Apple Intentionally Disabled HiDPI on M1 Macs to Push 4K Monitors Sales

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  • meta

    code sometimes leaks into the space between projects (by lunixbochs)

  • My open-source retina tool here [1] does a decent job of setting arbitrary resolutions on mac from the CLI.

    [1] https://github.com/lunixbochs/meta/tree/master/utils/retina

  • BetterDummy

    Discontinued 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]

  • 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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