Settings for your external display

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An external display usually needs more than the system panel offers: resolution, HiDPI scaling, brightness, input sources. These go finer, and can create virtual displays too.

01 / Settings for your external display

MonitorControl

🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs. - MonitorControl/Moni...

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02 / Settings for your external display

Lunar

A macOS utility for adaptive brightness on external displays. It controls brightness, contrast and volume over DDC and adjusts them automatically from the ambient light sensor or sunrise and sunset times, with XDR brightness unlocking, keyboard shortcuts and per-display control. It suits people working on external monitors who want brightness to shift on its own the way the built-in screen does.

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03 / Settings for your external display

DisplayBuddy

An external monitor utility that adjusts brightness, contrast, volume and input source over DDC across major brands, so you need not reach for the monitor's own buttons.

DisplayBuddy
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