22 MACWORLD JANUARY 2022
MACUSER M1 MAC DISPLAY HACKscaling options so that everything looks
just right.
Again, make sure you’ve selected your
actual monitor from the Display Settings
menu, then hold the Option key again and
click Scaled.
You’ll now see a long list of
resolutions to choose from. As a
baseline, I suggest trying 1920x1080. If
text and icons look too large at that
setting, try 2048x1152 instead. If they
look too small, consider 1760x990 ( 5 ).
To fix the resolution on additional
monitors, repeat the Display Settings steps
above for each screen, making sure to
assign a separate Dummy monitor to each
of your displays.
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS AND
CAV E ATS
While BetterDummy should come as a
welcome relief for 1440p monitors, it’s still
a work in progress
and has some issues
to be aware of.
Some users, for
instance, have
reported problems
with putting their
MacBooks to sleep
via a hot corner or by
pressing Shift-
Control-Esc, as the
virtual screens will
simply freeze in place instead of turning
off. If this happens, head to the
BetterDummy menu bar icon and select
Settings → Disconnect and Reconnect on
Sleep, but be warned that you may still run
into sleep issues on rare occasions.
BetterDummy can also stop working
when you unplug a monitor, plug in a new
one, or connect an iPad to use with
Sidecar (fave.co/3xMovq6). If this
happens, click the BetterDummy menu
bar icon, and then disconnect and
reconnect your Dummies under the
Manage Dummies menu.
Finally, keep in mind that the option to
run BetterDummy automatically at startup
is off default. You can change this via the
menu bar under Settings → Start at Login,
but you’ll still have to enter your device
password and wait a few moments
before BetterDummy’s mirroring trickery
kicks in. ■5.