BetterDisplay Pro

Custom resolutions, XDR/HDR extra brightness, virtual screens, Picture in Picture, soft disconnect, configuration and EDID overrides, DDC control, color mode selection, syncing, layout protection, and more.

Download the current v4.x release for macOS Tahoe 26, Sequoia, Sonoma, Ventura

Previous versions: v3.5.6 | v2.3.9 - Monterey | v1.4.15 - Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur | Browse all

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“BetterDisplay is a truly wonderful tool! It lets you convert your displays to fully scalable screens, manage display configuration overrides, allows brightness and color control, provides XDR/HDR brightness upscaling (extra brightness), full dimming to black, helps you create and manage virtual screens for your Mac, create Picture in Picture windows from your displays, and gives you a host of other features to manage your display settings, like display and color modes, easily from the menu bar. It can even disconnect/reconnect displays on-the-fly!

FEATURE-PACKED

  • Enable Night Shift for your TV.
  • The only app with DDC control support across all modern Macs, including Apple Silicon built-in HDMI ports and the 2018 Mac mini built-in HDMI port.
  • Advanced keyboard shortcuts support.
  • Convert internal and natively connected external displays to flexibly scaled HiDPI displays, including notch, HDR, HDCP, and high refresh support.
  • Color profile and XDR preset selector.
  • Reach full XDR or HDR brightness potential with upscaling up to 1600 nits on XDR displays and display-dependent boosts on external HDR screens.
  • Change resolution quickly with a slider.
  • Color mode selector and unexposed refresh rates for Apple Silicon Macs, including RGB, YCbCr, chroma subsampling, and HDMI range settings.
  • Simplify creating mirrored display sets.
  • Change brightness, volume, and colors via software and hardware DDC control using sliders, native shortcuts, or custom shortcuts.
  • Use your iPad or monitor as a DIY teleprompter.
  • CLI and app integration features including command-line tools, betterdisplaycli, custom URL schema, HTTP, and notifications.
  • Auto-switch color profiles for SDR and HDR modes.
  • Display groups and synchronization features to match brightness and other image controls across multiple displays.
  • Keyboard shortcuts for brightness and audio control.
  • Layout protection with anchor points for natural traversal between screens in adaptive display arrangements.
  • Change display inputs using DDC on supported displays.
  • Optionally auto-disconnect the built-in screen when connecting an external display on Apple Silicon Macs.
  • Video filters for Picture in Picture and local streaming.
  • Define favorite resolutions and reach them from the app menu, resolution slider, or keyboard shortcuts.
  • macOS Shortcuts (App Intents) support for many operations.
  • Protect display configuration, including resolution, refresh rate or VRR, rotation, and color profile.
  • Quickly accessible refresh rate and screen rotation menus.
  • Higher quality macOS Zoom accessibility output and high-quality screenshots even on 1080p displays.
  • EDID override support for both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
  • Custom OSD styles, including a classic-style OSD option for macOS Tahoe 26 reinterpreted for glass.
  • Disconnect and reconnect displays on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
  • Built-in network control for LG webOS TVs, Samsung Tizen TVs, Philips Android TVs, and Yamaha AVRs.
  • Use the lower half of your TV as an off-center widescreen workspace.
  • Create custom HiDPI resolutions for real displays and redefine advanced system display parameters.
  • Help reduce visible display flickering from PWM and temporal dithering.
  • Redirect display contents from real or virtual screens to another screen with local streaming.
  • Move displays around quickly relative to each other using the app menu.
  • Scaled Sidecar resolutions and portrait Sidecar support through virtual screen streaming.
  • Use headless Macs with any resolution and HiDPI mode for remote access.
  • Display UI scale matching to synchronize UI scale and resolution among multiple displays.
  • Create a Picture in Picture window for any real display or virtual screen.
  • Supports both Color Table (Apple Silicon) and Metal methods (Apple Silicon and Intel).
  • Control integration options to automate your setup using shell scripts and URLs.
  • Export display EDID and view detailed display information on Intel and Apple Silicon.
  • Create any number of virtual screens with different aspect ratios and resolutions.
  • Apply filters directly to your screen using self-streaming and video filter windows.
  • DDC auto-configuration that detects and configures capabilities automatically.

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Get Pro License $21.99•€19.99•tax may apply

Start with the 14-day trial, all features unlocked.
Then get a Pro license for full access to the current major app version – or continue with free features only.

  • With the Pro license, you get full access (see what's included) to the current major version of the app.
  • Your purchase also includes at least one year of free updates, including any major version upgrade.
  • The Pro license is perpetual (not a subscription), so the versions you unlock are yours to keep and use.
  • Business users are required to purchase a license to use any (free or Pro) features beyond the trial.
  • Licenses, license delivery, recovery, trial, and activation are provided by Paddle.
  • More information on purchasing a Pro license: Getting a Pro License.
  • Consult the License Terms & Conditions, Refund Policy, and Privacy Policy before purchase.

Community + Help

Join the BetterDisplay community.

Get help with troubleshooting and setup.

Issues & Feature Requests

Report bugs, track known problems, request new features, and follow app development.

Discussions

Ask questions, share setups, learn from other users.

Wiki

Guidance for key features, configuration, and CLI usage.

Fast community and developer support through discussions and forums.

Localization

Report localization/translation issues, make the app available in your language.

Support

Help with Pro purchases, payments, license recovery.

Ready to improve your Mac display experience?

Download BetterDisplay, upgrade to Pro, and explore the community on GitHub.

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