About this version
This version adds the option to disable displays on Intel Macs (previously the feature was only available on Apple Silicon Macs running Ventura) and contains some other compatibility improvements, better fast user switching support (when BetterDisplay is running in multiple instances on the same computer) and various other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Notes about display connect/disconnect feature on Intel:
- The feature on Intel is available on all supported macOS versions (all the way back to Mojave). On Apple Silicon the feature continues to require macOS Ventura.
- The backlight of the internal display is by default turned off by the feature, but the external display is only dimmed as much as possible on Intel and the display is not put to sleep (as with Apple Silicon Macs) due to platform specific constraints. Some displays support turning off their backlight via DDC - to use this feature when disconnecting the display, you need to enable
Turn off display backlight when combined brightness is set to zero
under Settings/Displays/(external display)/Show advanced control settings (see screenshot). - On some configurations minor issues might occur (misaligned/overlapping wallpapers).
Enhancements
List of changes compared to the previous stable (v1.4.10) version:
- Enable connect/disconnect display on Intel (with some limitations) - #1806
- Improve multi-user / fast user switching compatibility - #1705
- Add up to 10 keyboard shortcuts for DDC inputs - #1794
- Let alt-click on BetterDisplay menu icon go directly to BetterDisplay Settings - #1768
- Connect all displays on wake to fix Intel no screen issue with disconnected displays - #1809
- Add option to dim display as much as possible on disconnect on Intel - #1808
- Decrease aggressiveness of "Detected some interference..." message - #1824
- A somewhat stronger disconnect on wake (keep displays from reconnecting) - #1682
- Ventura 13.4 (RC2) compatibility - #1826
Fixed
Fixed issues compared to the previous stable (v1.4.10) version:
- Undo button (for display configuration) must be pressed multiple times to undo changes made for multiple displays - #1810
- Mute via slider icon click shows mismatched percentage text on mouse down briefly - #1781
- Mute via slider icon click shows keyboard mute OSD - #1780
- Disconnected displays are listed in Mirror/Stream Display menus - #1831
- Some app hang scenarios reported by Sentry - #1825
- Various typos - #1782, #1762, #1755
Also fixed: mirror target displays not detected in v1.4.11 + endless connect cycle with associated mirrored dummies - #1828
Change log of v1.4.x versions
v1.4.12
v1.4.11
v1.4.10
v1.4.9
v1.4.8
v1.4.7b
v1.4.7
v1.4.6
v1.4.5-beta
Enhancements
v1.4.4-beta
v1.4.3
v1.4.2
Enhancements
v1.4.1
v1.4.0