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Httpvh://Few years later the default harddisk felt slow and I have added an 250Gb SSD Drive: Got 8Gb from Amazon and installed the RAM (~2 minutes).

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įirst thing I did was to upgrade the RAM. Was a pretty good deal ~550 Euro for the 2.3 GHz i5 Model. If you are using a direct HDMI to HDMI connection, then you may need to use a 'Mini DisplayPort to DVI' or 'Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort' adapter from the Mac Mini's Mini DisplayPort output port.I have purchased my Mac Mini end of 2011. What cable and connection are you using between the Mac Mini and display?įWIW the Mac Mini's Mini DisplayPort output supports the higher resolutions up to 2560x1600, while the HDMI port only supports up to 1920x1200. What model is the LG display and what input connections does it have? If the display does not work or you can not select a suitable resolution, then please answer the following ?'s. Go to Apple > System Preferences > Displays > hold the Alt (option) key and click on the Scaled button.

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(Now I only need to check how to get completely rid again from SwitchResX as it isn't needed at all. Here is what they write at Apple Forum and that finally made it work. Plug your 1920x1080 display into the HDMI Port and the 2560x1080 LG WL500 B into the MiniDisplay Port. UGREEN Mini DisplayPort to HDMI+VGA Converter and reboot your computer.

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No need for additional software or SwitchResX as Mac Mini Mid 2010 supports via the display port 2560x1440. So you just have to add this mentioned file after mounting the drive using this step: You can not edit /System/Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/Overrides/DisplayVendorID-1e6d/DisplayProductID-59f1 since it's readonly. In case someone is having the same problem with Big Sur: Regarding the access right, you need to be super user to create this file.Īfter a restart you should be able to see the correct resolution (2560x1080) in SwitchResX.

System/Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/Overrides/DisplayVendorID-1e6d/DisplayProductID-59f1 I think you don't need to make every steps I did. Can you please write the whole code for the terminal? And I have problems with access right - I can't copy that file to the folder on mac. Hope it helps Sry, I'm beginner and bit stupidoo. Now you just need to restart the MacBook and choose the correct resolution (2560x1080) in SwitchResX. I just copied to the systems folder like this: 'sudo cp DisplayYearManufacture-2015-DisplayWeekManufacture-1 /System/Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/Overrides/DisplayVendorID-1e6d'.Īfter that I renamed the file to match the product ID: 'DisplayProductID-59f1 '. you might save yourself a which cable are you using? I don't know how this works with other resolutions but for 2560 x 1080, if you have displayport and are not super techie (as I am not). Can even do 60Hz vs the reduced amount that was required to get SwitchResX working on High Sierra. Then I tried switching from HDMI to Display Port and now everything works fine on my old MBP without SwitchResX.

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I reached out to the developer and he helped me troubleshoot but was ultimately told that the video drivers in Catalina had a restriction that was not in the previous OS and there was nothing that could be done, my machine just could no longer support 2560 x 1080.

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I tried all of the solutions above: uninstall and reinstall as a new user, update using EDID, renaming the relocated items file, etc. When I upgraded to Catalina SwitchResX no longer worked and I received the 'Not activated - invalid?' message. I was using SwitchResX to display 2560 x 1080 on High Sierra without issue. Thought I should share in case anyone has the same issue I did.

Close SwitchResX and save when prompted.Īfter following these steps, you should be able to adjust the resolution of your external monitor through the 'Display' window in System Preferences.

Adjust the settings to match the appropriate PNG provided in this gist.

Add a new custom resolution be clicking the + symbol at the bottom of the window.

After launching SwitchResX, select the external monitor from the list on the left.

Once in recovery mode, open a terminal window.Boot into the recovery partition by pressing CMD + R when starting up your Mac.If you are running OSX 10.11 or higher, SIP must be disabled. #Disabling System Integrity Protection (SIP) For more information, including download links, vist.

SwitchResX is a utility that allows users to override the default resolution settings in OSX. #SwitchResX Settings for LG 21:9 UltraWide

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