.
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Macbook scaling issue/solution?
another tool i highly recommend is Retina Display Menu (RDM).
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Samsung Monitor not working - looking for recommendations!
In the mean time however, I can recommend a free application that I found worked wonders for my display. While I tried BetterDisplay, and love everything the developer does, I found when changing resolution the process was a bit clunky. Instead I recommend RDM. It is as easy as installing the application, opening it, clicking the little icon in the menu bar, and selecting a resolution with a little lightning bolt next to it (HiDPi resolution) which should give you a crisp, well scaled, external monitor. Then every time you restart your max it should automatically open the application and apply these settings!
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very beginner: i need help installing this
i've never understood how to install these repositories form GitHub, how do i install this one? https://github.com/avibrazil/RDM
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How to screen not move when mouse pointer reaches edge of the screen while zoomed in?
The software they discuss, RDM (https://github.com/avibrazil/RDM), allows you to force a specific resolution, and will likely send you down the right path. To use this, You will probably have to change the resolution before you launch your game, and then change it back afterwards, otherwise you’ll find yourself losing items behind the notch in the menu bar.
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Is there a way to change your resolution from 16x10 to 16x9 (1920x1080) on MacOS Ventura? feels like ive tried literally everything, but nothing works .
Use RDM https://github.com/avibrazil/RDM Still working on my M1 Mac mini on latest beta
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Dell 5K2K 40” ultrawide (U4021QW). Keeping it simple.
use RDM or other forks to create hidpi res and stuffs will look good :p
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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
What are some alternatives?
When comparing DisableMonitor and RDM you can also consider the following projects:
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]
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.
Keka - The macOS & iOS file archiver
Hackintool - The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing
OpenEmu - 🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS
Karabiner-Elements - Karabiner-Elements is a powerful utility for keyboard customization on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later.
HomeBrew - 🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)
Weylus - Use your tablet as graphic tablet/touch screen on your computer.
BackgroundMusic - Background Music, a macOS audio utility: automatically pause your music, set individual apps' volumes and record system audio.
LuLu - LuLu is the free macOS firewall