IMAGE: JARED NEWMAN JANUARY 2022 MACWORLD 19O
n external monitors, 1440p
resolution is supposed to
represent the sweet spot,
offering a sharper picture
than HD without the high costs of 4K.
Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t agree.
On Macs with M1 processors, Apple
reserves Retina or HiDPI display scaling
options for monitors with at least 4K
resolution. Unless you set the display to its
native 1440p—which can look insufferably
tiny on smaller external displays—text and
icons come out blurry and fuzzy. Programs
that used to fix the problem on Intel-based
Macs no longer work on M1 machines, and
users have been complaining (fave.
co/3obiakA) about it for months to no avail
(fave.co/3G7Ncjp).This M1 Mac display hack is a must
for 1440p monitors
M1 Macs with 1440p monitors: How to enable HiDPI Retina scaling options.
BY JARED NEWMAN