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Originally, I thought the app will appeal to lowly QHD display users only.

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So I am really amazed in a good way when a new MacBook Pro user equipped with dual Apple Pro XDR displays comes thanking me for a project that makes his $15K setup work well. I am using an older 2017 LG 4K display and an entry-level M1 MacBook Air with 8GB RAM for development.

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It also builds on the work of others in the community – like that of FluffyDisplay or the maintainer of macOS_headers who provides the community with some insight into the undocumented realm of macOS APIs. Originally I considered implementing this functionality inside MonitorControl, but eventually decided against it as it would not fit well the scope. There is a great team behind MonitorControl – I learned a lot from them, and am really thankful for their support and the chance that they selected me as a fellow team member and maintainer of the project.īetterDummy has some links to MonitorControl.

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I considered MonitorControl an essential tool on Mac and was very disappointed when after switching to M1 it did not work. As with BetterDummy, MonitorControl is a project of love and also of necessity.

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Just like BetterDummy, this app is free and open source as well. I think it is now the best app to control the brightness of third-party displays as if they were Apple displays. This involved much much more work than BetterDummy. I did most of the coding for version 3, with Apple Silicon support and various improvements, and now version 4 with dozens of new features. I've been working on MonitorControl since summer.

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Activate mirroring.What other display-related software have you written?.In System Preferences -> Displays, you'll see the new Dummy display (for example, Dummy 16:9).In the app menu, choose Create New Dummy and select your desired aspect ratio.It does not over-utilize graphics hardware, making it somewhat faster.Works with all aspect ratios does not depend on what resolutions get recorded in the dummy's EDID/firmware.Offers a much wider variety of HiDPI and standard resolutions.Will not suffer from issues that are prevalent with the physical dummy (like jittery mouse cursor).Your internal screen will be available as a vast space on a MacBook (or you can use clamshell mode).Your HDMI port will remain usable for another display on the Mac Mini.These approaches are not the most efficient and have potential issues.īetterDummy was designed for such situations it creates a virtual dummy display which you can then utilize as a main mirror display.Īdvantages of BetterDummy over a physical 4K HDMI dummy plug or mirroring your internal display: You could also utilize the built-in MacBooks screens to mirror the external display.

To circumvent that type of issue, you could buy a 4K HDMI dummy dongle to spoof the macOS into thinking a 4K display is connected and then mirror the contents of this dummy display to the actual monitor to have HiDPI resolutions available. BetterDummy allows you to use HiDPI ("Retina") on sub-4K display M1 Macs.įor example, a 24" QHD 1440p display would greatly benefit from having a 1920x1080 HiDPI "Retina" mode available - now you can.