Dummy display for Apple Silicon Macs to achieve custom resolutions

Re:Dummy display for Apple Silicon Macs to achieve custom re... by martinclayton on Monday November 01, 2021 @11:55AM (#29068440)

Works for me on an intel mac mini, needs MacOS 11 (Big Sur) or higher.

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Re:Dummy display for Apple Silicon Macs to achieve custom re... by waydabber on Monday November 01, 2021 @12:27PM (#29068974)

I can confirm this, I had now the chance to test it as well. My findings:

- Works just fine on an Intel Mac (tested one with Intel UHD 630). - Works well with Big Sur (tested on an Intel Mac). - Does seem to provide headless macs with a HiDPI virtual display with customizable resolution (tested via Screen Sharing, resolution switch on the fly worked, all resolutions are available without any real display connected - should work with VNC as well, but I did not test that).

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Re:Dummy display for Apple Silicon Macs to achieve custom re... by waydabber on Monday November 01, 2021 @12:01PM (#29068553)

Amazing, thanks for the report! Did not have a chance to test it on Intel but I did compile the app to be Intel and Big Sur+ compatible and the APIs used by the app should be available on these platforms as well.

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Re:Dummy display for Apple Silicon Macs to achieve custom re... by martinclayton on Monday November 01, 2021 @01:07PM (#29069638)

Thank you! I now have it working just fine to access my two headless minis. Small vote of thanks via open collective sent too.

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Re:Dummy display for Apple Silicon Macs to achieve custom re... by waydabber on Monday November 01, 2021 @01:36PM (#29070034)

Wow, thanks! :)

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