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macOS command line utility to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements. Essentially XRandR for macOS.

26 mentions on Hacker News by 19 people: 5 stories, 21 comments · first 2019-05-25 · latest 2024-05-26

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    Displayplacer: macOS display arrangements save and restore
    story by cadmium-44 · 2024-05-26 · 0 comments
  2. …on my center display, always visible. Never felt like that was a problem or limiting to me. [0] https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer [1] https://github.com/kasper/phoenix [2] https://manytricks.com/moom/ [3]…
    comment by joshstrange · 2024-04-26 · in Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks
  3. …was a user report at the bottom of this GitHub issue that states sidecar rotation does not work. https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer/issues/17
    comment by jakehilborn · 2023-06-27 · in macOS command-line tools you might not know about
  4. Self-plug of displayplacer[0] for changing screen resolutions/rotations/etc via the command line. [0] https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer
    comment by jakehilborn · 2023-06-27 · in macOS command-line tools you might not know about
  5. I had a similar problem with identical monitors that I used something called displayplacer https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer Later I chained the displays differently and moved the adapters around so it stopped being an issue.
    comment by bombcar · 2023-02-15 · in Saving Energy: Home Server That Automatically Suspends to RAM and Wakes Up Again
  6. …of the persistent ones always results in a consistent configuration. Might be worth a shot. [0] https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer/issues/106#issu...
    comment by philsnow · 2023-01-23 · in macOS CLI tool to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements
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    macOS CLI tool to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements
    story by dwardu · 2023-01-23 · 86 comments
  8. Record your preferred screen config using displayplacer [1] and then run that via a shortcut. [1]: https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer
    comment by AB1908 · 2022-12-02 · in Apple blocks Coinbase Wallet
  9. …uses the standard `CGDisplayCreateUUIDFromDisplayID` which the system also uses internally: https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer/blob/master/dis... This should be prone to the same issue. Your problem might actually be caused by a…
    comment by alin23 · 2022-08-28 · in Weird monitor bugs people sent me in the last 5 years
  10. …one every time after that. Highly recommended if that's something you're struggling with. [1]: https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer
    comment by klausa · 2022-08-28 · in Weird monitor bugs people sent me in the last 5 years
  11. …hub plugged with two Viewsonic 4k 27" (same model, it seems to be confusing to OsX) check https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer Beside that I'm almost good, without any artifacts you mentioned
    comment by prune998 · 2022-06-27 · in Ask HN: How on earth are you using your Apple computer with external displays?
  12. https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer made this much better for me. I arranged my monitors once, saved a script with displayplacer, and if they mess up again, I just run the script.
    comment by bbkane · 2022-05-13 · in macOS Multi-Monitor Problems
  13. …to it a while back. I don't remember HDR being in the APIs used either but that may address it. https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer
    comment by jakehilborn · 2022-04-12 · in Impressions from a first-time Mac user
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    Displayplacer: Configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements on macOS
    story by ra7 · 2022-01-08 · 0 comments
  15. You might want to check out https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer which is really nice for changing resolutions beyond what macOS lets you do using the GUI
    comment by aflat · 2021-12-02 · in Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers
  16. Nice to see this wrapped up as an app. If all you need is a cli, then https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer works great too.
    comment by michael1999 · 2021-11-01 · in Dummy display for Apple Silicon Macs to achieve custom resolutions
  17. …to happen randomly for me too. But I found this tool yesterday that makes it a lot simpler to solve https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer - annoying that it doesn't work properly out of the box, of course
    comment by endless1234 · 2021-09-11 · in Why that Thunderbolt add-in card doesn't work properly in your unsupported PC
  18. …usage below 18W with both displays open, but it's a cleaner version of the above solution. Here: https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer/issues/69#issue...
    comment by singhrac · 2021-06-03 · in Solved by 1440p HiDPI: MacBook Pro 16“ is hot and noisy with an external monitor
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    Displayplacer: macOS CLI to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements
    story by ingve · 2021-05-24 · 0 comments
  20. …maybe this is doable directly? I made an issue in the displayplacer Github to this effect: https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer/issues/69
    comment by singhrac · 2021-05-24 · in Solved by 1440p HiDPI: MacBook Pro 16“ is hot and noisy with an external monitor
  21. …system changes or require disabling SIP (i think?) like that script referenced in the article. [0] https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer
    comment by varenc · 2021-05-22 · in Solved by 1440p HiDPI: MacBook Pro 16“ is hot and noisy with an external monitor
  22. I've been using https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer and it helps with some of it - one monitor would wake from sleep sideways
    comment by bombcar · 2020-12-16 · in 4k 144Hz no longer available after upgrade to Big Sur
  23. …have to look into yabai some more, it seems interesting. [0] https://github.com/kasper/phoenix [1] https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer
    comment by joshstrange · 2020-11-12 · in macOS Big Sur
  24. I've had to script the correct display arrangement using https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer This is ridiculous.
    comment by hocuspocus · 2020-02-03 · in Is Catalina a Good Upgrade Yet?
  25. It's pretty easy to set up, the instructions in the README show how to get the bash command you need. https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer
    comment by jakehilborn · 2020-01-02 · in Ask HN: What are your best shell scripts that you use?
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    Show HN: Displayplacer – macOS cmd line util to configure multi-monitor layouts
    story by jakehilborn · 2019-05-25 · 1 comment