MonitorControl v4.1.0

[JoniVR]

What's Changed

Improvements

• Updated menu bar icon and its behavior. by @jackhinkle in Update menu bar icon and its behavior. #880
• Onboarding Screen by @the0neyouseek in Onboarding Screen #906
• Fix Gamma Activity Enforcer window title typo by @robjwells in Fix Gamma Activity Enforcer window title typo #952
• Improved dummy detection for newer versions of BetterDummy by @waydabber in Improved dummy detection for newer versions of BetterDummy #975

Build related changes

• Use absolute paths for system framework references by @DimitarNestorov in Use absolute paths for system framework references #1012
• Fixed build scripts for m1 mac by @the0neyouseek in Fix build scripts for m1 mac #1037
• Added check for M1 Pro/Max Macbook Pro HDMI by @the0neyouseek in Add check for M1 Pro/Max Macbook Pro HDMI #904

Translations

• Added missing Hungarian translations and fixed some typos by @fejese in Adding missing Hungarian translations and fixing some typos #905
• Added Portuguese (Brazil) translation - thanks to @gpnunes75 by @waydabber in Added Portugese (Brazil) translation - thanks to @gpnunes75 #840
• Added Hungarian translations for onboarding + some minor translation fixes by @waydabber in Hungarian translation for onboarding + some minor translation fixes #918
• German translations update by @jajoho in German translation update #935
• German translations for onboarding by @jajoho in German translation: onboarding #940
• Added Czech translation by @waydabber in Added Czech translation #959
• Updated Chinese translations by @wjy2311077 in Updated Chinese translation #1034
• Updated Taiwan Chinese translations by @kahotheo in Update Taiwan Chinese translations #982 and Update Taiwan Chinese translations #983
• Added Polish translations (thanks to @Zbynius) by @waydabber in Added Polish translation (thanks to @Zbynius) #1027
• Improve Taiwan TC translations by @jrthsr700tmax in Optimize Taiwan TC Localization #1025
• Updated Dutch translations by @JoniVR in Increase build number to v4.1.0 & update dutch translations #1039

New Contributors

• @fejese made their first contribution in Adding missing Hungarian translations and fixing some typos #905
• @jackhinkle made their first contribution in Update menu bar icon and its behavior. #880
• @robjwells made their first contribution in Fix Gamma Activity Enforcer window title typo #952
• @kahotheo made their first contribution in Update Taiwan Chinese translations #983
• @jrthsr700tmax made their first contribution in Optimize Taiwan TC Localization #1025
• @DimitarNestorov made their first contribution in Use absolute paths for system framework references #1012
• @wjy2311077 made their first contribution in Updated Chinese translation #1034

Full Changelog: v4.0.2...v4.1.0

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This discussion was created from the release MonitorControl v4.1.0.

[bjarkebech]

This is a shining beacon of how a modern MacOS app should be. Works incredibly amazing. Thank you!!!!

[actuallyaridan]

Perfect application that does exactly what I need. Thank you!

[leokovaski]

Volume not working. LG Ultrawide Model 29UM69G

[alexTitakoff]

AWESOME!!

[brbetten]

Hi there, this app solved the lack of brightness controls for my LED cinema display! Thanks! I was wondering for a complete uninstall though what Library files I should look for?

[the0neyouseek]

Thanks ! To completely uninstall you can delete these files / folder

• ~/Library/Containers/me.guillaumeb.MonitorControlHelper
• ~/Library/Preferences/me.guillaumeb.MonitorControl.plist

[banx78]

Thanks !! this is a real game changer, I was about to send myna monitor back !! Huge thanks !!

[sudianskyi]

[FAWN-MUSIC]

Same Here. Philips 32PFS4132/12
Macbook pro mid 2015 MacOS Big Sur 11.7.2

[olivierlord]

Volume does not work for me either...

[hardtimehotel]

Volume does not work on my Mac mini M2. Monitor AOC CU 34V5CW/BK is connected via HDMI to HDMI cable.
Brightness works oke.

[waydabber]

@hardtimehotel - take a look at this: #750

[RadmirXAn]

Hi.
Volume not work if use HDMI to HDMI.
Volume work if use DISPLAY PORT to TYPE-C.
Brightness works in ALL.

[jayrcodes]

Works well with my Mac Mini M1 with 2 monitors (LG and HP). Thank you!

[yoav-st]

Hi, I just installed the newest version and the controller are working but, when I set the brightness to the max the led display doesn't rich the highest brightness that it have and the result are pretty dark.

[johandanielnilsson]

Hi yoav-st
Did you find a solution for this problem?
I ran into the same thing when I updated to 4.2

[jhay003]

thank you so much works perfectly.

[n0rt0nthec4t]

Is there going to be any newer binary builds released? Last one was 4.10 in may 2022!

[waydabber]

Hi @n0rt0nthec4t - we will see, it depends on contributions. I have an open PR to add support for M2 Pro Macs, it would make sense to produce a new binary with that change included + there are some translation updates as well. But aside from that, the current version seems fine. The team came to the conclusion that the original vision for MonitorControl is pretty much covered (or even exceeded in complexity) by the current feature set, adding more stuff would be counter-productive. But of course code contributions are still welcome!

Note: you can try BetterDisplay as well if you want more features, that's a "no constraints" app where I implement every idea I have time for and seems at least remotely useful. :)

[n0rt0nthec4t]

@waydabber thanks. Be nice to have montiorcontrol updated for Sonoma. I like the simplicity of MonitorControl look vs BetterDisplay

[waydabber]

MonitorControl should work fine with Sonoma (I think).

I'd challange however the issue of "simplicity of MonitorControl vs BetterDisplay" as it comes up from time-to-time. :) BetterDisplay 2.x's SwiftUI rewrite looks rather nice I think and in terms of simplicity of menu presentation there's not much difference (obviously you can unfold BetterDisplay to be much more complex):

But for sure this is a matter of preference, I like them both (since MonitorControl's current UI is also mostly my work, it would be strange of me to say it's not nice. :)).

[n0rt0nthec4t]

Yes, definitely subjective view :-) Appreciate your work on both apps