Amazing App For Controlling Screen Resolutions On Your Mac

SwitchResX for Mac

SwitchResX 4.12.1

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Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of SwitchResX 4.12.1.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of SwitchResX for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

- Preliminary support for macOS 13 Ventura: should install correctly and shouldn't crash on the first betas
- Should be able to export EDIDs for nearly identical monitors
- Correct some issues when parsing EDID
- Solves an issue when using the preferences file as a template (for deployed installation)
- Solves an issue when quitting and saving the preferences application wouldn't update saved settings in the daemon
- Removes the popup window asking to install the Helper Tool at first start on macOS 11 and above
- Allows to display the resolutions grouped by frequencies in the settings application independently of the group in the in main menus
- Correctly groups the resolutions by frequencies if both scaled and unscaled resolutions with identical sizes exist
- Shows in the current resolutions list which one is the actual resolution, even if the list is grouped by frequency
- Is able to report the frequency range on variable refresh rate modes (on Intel only)
- Correctly shows a mode with a fixed refresh rate, if this rate is identical to the maximal refresh rate of a variable refresh rate mode
- Normally remembers settings (for example visibility in the Menus) when rotating the display
- Allows to set different key modifiers for showing the new contextual menu
- Should report the notch on all variants of 16" M1 Macs. Is ready for the M2 MacBook Air, also.
- Can paste several resolutions at once in the custom resolutions list
- Correctly shows the Menu if the only options to show are the color profiles or the display brightness
- Correctly shows the Menu at first click in the menu bar of a secondary display
- Correctly saves the Finder icons even if the desktop is hidden in the Finder
- Can now set some properties of the listed resolutions from AppleScript (allows batch setting visibility from external if needed)