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BetterDisplay

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Unlock your displays on your Mac! Smooth scaling, HiDPI unlock, XDR/HDR extra brightness upscale, DDC, brightness and dimming, virtual screens, PIP and lots more!.

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Cost / License

  • Freemium (Pay once)
  • Proprietary

Platforms

  • Mac
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Features

  1.  Adjusting brightness
  2.  Change resolution
  3.  Display Management
  4.  No registration required
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Picture in Picture
  7.  Backlight brightness control
  8.  Keyboard Shortcuts
  9.  Frame rate control
  10.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
annie
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trust me, there is nothing that will replicate betterdisplaypro. Try creating a 9:16 vertical virtual display at 1440p LoDPI for using via parsec on your 2nd monitor with literally any other solution. Not to mention straight from the menu bar UI.

db7dmf5kfj
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I loooove this software. I'm here to post how good BetterDisplay is, to repay them. Better than the competitor (? which). Worked with my Intel Mac and with works with my M4 Mac with a 43" Samsung 70NC. The monitor has the perfect dpi for Apple and is 16:9 so you get more room for cheaper than those wide but shallow monitors.

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mihailfleytman
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Pro paid, but more func then Monitor Control

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Official Links

Install from the command line

  • brew install --cask betterdisplay

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What is BetterDisplay?

BetterDisplay is a truly wonderful tool! It lets you convert your displays to fully scalable screens, manage display configuration overrides, allows brightness and color control, provides XDR/HDR brightness upscaling (extra brightness beyond 100% for compatible displays with Apple Silicon Macs), full dimming to black, helps you create and manage virtual screens for your Mac, create Picture in Picture windows of your displays and gives you a host of other features to manage your display's settings easily from the menu bar. It can even disconnect/reconnect displays on-the-fly!

BetterDisplay information

  • Developed by

    FI flagwaydabber
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $18 + free version with limited functionality.
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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  12,969 Stars
  •  268 Forks
  •  125 Open Issues
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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about BetterDisplay, and it has gotten 5 likes

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