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. (by MonitorControl)
RDM
Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions (by avibrazil)
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| MonitorControl | RDM | |
|---|---|---|
| 191 | 60 | |
| 26,066 | 4,054 | |
| 2.7% | - | |
| 7.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2 months ago | 5 months ago | |
| Swift | Objective-C++ | |
| MIT License | - |
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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.
MonitorControl
Posts with mentions or reviews of MonitorControl.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-27.
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18-year-old built a better computer monitor that doesn't strain your eyes
I use "Monitor Control" on my Mac Studio to control the brightness of my Dell monitor:
https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl
- Scrollbars Are Becoming a Problem
- Best MacOS Compatible Monitor
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Mac Studio M2 and 8k screen
Just wanted to put in a plug for the MonitorControl app. I just installed it, and it enables brightness control for the QN700B from Apple's keyboard. So great not to have to pull up any Samsung menus to adjust it.
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Is It “Safe” to Purchase a Studio Display Right Now?
Let me introduce you to Monitor Control:https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl
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[50% OFF] Lunar Pro summer discount
Good free alternative is MonitorControl. Pretty sure it does everything Lunar does but is open-sourced.
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Cannot connect 2 external monitors to my MacBook Air 15''?
You can with monitor control app
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My 2023 Desktop Setup ft. an overly complicated diagram
I'm glad you asked! I control the volume of them thru the monitor using the back/forward buttons on my mx master 3 mouse via the MonitorControl app, it's great!
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Adjust brightness and volume on a LG Ultrawide 38wp85c
Installed https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl and worked like a charm, big thanks!
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MacMini keeps adjusting Saturation / Brightness...
As a fellow Mac + OLED TV owner, I think you'll appreciate these too. MonitorControl to access brightness settings through your keyboard and Hazeover to darken background and prevent burn-in.
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 MonitorControl and RDM you can also consider the following projects:
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]
BetterDisplay - Unlock your displays on your Mac! Flexible HiDPI scaling, XDR/HDR extra brightness, virtual screens, DDC control, extra dimming, PIP/streaming, EDID override and lots more!
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.
yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning
Weylus - Use your tablet as graphic tablet/touch screen on your computer.
display-switch - Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM switch
LuLu - LuLu is the free macOS firewall
eul - 🖥️ macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.
iina - The modern video player for macOS.