Even for 5K2K displays the issue is that even though HiDPI is supported, the resolution options are limited, the desktop and fonts look unnaturally magnified, and the user has no option to scale the display in a way that feels right.
Betterdummy 1080p#
Selecting a new dummy monitor to create in BetterDummy ( Source)īut even with this, the lack of HiDPI for the most common 1080p or 1440p wide displays is a problem.
Custom resolution support is still missing. Later macOS versions, as far as I know, added support for these aspect ratios. Early M1 macOS versions did not properly support some of the aspect ratios and users had no way to define custom resolutions to fix this as with Intel Macs. Ultra-wide display users face several challenges with M1 Macs in terms of resolution. Why is BetterDummy the right solution to the problem?
Betterdummy pro#
They need to give the pro users the ability to define custom resolutions and display timings enable HiDPI rendering for all displays give more granular options for scaled resolutions and allow higher scaled resolutions.
Betterdummy drivers#
This is mainly because the Apple Silicon graphics drivers are derived from iOS and iPad OS, which is on one hand great, but on the other hand rather limiting – these devices do not really need to support all kinds of various third-party displays.Īs this is mostly a macOS issue, Apple could fix this problem. This feature is completely missing for M1 Macs there is no accessible way to add custom resolutions and display timings, which is unprecedented in the desktop OS space.
Betterdummy software#
MacOS was always more restrictive in this regard, but at least in the past, Intel Macs gave pro users the means to override the faulty EDID table on the software side or add custom resolutions. This is usually not a big problem, as virtually all desktop operating systems allow the user to choose a resolution of their liking. There are some displays that have an erroneous EDID table, which describes the resolutions accepted by the display as well as the optimal resolution. This is OK for 1080p displays, but in case of a 24" 1440p QHD display, for example, the resulting fonts are just too small and the user cannot lower the resolution while retaining clarity because of the disabled HiDPI support.Īnd what about M1 Macs not supporting the maximum resolution of certain monitors? This results in a low-res desktop experience locking the user with too small or too big fonts and GUI, and there is no way to change that. On some displays, like those sub-4K displays with 1080p or 1440p resolutions, Apple Silicon Macs do not allow high-resolution display modes, namely HiDPI, and does not do scaling well. The problem is that on most displays, resolution selection is quite limited. Macs can handle most displays at their native resolution just fine, including QHD, wide, ultra-wide, and double-wide displays. And worse, previous workarounds for custom resolutions that used to work in Intel-based machines fail to work with the M1.Ĭan you please explain the problem with these 5K2K and QHD monitors working perfectly fine on PCs and looking bad on M1 Macs – so much so some users end up returning them? Well, bad news: none of the above seems to be happening in M1-based Macs. It also helps if you can fine-tune custom resolutions to match your display panel's native resolution so that the image isn't washed up by hardware rescaling. What Apple calls HiDPI mode is just the OS recognizing the plugged display operates at a super-high pixel count and scaling the desktop and user interface accordingly. It all comes down to font and widget scaling, and resolution independence. It's no surprise that many buyers of high-end Macs end up buying a non-Apple monitor instead.
Hilarious reviews were written about it on Amazon, and even competitors like MSI took their turn at mocking the steep price of Apple's best monitor.
Yet, few people outside the audiovisual profession can justify five grand for a monitor – one that doesn't even come with a stand for that price. Two years ago, Apple delivered the Pro Display XDR, the ultimate monitor for creative professionals, with an impressive 6K resolution and 1600 nits of brightness in a widescreen format. And for these state-of-the-art innovative products, customers are willing to pay a higher price. Tóth: Apple is probably one of the biggest innovators, always willing to push the envelope and design things better. 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. Nobody can explain it better than the guy behind the code.
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