20 MACWORLD JANUARY 2022
MACUSER M1 MAC DISPLAY HACKNow a third-party developer has come
up with a workaround. It’s called
BetterDummy (fave.co/3Ef6RO6), and it
essentially tricks macOS into thinking
you’ve plugged in a 5K monitor. Using
Apple’s display mirroring features, you can
then reflect the fake monitor’s contents
onto your real 1440p panel and enjoy all
the advanced scaling options that Apple
itself won’t provide. (The app is free with
optional donations [fave.
co/3FVWGym].)
I’ve tested BetterDummy
myself on a pair of external
1440p monitors and can
confirm it works as
advertised, but the setup
isn’t exactly intuitive. If
you’re currently living with
tiny text or similarly grainy
text and hazy icons on an
M1-powered Mac with a QHD monitor,
here’s how to make everything look
sharp again.FIXING 1440P ON M1 MACS
WITH BETTERDUMMY
Download the latest version of
BetterDummy (fave.co/3DcrYzd) from
Github, extract the .zip file, and drop the
BetterDummy.app file into your1.2.