She feels that the default QHD resolution results in too small font sizes for her taste, but 1920x1080 (or a bit higher) results in perfect size for her. I just wrote this tutorial with screenshots.Ĭlick to expand.My wife does not want a display bigger than 24" so I got a 24" QHD display for her mini (24" 4K displays are a niche market, they are rare or way too overpriced). Thanks for members calpine and Thebnt who found this solution. This solution does NOT work correctly for Ultra wide monitors (3440 x 1440 for example), only with 16:9 monitors (2560 x 1440 or higher). macOS will enable HiDPI resolution correctly and desktop also will look correctly.
#BETTERDUMMY GITHUB UPDATE#
WHEN YOU UPDATE macOS: On first run desktop may look incorrectly, small fonts. I successfully activated HiDPI modes in macOS 12 Monterey Beta 4.
#BETTERDUMMY GITHUB MAC#
In case of any problem, just unplug dummy 4K monitor emulator - and your Mac will work as earlier. When you restart macOS, or turns off Mac Mini, it remember all settings and you continue work with HighDPI screen when you turn on your Mac again. It's native mode for your QuadHD display. Setting "1280 x 720" means HiDPI mode which is rendered at 2560 x 1440. Now hold Option key and click "Scaled" option. Switch "Resolution" to "Default for display". In System Preferences > Displays > Display tab. Howerver we need to enable 1280 x 720 (2560 x 1440 in HiDPI) which looks native for this QuadHD monitor. Picture already looks much better than earlier.Ĩ. I could enableġ152 x 648 (it means 2304 x 1296 in HiDPI), Now for this dummy 4K monitor enable any scaled HiDPI resolution. It means that dummy 4K monitor will be primary and will mirror screen for your real QuadHD monitor.ħ. In Display tab choose Optimize for your dummy 4K monitor. You'll see two pages for real QuadHD monitor and for dummy 4K monitor.Ĭlick Arrangement tab. MacOS thinks that it's a real 4K monitor and enables HiDPI for native or scaled resolutions.ĥ. Now connect dummy 4K HDMI EDID emulator to HDMI port of your Mac Mini.
Make sure that it works as earlier (with non Retina resolutions).Ĥ. Connect your QuadHD monitor to USB-C > DisplayPort converter connected to your Mac. I purchased VCOM CU422 USB-C to DisplayPort converter. Or if your monitor has HDMI buy USB-C > HDMI converter. If your QuadHD monitor (2560 x 1440) has DisplayPort buy USB-C > DisplayPort converter. This device should emulate 4K at 60p, check that a description contains word "EDID".Ģ. It's a small device (like flash drive) which costs about 8.10 USD. You need to buy any 4K HDMI EDID emulator on Amazon.
#BETTERDUMMY GITHUB PRO#
Important! If you have Macbook Pro M1 or Air M1 you don't need to buy dummy 4K HDMI emulator. Don't forget to enable auto-start option to keep HiDPI mode after restart.īuy dummy 4K HDMI emulator USB-C to DisplayPort/HDMI converter and enable Mirror Displays in macOS. On first glance it works fine on my Mac Mini M1.
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