github waydabber/BetterDisplay v3.3.3

5 days ago

About this version

This is an updated re-release of version 3.3.2, with all reported issues resolved. See the combined change log for details.

Enhancements

  • Improved mouse cursor responsiveness with mirrored virtual screens (thanks to @dave-fl) - #807
  • Add display identification method based on hardware port to better handle identical displays (Apple Silicon) - #3938 v3.3.2
  • Provide a nicer check for update experience for Settings and the app menu - #2811
  • Add option to automatically download and install updates - #3906
  • Add new update available indicators to the menubar bottom bar and Settings menu bar (next to About) - #3923
  • Show update availability in the app status menu icon - #3925
  • New app update should show Dock icon (if enabled) with an update badge - #3926
  • Show notification in the notification center about an app update - #3927
  • Implement a less intrusive way to show new updates after scheduled background checks - #1459
  • Rolling Pro activation (automatically deactivate oldest activation when the user runs out of license seats) - #3893
  • Add UI feature to deactivate all and all other Pro activations - #3895, #3900
  • Show the number of activations for a license key under the Pro tab - #3897
  • Add manageLicense -activationsJSON command for app binary CLI to get the list of Pro activations in a proper JSON format - #3918
  • Show a clear license issue error on the Pro tab when the Pro license is remotely deactivated or hardware identifiers have changed (for example due to using Migration Assistant) - #3929
  • Keyboard shortcut to toggle brightness upscaling for a display - #3888
  • Update default menu bar icon with a vector based variant - #3924
  • Make the native brightness upscaling nits counter inflating effect optional - #3928
  • Add silent option to disable spinning ring on cursor on screen stream when the mouse is hovering over the stream - #3912
  • Various minor UI tweaks - #3940 v3.3.2
  • A slightly less aggressive-looking "update available" menu bar icon compared to v3.3.1 - #3945 v3.3.2

Fixed

  • Paddle manage license sheet may show Pro as activated even when it is not - #3892
  • An unneeded closing bracket is added to the -identifier=name CLI query result - #3905
  • Menu bar icon moves to leftmost position after app restart - #3932
  • Mirrored to built-in displays do not properly update brightness level on change with native brightness control - #3931
  • Some rounded button icons look oversized - #3939 v3.3.2
  • Scrollbar margins for the Display Mode, Color Profile, XDR Presets menus look bad with non-Apple (touch-enabled) pointing devices - #3953 v3.3.3
  • Accessibility Configuration Required prompt triangle looks bad on Ventura - #3954 v3.3.3
  • Incorrect "Trial Days Left" icon size in the app menu button row - #3955 v3.3.3
  • Brightness upscaling should not be presented in the app menu on Intel in HDR mode when color table adjustments are enabled (as it is available only in Metal overlay mode) - #3956 v3.3.3
  • Remote deactivation behaves unreliably, intermittently disabling Pro features and showing license issue without a proper way to dismiss it - #3957 v3.3.3
  • Opening app update installer hides app menu when it is detached - #3958 v3.3.3

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