About this version
After the last release which introduced some major new features (display connect/disconnect and EDID overrides for Apple Silicon), this release is all about bug fixes and various smaller usability improvements.
Enhancements
- Add option to let the brightness OSD show whether brightness level requires color manipulation (that clips HDR content) - #1522
- Improve Settings/Displays usability (introduces display selector bar instead of collapsible headers) - #1506
- Make the EDID upload section a bit more condensed - #1512
- Moving DCC Quick Slider Config submenu to a more appropriate place - #1497
Fixed
- EDID auto apply takes effect even when EDID override is disabled - #1520
- Connect/Disconnect option is not compatible with Monterey - should be disabled - #1524
- Minor text cropping issue at Settings/Displays - #1521
- Name of [colorName] Black level display in slider is "[colorName] gain" - #1507
- Display System Settings shortcut blocked by BetterDisplay - #1505
- EDID override warning text has some typos in it - #1495
- Scrolling is enabled for resolution slider (bug) - #1485
- Disconnect menu item redundantly appears for connected dummies - #1484
- Attempting to disconnect an associated (therefore non-disconnectable) dummy makes graphical app menu items go missing - #1483
- When using main display icon offer possibility to use or set monochrome variant as default - #1478
- Removing dummy's from the menu does not remove them in preferences immediately - #1477
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