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External monitor support on macOS is terrible. When it does work, you can't turn on HiDPI resulting in a tiny UI. And the latest 16" macbooks simply kernel pani

by Jyaif 7y ago

External monitor support on macOS is terrible. When it does work, you can't turn on HiDPI resulting in a tiny UI. And the latest 16" macbooks simply kernel panic: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250876794 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250876794

lostlogin 7y ago
Does System Prefs > Displays > Scaled not work?
IggleSniggle 7y ago
HiDPI is working fine on my 3 external displays
rekoil 7y ago
It sucks that you are having issues with your setup, but in general macOS is the king of external monitor support. Compare the experience with Windows for example, where disconnecting from your external monitors pushes all applications and windows to the remaining monitors, and doesn't restore them when the external monitor is reconnected. macOS also handles mixed-DPI really well, no other vendor even comes close, Windows simply scales according to the monitor most of the application window is on, resulting in ugly resizing of applications when moving from one monitor to another. I don't know what you're talking about with regards to "turning on HiDPI", can you elaborate?
- lmm 7y ago
  > Compare the experience with Windows for example, where disconnecting from your external monitors pushes all applications and windows to the remaining monitors, and doesn't restore them when the external monitor is reconnected. Huh? I have a dock that I disconnect and reconnect from all the time; windows move onto my laptop screen when I disconnect, and move back onto my docked screen when I reconnect.
  - rekoil 7y ago
    Do you have multiple screens active at one time? This is really only a problem when you have multiple screens, applications don't "remember" which screen they are supposed to be on, they just go to the "primary" screen when docked.
    - lmm 7y ago
      Ah, you're right. I do use the dock screen and the laptop screen, but hadn't noticed that everything moves to the dock screen even if it was previously on the laptop screen when docked.
- Jyaif 7y ago
  By "turning on HiDPI", I mean having access to a menu such as this https://miro.medium.com/max/3518/1*QXxPDSp60XIZJhz4isSpiw.jpeg https://miro.medium.com/max/3518/1*QXxPDSp60XIZJhz4isSpiw.jp... Without the ability to scale the UI, this is what part of the UI of Xcode looks like on a 4k monitor: https://imgur.com/a/beTxJNG https://imgur.com/a/beTxJNG It's unreadable.

by Jyaif 7y ago

lostlogin 7y ago

Does System Prefs > Displays > Scaled not work?

IggleSniggle 7y ago

HiDPI is working fine on my 3 external displays

rekoil 7y ago

It sucks that you are having issues with your setup, but in general macOS is the king of external monitor support. Compare the experience with Windows for example, where disconnecting from your external monitors pushes all applications and windows to the remaining monitors, and doesn't restore them when the external monitor is reconnected. macOS also handles mixed-DPI really well, no other vendor even comes close, Windows simply scales according to the monitor most of the application window is on, resulting in ugly resizing of applications when moving from one monitor to another. I don't know what you're talking about with regards to "turning on HiDPI", can you elaborate?

lmm 7y ago
> Compare the experience with Windows for example, where disconnecting from your external monitors pushes all applications and windows to the remaining monitors, and doesn't restore them when the external monitor is reconnected. Huh? I have a dock that I disconnect and reconnect from all the time; windows move onto my laptop screen when I disconnect, and move back onto my docked screen when I reconnect.
- rekoil 7y ago
  Do you have multiple screens active at one time? This is really only a problem when you have multiple screens, applications don't "remember" which screen they are supposed to be on, they just go to the "primary" screen when docked.
  - lmm 7y ago
    Ah, you're right. I do use the dock screen and the laptop screen, but hadn't noticed that everything moves to the dock screen even if it was previously on the laptop screen when docked.
Jyaif 7y ago
By "turning on HiDPI", I mean having access to a menu such as this https://miro.medium.com/max/3518/1*QXxPDSp60XIZJhz4isSpiw.jpeg https://miro.medium.com/max/3518/1*QXxPDSp60XIZJhz4isSpiw.jp... Without the ability to scale the UI, this is what part of the UI of Xcode looks like on a 4k monitor: https://imgur.com/a/beTxJNG https://imgur.com/a/beTxJNG It's unreadable.