BetterDisplay

Unlock your displays on your Mac! Flexible HiDPI scaling, XDR/HDR extra brightness, virtual screens, DDC control, extra dimming, PIP/streaming, EDID override and lots more!

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Created on Oct 24, 2021

Updated on Apr 6, 2026

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Open Issues

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86/100

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100

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All time

20

Open

20% of total

80

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80% of total

6d

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#5242 Direct brightness upscaling for the built-in XDR display

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hdmi

hidpi

mac

macos

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resolution

retina

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xdr

Community

30,958 stars, 581 forks

21/30

70%

Documentation

Has description, wiki

15/20

75%

Maintenance

0.5% issue ratio

20/20

100%

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Total Issues

All time

20

Open

20% of total

80

Closed

80% of total

6d

Avg Close Time

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#5242 Direct brightness upscaling for the built-in XDR display

enhancement

done

internal pre-release

+1

40

open

2

#5239 Screen flickering on lock screen: protect feature causes infinite UserIsActive assertion loop

awaiting response from reporterinvestigating

8

open

3

#5138 XDR Display Brightness issue

8

closed

4

#5121 Brightness Upscaling not working in 26.3 (fix: make sure all relevant settings are as default)

8

closed

5

#5155 Full screen PIP window issues - window cannot be closed, stopping stream results in blank space, some other interaction (minimize etc) may cause crash

bugdonereleased

6

closed

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