Apple released its first-ever M1 Chip processor in November 2020 on its MacBook Pro laptop. This is the first ARM-based MacBook Pro, and it is considered to have the world’s fastest CPU core because of the M1 processor. It also features the fastest integrated graphics and an exceptionally high level of performance. A week ago, Apple has launched the macOS Big Sur too, which is the latest macOS updated version after macOS Catalina.
The Resolution Issue with External Displays
While most of the things were super amazing with M1 supported Mac devices, users soon started facing some problems with external displays, and the most problematic was the issue of resolution with ultrawide and super-ultrawide screens. Whenever they would connect ultrawide or super-ultrawide screens with the M1 supported Mac device, there would be no support for most of the available resolutions by the display.
Apple was not acknowledging this problem initially. People had to buy adapters and other relevant stuff to get their display resolutions to work with the M1 supported Mac, with Apple telling them that their adapters and devices had problems. The complaints were increasing, and people started returning their Mac devices that they had bought because of the new M1 Chip support.
All of the ruckuses finally made Apple acknowledge that the problem was all along with its M1 Mac.
The Solution
Apple has said that the solution to this problem with the M1 Macs will soon come with the future update of the macOS Big Sur. It was launched just a week ago, and it may have some fix already.
However, in the brief support document which carries Apple’s acknowledgment and admittance of its faulty M1 supported Mac devices, the company has also mentioned that if people want to see additional resolutions for their display, they can click on the Apple menu, and select ‘System Preferences.’ From there, they can choose ‘Display,’ and look into the various options while they click ‘Scaled.’
Now, the option of ‘Scaled’ suggests that perhaps users will be able to find an appropriate resolution with this option for their display. However, it is not yet clear if the native display resolution will be supported in the ‘Scaled’ list of options or not?
A smart workaround in the meanwhile
9to5Mac.com has recently told their users about a workaround that one of their followers Imtiaaz (@imtinet) suggested.
As per him, he also faced this issue of resolution when using one of his ultrawide displays in portrait mode. However, as a workaround, he installed SwichResX and which supported all the resolutions offered by his external display. So, until Apple comes up with a fix, users may try this out and see if it works or not?
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