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)
Scroll-Reverser
Per-device scrolling prefs on macOS. (by pilotmoon)
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| MonitorControl | Scroll-Reverser | |
|---|---|---|
| 191 | 65 | |
| 26,066 | 2,353 | |
| 2.7% | 1.8% | |
| 7.0 | 3.1 | |
| 2 months ago | 5 months ago | |
| Swift | Objective-C | |
| MIT License | Apache License 2.0 |
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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.
Scroll-Reverser
Posts with mentions or reviews of Scroll-Reverser.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-30.
- Dynamouse: Mouse driver for big Mac studios
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There is a huge difference between an Apple Magic Mouse and conventional mouse?
Normal mice support is deliberately broken in macOS (so that you consider buying their Magic Mouse), but can be easily fixed with a 3rd party app like Scroll Reverser.
- No Bing, no Edge, no upselling: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon
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An Open Source Mouse and Trackpad Utility for Mac
Same for me, long time user of https://github.com/pilotmoon/Scroll-Reverser
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natural scrolling on mac mouse and trackpad
The Scroll Reverser app lets you reverse scrolling for mice while keeping natural scrolling for touchpads.
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is there any way to make the trackpad and mouse scrolling in opposite directions?
Mouse: I believe this requires 3rd party app, if there is MacOS option for that please enlighten me, I have a Logitech mouse and Logitech software has settings for that but there are other, non-brand specific tools e.g. scroll-reverser (available in brew or here), which BTW can also change behavior of the trackpad if you want those options modified in one place.
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Setting lock screen not to turn off the display does fuck all on MacBook Pro 13 M1 2020 running Ventura 13.3.1
Agree on the scroll direction thing (though scroll reverser exists)
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This laptop has a trackpad above the keyboard
The sheer fucking arrogance of them telling the consumer which direction they're allowed to scroll their device is why the only Apple product I own is the company-provided Mac which I installed https://github.com/pilotmoon/Scroll-Reverser on to let me use the way I want to use it.
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Is ScollReverser safe?
Make sure to download only the official build from https://pilotmoon.com/scrollreverser/
- "Natural Scrolling" toggle hotkey?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing MonitorControl and Scroll-Reverser you can also consider the following projects:
Lunar - Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external monitors
Mos - 一个用于在 macOS 上平滑你的鼠标滚动效果或单独设置滚动方向的小工具, 让你的滚轮爽如触控板 | A lightweight tool used to smooth scrolling and set scroll direction independently for your mouse on macOS
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!
linearmouse - The mouse and trackpad utility for Mac.
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]
hammerspoon - Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua
yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning
alt-tab-macos - Windows alt-tab on macOS
RDM - Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions
MacPass - A native macOS KeePass client
display-switch - Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM switch
openmtp - OpenMTP - Advanced Android File Transfer Application for macOS
MonitorControl vs Lunar
Scroll-Reverser vs Mos
MonitorControl vs BetterDisplay
Scroll-Reverser vs linearmouse
MonitorControl vs BetterDummy
Scroll-Reverser vs hammerspoon
MonitorControl vs yabai
Scroll-Reverser vs alt-tab-macos
MonitorControl vs RDM
Scroll-Reverser vs MacPass
MonitorControl vs display-switch
Scroll-Reverser vs openmtp