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Does macOS even have exclusive fullscreen anymore? I haven’t looked into it, but my impression is that it fakes it with borderless windowed even when the app ex
by rafram 2mo ago
Does macOS even have exclusive fullscreen anymore? I haven’t looked into it, but my impression is that it fakes it with borderless windowed even when the app explicitly asks for it.
- ezfe 2mo agoRegardless of how it worked, the game asking for it caused problems
- peesem 2mo agoit does still exist as far as i understand it. the resolution you select affects the size of the mouse cursor and then when switching away from the game you can see the rest of the system resizing back to normal
- peapicker 2mo agoYes. On Apple Silicon Macs (w/ macOS Sonoma or later), native fullscreen automatically triggers Game Mode. This feature slashes input lag by prioritizing CPU/GPU resources and doubling the Bluetooth polling rate to 240 Hz for wireless accessories. Gaming works very well in this mode, even with PC titles played thru crossover. Conversely, using borderless windowed mode instead of native fullscreen on macOS adds rendering latency due to the Desktop Window Manager (DWM) compositor. The latter is 'doing it wrong' and has the lag people don't like.
- mh- 2mo agoI didn't know that part about the bluetooth polling rate. That's clever.
- mort96 2mo agoGame mode also breaks background audio playback through Bluetooth. And it's hard to turn off with no global setting. I hate it.
- LoganDark 2mo agomacOS doesn't have Desktop Window Manager, it has WindowServer.