#Switchresx 2560x1080 mac how to
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#Switchresx 2560x1080 mac mac

Unfortunately this is an area in MacOS, were we didn't see any improvements since the 2012 Retina MacbookPro, so don't get your hopes up that apple will solve this any time soon (if ever). There should be at least an option in Monitor settings to create and use any point resolution that meets the aspect ratio of the monitor (and is smaller than the native resolution of the panel). SwitchResX was always a workaround to create resolutions that do work great, but are not supported by MacOS by default. I also had an eye on the LG Ultrafine 5k2k, but with this change to M1 Macs / MacOS 11 (Arm), I would also think twice before accepting to work on a 3008 points horizontal resolution. On your monitor, you may want to use a horizontal resolution of at least 3200 points, which should be still plenty sharp and give you more space. It seems that this tool was the only way to create your own HiDPi resolutions.

If this means, that on M1 Macs is not possible anymore to create Custom Resolutions (HiDPi) using SwitchResX, this should affect quite a lot of users. This cuts down the possible options for an external HiDPI monitor to very few of which one at least is insanely expensive and would cost more than 3 times the money than the spec'd out MacMini. Due to scaling it's not really great to work with and I'm probably going to send it back. It offers quite a good quality and works great from plugging in. The display I'm using is a modern, Thunderbolt 3 display from Apple's display partner LG.

#Switchresx 2560x1080 mac how to

I'm thankful for any tip on how to solve the issue or how to bring this to Apple's attention. Also for custom HiDPI-Resolutions (UI Scaling) there seems to be no other way than a custom resolution. This was often needed when macOS wasn't able to detect the right resolution with your display or if you needed to use overscan. What won't work anymore is customizing the resolution used for your display. If Apple doesn't change this or provide again monitors customisation features in macOS, ten this is definitely gone.To be clear: What still works is using tools like RDM to select any resolution that is basically there but not visible and selectable through the macOS Display Settings PrefPane. No custom resolution is possible.Īpple has removed all capabilities to customise any resolution or monitor setting.

#Switchresx 2560x1080 mac mac

I still need to test on my old iMac if this would be a solution but for the Apple Silicon mac it currently isn't. Unfortunately Apple seems to have locked down all custom resolution stuff for BigSur on Apple Silicon. Now SwitchResX is a classical solution to all resolution problem for over a decade now (as Apple always sucked at resolution things in macOS). The 3008x12xx is the highest available HiDPI resolution that apple provides for whatever reason.

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RDM is a little tool that thankfully gives me a full range of available resolutions which Apple seems to want to protect me from but that doesn't really help. The scaling factor is close to 0.6 already at this stage - every other scaling option is again bigger (comically big up to macOS asking if I really want to use the bigger ones when I click them). While kind of usable the UI is very big already at that scale. The second step already uses the infamous 3008x12xx (don't remember the exact height now). The highest scaling is native resolution on this display which is nearly unusable (way too small). The display gets recognized as what it is and 5120x2160px is used as native resolution. I am trying to run an LG Ultrawide 5k2k screen on a brand new Apple M1 MacMini (Apple Silicon).