About this version
This release contains various enhancements and bug fixes.
The major new features are the ability to connect/disconnect your displays directly from the app, and EDID override support for Apple Silicon Macs (finally!).
The first feature let's you easily choose which display to be on in a multi-monitor setup without touching the cables, closing the lid or fiddling with the power buttons of your display. The second feature allows you to change the display modes and other parameters of your display by exporting the display's EDID descriptor via the app, editing it with a free app like AW EDID Editor and then applying the new EDID file to your display using the app. This was possible on Intel before but now it is available for the first time on Apple Silicon as well. You can find this feature under Settings/Displays/Custom display EDID. EDID override works a bit differently on Apple Silicon Macs compared to Intel Macs - you can change the EDID on the fly - so it's easy to experiment - and can also apply the EDID override to take effect automatically on app start.
Both of these major new features are Pro features. In addition to these the release has a lot of minor improvements and free stuff.
The list of changes compared to the previous stable version is the following:
Enhancements
- EDID override support for Apple Silicon - #1468
- Safe mode to prevent custom EDIDs from auto-loading on startup for Apple Silicon - #1472
- Added restore factory EDID on Apple Silicon - #1471
- Auto-apply Apple Silicon EDID override on startup - #1470
- Treat virtual screens as non-disconnectable by default - #1465
- Add various info/warning popups for connection management and DDC power - #1446
- Add option to toggle hierarchical rendering mode for header icons - #1464
- 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
- 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
- Clarified Pro status of Intel EDID override feature - #1467
- Settings icons misaligment - #1461
- App might forget about previously disconnected displays - #1455
- 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
- Typo on Settings -> Displays -> Retrieve display EDID: "attemtps" instead of "attempts" - #1425
Removed
- Remove experimental feature that kept mouse from entering a full screen stream target screen - #1441
Change log of earlier v1.4.x versions
v1.4.2
Enhancements
- EDID override support for Apple Silicon - #1468
- Safe mode to prevent custom EDIDs from auto-loading on startup for Apple Silicon - #1472
- Added restore factory EDID on Apple Silicon - #1471
- Auto-apply Apple Silicon EDID override on startup - #1470
- Treat virtual screens as non-disconnectable by default - #1465
- Add various info/warning popups for connection management and DDC power - #1446
- Add option to toggle hierarchical rendering mode for header icons - #1464
- Fixed: Clarified Pro status of Intel EDID override feature - #1467
- Fixed: Settings icons misaligment - #1461
- Fixed: App might forget about previously disconnected displays - #1455
v1.4.1
- 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
- Fixed: A dummy should not be treated as a real display when preventing the last display to be disconnected - #1452
- Fixed: Dummy associated to a soft-disconnected display does not disconnect - #1447
- Fixed: Graphical glitches with extra long app menus when expanding/scrolling - #1427
- Fixed: Removing the first connection management safety messes up the label of the following section - #1429
- Fixed: 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
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