About this version
This release contains various enhancements and bug fixes. The list of changes compared to the previous beta follows:
Enhancements
- Added option to set the meaning of header on/off button on a per display level - #1424
- Automatically disable auto brightness during XDR upscaling - #1339
- Apply display configuration edits without reboot on Apple Silicon - #1436
- Better support accessibility software dimming (with colortable manipulation) during accessibility zoom - #1435
- Keep track of disconnected displays for the entire app session until display ID is not reused by different display - #1460
- Add a Set all to Hidden button to DDC input customization to simplify the process - #1380
- Settings of disconnected displays should generally be disabled under Settings/Displays - #1434
- Ability to customize the order of the displays in the app menu - #1317
- GUI: Redesign display headers with a power button for connect/disconnect - #1422
- GUI: Various refinements - #1453
- GUI: Add option to change menu fonts and icons to light rendering - #1457
- GUI: Add option to change menu symbol rendering style - #1454
- GUI: Add specific icon for TVs and AirPlay output - #1458
Fixed
- Starting/exiting BetterDisplay turns on internal display even in clamshell mode - #1451
- A dummy should not be treated as a real display when preventing the last display to be disconnected - #1452
- Dummy associated to a soft-disconnected display does not disconnect - #1447
- Graphical glitches with extra long app menus when expanding/scrolling - #1427
- Removing the first connection management safety messes up the label of the following section - #1429
- The Allow disconnecting the built-in display of the iMac option appears for non-iMacs as well - #1431
Removed
- Remove experimental feature that kept mouse from entering a full screen stream target screen - #1441
Change log of earlier v1.4.x versions
v1.4.0
- Turn off a display and fully remove it from the display layout with the option of turning it back on from the app ("Disconnect Display", "Connect Display") - #1396
- Add various precautions (with option to disable) for display connection management - #1407
- Add various auto-connect precautions for display management - #1414
- Add various keyboard shortcuts to connect/disconnect displays- #1415
- Add generic a Manage Displays item to the Tools menu - #1416
- Add option to disconnect reconnected displays after wake - #1413
- Add warning for disconnected displays before turning off connection management feature - #1423
- Make connections management an Apple Silicon feature only - #1426
- Order of displays changing randomly based on connection id - #1421
- Fixed: Typo on Settings -> Displays -> Retrieve display EDID: "attemtps" instead of "attempts" - #1425