About this version
The app has a new name. Say hello to BetterDisplay!
- It's not just the about name, the app has some cool new features as well (see below)!
- Those who upgrade from BetterDummy via the built-in updater will see the app icon changed but the app name will remain unchanged in the Applications folder. All existing features work the same!
- The app works with your existing Pro license, no need to purchase a new license!
- Of course the existing free features and many of the new features are available completely free!
Some of the exciting new features compared to the previous stable version:
- BetterDummy is now BetterDisplay!
- Native smooth resolution scaling - have a flexible scaled resolution slider on Apple Silicon even without a dummy! *
- Custom resolutions - create any number of native custom HiDPI resolutions on Apple Silicon! Redefine the native and default resolutions!
- Brightness control - control the brightness of your internal and external displays - all methods (native, DDC, colortable, overlay) supported!
- XDR/HDR upscaling - unlock the full brightness of your Apple XDR or third party HDR displays! *
- Change the audio volume of your external display via DDC.
- Use native Apple keyboard brightness/volume key support with native OSD.
- Color temperature, gamma, gain, contrast and color control. *
- Various improvements and bug-fixes (see detailed changelog).
Some or all aspect of the features marked with an asterisk (*) require a Pro license.
Note to beta users: the app is marked as stable so after upgrading to this, you'll not receive further beta updates unless Receive beta updates is enabled under Settings/General.
Click here for a detailed changelog of v1.2.x versions
Changes in v1.2.6
- Less intrusive alternative for the permissions problem alert dialog - #699
- Emphasize the display header under Displays - #704
- Display reconfiguarion app menu icon - #703
- Fixed: Newly connected display with smooth scaling enabled is not detected properly - 694
- Fixed: Ambient light sensor induced XDR macOS battery drain issue - #702
Changes in v1.2.5a/b/c
- rev. c - Fixed: Some text in settings is cut off - #683
- rev. c - Fixed: Display configuration is editable for DisplayLink connected displays (which don't support this feature) - #681
- rev. c - Fixed: Keyboard brightness control does not work when hardware control is disabled in the latest beta - #679
- rev. c - Fixed: With combined brightness, when the brightness is decresed to zero externally for Apple displays, external controls can't recover the brightness - #687
- rev. c - Fixed: The resolution list in simple mode should show only resolutions for the current refresh rate - #686
- rev. c - Fixed: (Suggestion) Reverse resolution list in submenu to show high resolutions first - #684
- rev. c - Fixed: Resolution slider always falls short of fully reaching the end even at 100% - #685
- rev. c - Fixed: Resolution slider changes to Low resolution when the max value was set once - #682
- rev. b - Added option Reset color table on neutral settings + explanation - #644
- rev. b - Added cool option to show hw/sw subsliders when combined brightness is enabled
- rev. b - Fixed: menu blocks cannot be collapsed and some other display or dummy related settings cannot be changed - #666
- rev. b - Fixed: resolution slider is missing issues - #665
- rev. b - Fixed: corrupt system configuration when the display is in a rotated during the procedure - #665
- rev. b - Fixed: brightness OSD is not visible on dummy screen when it is being mirrored to a real screen - #655
- App rebranding (in progress) - #641
- Added feature to manage display system configuration - #645
- Added feature to allow smooth resolution slider for displays - requires Pro - #645
- Added feature to override various display data (display name, native resolution, default resolution) - #645
- Added feature to add custom scaled resolutions to native displays - #645
- Add option to have only resolutions in the resolution slider that matches/approximates native aspect ratio - #658
- Added option to show resolution slider as percentage for smoothly-scaled displays - #660
- Added support for M2 Macbook Air - #656
- Added support for macOS 13 Ventura - #664
- Added a way to show some technical info about the displays for troubleshooting - #650
- Fixed: v1.2.4 and v1.1.24 regression in terms of handing display UUIDs - #662
Changes in v1.2.4
- Added option to show slider labels - #630
- Added an option under Preferences/General to enable/disable all brightness related display control functionality - #628
- Added option to disengage from F14/F15 keys - #629
- Create a Displays tab for various display related settings - #603
- Preferences tab should be reorganized to look consistent (scrolling type) - #621 opened 5 days ago by waydabber
- Startup in safe mode should not restore previous brightness and color adjustment settings - #620
- A proper prompt to gain Accessibility Privilege for media key control upon startup - #613
- Streaming status should be shown in app menu just like mirroring - #619
- Update combined brightness slider/keyboard control state for Apple screens when brightness is changed outside of the app - #602
- Fixed: "Make fine scale default" for brightness control is at a wrong place in Preferences - #626
- Fixed: XDR upscale should not be activated on EDR capable non-XDR Apple displays - #622
- Fixed: Brightness keyboard shortcuts should not affect dummy screens directly but only non-dummy mirror or stream target displays - #616
- Fixed: DDC Volume slider does not zero on mute + app forgets mute state after restart - #605
- Fixed: Combined brightness sub-hw-zero-dimming and XDR upscale switching points should always correspond to a full OSD chiclet - #618
- Fixed: Full screen stream can be resized by clicking on the top/bottom/left/right border of the stream target screen - #617
- Fixed: Oversaturation when changing between combined and not combined color controls for upscaled Apple XDR displays - #614
- Fixed: Night Shift should be turned back off when it was turned off by activating HDR mode from app-menu - #606
- Fixed: Custom keyboard shortcuts don't work when app Menu is open - #596
- Fixed: Resolution menu/slider is a wreck for some real displays in Monterey 12.4 - #601 opened 11 days ago by waydabber
- Fixed: Resolution issue with app-created dummies optimized for the new 14" and 16" macbook pro screens and some other displays - #581
Changes in v1.2.3
- Added various options to manage brightness control methods - #599
- Combined keyboard control of hardware (Apple, DDC) brightness, software dimming and XDR/HDR upscale - #589
- Combined hardware brightness, software dimming, XDR/HDR upscale slider - #588
- Additional options to define keyboard control target screen - #587
- Advanced options for native keyboard control for brightness and audio - #586
- Implement Apple native key support for brightness and volume - #583
- Added fine scale brightness/volume control for custom keyboard shortcuts - #585
- Brightness and color control smooth transitions - #547
- Implement DDC Mute control for external displays - #582
- Implement DDC Volume control for external displays - #580
- Implement DDC brightness control for external displays - #515
- Implement Apple brightness control - #516
- Make the contents of general Tools menu block configurable - #571
- Option to match menu icon with main display icon - #593
- Fixed: Display name suffixes might get messed up with multiple displays of same name - #594
- Fixed: Slider graphics and text colors are somewhat off with some backgrounds - #572
Changes in v1.2.2
- Added color temperature adjustment slider (especially useful for TVs that are incompatible with Night Shift) - #555
- Added contrast control - #566
- Add gain option to squeeze out some more nits or improve brightness when watching a dark movie - #561
- Added R/G/B tint (gamma) control for... I don't know - why not? - #560
- HDR/XDR brightness upscale setting is now remembered permanently, don't need to toggle it all the time - #557
- Added Night Shift controls to the menu (so you don't have to look for that deeply hidden nightshift slider anymore in System Preferences) - #548
- Added keyboard shortcut options for Night Shift and color temperature - #556
- Added option to auto-disable Night Shift when reference HDR mode is enabled on an external display in the app menu - #554
- Added option to reset all color adjustments - #564
- Restore last applied brightness/color adjustments upon reconnect/restart - #563
- Redesign the bottom part of the menu - #567
- Fixed: App keeps forgetting I have a license - update Paddle SDK to 4.3.0 - #558
- Fixed: After resetting the app in Preferences no items appear under the display in the menu - #565
- Fixed: Dimming overlay (Sidecar, Dummy, AirPlay, DisplayLink) not resized properly on resolution change - #551
- Fixed: Enabling HDR/XDR Upscale makes brightness slider disappear - #568
- Fixed: Max dummy resolution gets limited when switching to portrait mode - #559
Changes in v1.2.1
- Updated menu appearance, persistent collapsible display/dummy menu blocks - #546
- Gamma correction slider (you can enable it under Preferences/Appearance) - #525
- Overlay dimming for virtual displays, Sidecar/AirPlay and DisplayLink - #513
- System OSD shown for keyboard shortcut induced brightness changes
- Custom keyboard shortcut for brightness, gamma, HDR upscale and adjustments reset - #521
Note: Apple keyboard native keys support not added yet!
- Updated Appearance and Keyboard shortcuts tab - #536
- Configurable menu location for display/dummy information, toggles and tools and new sliders - #531, #535
- Fixed: Resolution slider not updated in some circumstances - #534
- Fixed: Non-whole-numbers refresh rates not shown properly in menu - #541
- Fixed: Resolution sliders go missing - #532
- Fixed: Trial counter does not update properly - #533
- Integrated DDC control framework for Apple Silicon and Intel - #514
Note: DDC brightness and volume control not yet accessible!
Changes in v1.2.0 (compared to v1.1.12)
- HDR/XDR upscaling (extra brightness) - #499
