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1. #Betterdummy install#
2. #Betterdummy full#
3. #Betterdummy pro#
4. #Betterdummy Bluetooth#
5. #Betterdummy mac#

I found that 1600x900 HiDPI works perfectly for my 14" laptop with WQHD 2560x1440 resolution. Note that some of them will be supported by the dummy display profile that One Key HiDPI created while others will not. Go back to the BetterDummy icon in your menu bar > Select resolution > Anything under HiDPI Resolutions It lets you trick macOS by mirroring the contents of a fake 5K display of the right aspect ratio onto your actual 1440p screen. Select the primary display and use the following settingsġ1. Macworld’s Jared Newman highlights BetterDummy, a clever utility that addresses this limitation in a roundabout way. From Display Preferences, select the dummy display in the left column and use the following settingsġ0. If all of your open windows disappear, you may need to open Preferences through Apple Icon > System Preferencesĩ. From the icon, select Create New Dummy > 16:9 (or whatever aspect ratio is relevant to you)ħ.

#Betterdummy install#

Install BetterDummy and run it (it will open in your menu bar)Ħ. Wait until the script finishes and then restart your computerĥ. select the native resolution of your monitorĤ. select the icon that you want to show in Preferences > Display (iMac, MacBook Pro, etc) You can then utilize this dummy display as a mirror source for your display achieving any HiDPI resolution. Registering a custom display with vendor/model ID in Library/Displays/Overrides BetterDummy solves the problem by creating a flexible virtual 'dummy' display that supports an unprecedented range of Retina resolutions.

In conclusion, every single setting with this app either switches to the scaled (low) resolution with no HiDPI, or displays HiDPI with 16:10 aspect ratio For the higher resolutions like 4K or 5120x2880 in HiDPI mode, they ALMOST work except it always displays in 16:10 aspect ratio instead of 16:9 (why?) For example, I select 1600x900 HiDPI and it switches it to 1600x900 (low) instead For most of them, when I tried changing the resolution, it used the regular resolution instead of selecting the HiDPI one Through BetterDummy, I tried every single available HiDPI resolution setting Tried creating a dummy display with 16:9 aspect ratio and set my internal display to mirror it I tried creating a custom resolution, did not work When I try to use the 1600x900 HiDPI setting, my system completely ignores it

#Betterdummy Bluetooth#

Options for retina-quality monitors to attach to your Mac.Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's GuideĪdded the Intel WIFI and Bluetooth Kexts itlwm.kext and IntelBluetoothFirmware.kext

#Betterdummy pro#

For my money, the completely embarrasing monitor situation Over the last year or two, Apple has been doing a phenomenal job of filling the holes The LG still seems to have problems, and the Apple Pro Display XDR costs $6,000. While I’d also love to see Apple release a not ridiculously expensive but still very expensive monitor, I don’t think that addresses the problem. Before Retina was a thing, Casey and I could choose from a variety QHD displays. Ideally we’d have that same variety with 5K displays. When I wrote about this, I noticed that macOS and Windows treat my 27” 4K display differently. By default, macOS uses the display’s native resolution while Windows scales to pseudo 5K. I wonder if there might have been a better display market had Windows not pretended 4K was 5K.

Here’s what I wrote (an attempt to explain why 4K 27” displays aren’t great).

#Betterdummy mac#

It remains quite surprising that there isn’t an option for those who can’t afford and don’t need the $6000 reference-monitor quality of the Pro Display XDR to pair with a MacBook or Mac Pro, even two and a half years after Apple released its foray back into the external monitor market. Macs don’t provide HiDPI (or Retina) scaling for sharp text on monitors with less than 4K resolution, including those with a 1440p resolution (2560 by 1440 pixels), and existing workarounds for Intel-based Macs don’t work with M1-based Macs.Įven the iPad can connect to external displays, though its utility remains a bit limited. Macworld’s Jared Newman highlights BetterDummy, a clever utility that addresses this limitation in a roundabout way.

#Betterdummy full#

It lets you trick macOS by mirroring the contents of a fake 5K display of the right aspect ratio onto your actual 1440p screen. He is currently in the process of updating SwitchResX for full M1 support and you should check it out if you want to dig. Nobody can explain it better than the guy behind the code. So we decided to chat with him so he can tell us more about his project, where he thinks Apple could improve, and why Intel-based Macs are more flexible when it comes to supporting non-Apple monitors, among other things. The LG UltraFine 5K, kernel_task, and Me.macOS 10.14 Mojave Removes Subpixel Anti-aliasing.I’m using the LG 27” IPS 4K UHD Monitor (model #: 27UP600-W.AUS) which cost me about $399 and technically falls outside of Casey’s criteria, but I think works wonderfully. It’s 4K, supports the P3 color space, and has the inputs I need for my (realtively) basic needs.