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Displays Changelog

What's new in Displays 1.9.10

Oct 1, 2021
  • Advanced functions like Screenshot or PiP can be placed at the top of the menu
  • Fixed an issue causing the menu to display off-screen
  • Fixed missing information about monitors on Apple Silicon
  • Fixed missing click sound with virtual laser pointer on Apple Silicon

New in Displays 1.9.9 (May 11, 2021)

  • Blue light filter is now replaced by Night Shift (11.0 +)
  • App appearance can be selected in Preferences (10.14 +)
  • Added filtering and multiple selection for resolutions in Preferences
  • Allowed Built-in display rotation (see Advanced Preferences)
  • Menus are now using the system accent color
  • Improved readability for main menu
  • Updated Frameworks
  • Fixed truncated menu bar icon
  • Fixed wrong text color in menus
  • Fixed brightness control issue on Apple M1 processor
  • Fixed screen depth issue on Apple M1 processor
  • Fixed a crash occurring in screenshot editor
  • Fixed some other small issues

New in Displays 1.9.8 (Jan 24, 2021)

  • Added a setting to hide border of Picture-in-Picture window
  • Fixed unknown monitor name with Apple Silicon M1

New in Displays 1.9.7 (Dec 14, 2020)

  • Support for Apple Silicon
  • Keyboard shortcut can be assigned to capture part of a screen
  • Names of monitors can be changed in Advanced Preferences
  • Picture-in-Picture window size is saved correctly
  • Picture-in-Picture window can stay in one Space at a time
  • Updated Frameworks
  • Fixed small issues

New in Displays 1.9.6 (Nov 9, 2020)

  • Support for macOS Big Sur
  • Added support for screenshots in HEIF format (10.14 ++)
  • Added adjustable quality setting for screenshots
  • Added visual effects in menus (10.14 ++)
  • Improved Screen Recording permission (10.15 ++)
  • Fixed small issues

New in Displays 1.9.5 (Aug 14, 2020)

  • Keyboard input can be displayed on screen when mouse pointer highlighter is on
  • Improved detection of graphic card in-use
  • Improved detection of monitor name
  • Fixed broken Google Drive authentication for screenshot sharing
  • Fixed localization issues
  • Fixed other small issues

New in Displays 1.9.4 (May 27, 2020)

  • Added a setting in Preferences to allow disabling of monitors
  • Fixed other small issues

New in Displays 1.9.3 (Apr 17, 2020)

  • Added the ability to set the color depth (millions or billion of colors)
  • Screenshots can now be saved to different formats
  • Updated Frameworks
  • Fixed incorrect aspect ratio displayed for some resolutions
  • Fixed other small issues

New in Displays 1.9.2 (Jan 28, 2020)

  • Added two new keyboard shortcuts for favorite resolutions
  • Reorganized keyboard shortcuts in preferences window
  • Keyboard shortcut for PiP will now open or close windows

New in Displays 1.9.1 (Jan 8, 2020)

  • Fixed incorrect keyboard shortcuts for favorites resolutions

New in Displays 1.9 (Jan 6, 2020)

  • Ready for macOS Catalina
  • True Tone can now be quickly enabled / disabled
  • Added a setting to open PiP for secondary monitors when app launches
  • Added a keyboard shortcut to open PiP for secondary monitors
  • Added a keyboard shortcut and notification for True Tone
  • Improved identification of AirPlay monitors
  • Improved privacy settings
  • Updated Frameworks
  • Fixed truncated monitors frequencies, especially on MacBook Pro 16in
  • Fixed an issue with the Welcome window
  • Fixed an issue with numbering tool in screenshot editor
  • Fixed incorrect keyboard shortcuts for favorites resolutions
  • Fixed other small issues

New in Displays 1.8.3 (Aug 19, 2019)

  • Added a numbering tool in screenshot editor
  • Added a Privacy tab in Preferences to manage macOS authorizations
  • Various changes to prepare to macOS Catalina 10.15

New in Displays 1.8.2 (Jul 8, 2019)

  • Mouse pointer highlighter can be set to a rectangular shape
  • New keyboard shortcuts to enable circle or rectangular highlighter
  • New keyboard shortcut to show mouse pointer highlighter options
  • Added German localization
  • Improved mouse pointer highlighter performance
  • Improved localizations
  • Updated Frameworks
  • Fixed an issue where blue filter could be lost after screen saver resumes
  • Fixed an issue when revoking access to OneDrive account
  • Various changes to prepare to macOS Catalina 10.15

New in Displays 1.8.1 (Feb 7, 2019)

  • Updated Frameworks
  • Fixed an issue when desktop icons are hidden and resolution changes
  • Fixed compatibility issue with Bartender app
  • Fixed several minor bugs

New in Displays 1.8 (Jan 7, 2019)

  • New screen capture tool: capture entire screen, area or specific window
  • Screenshots can be shared with Box, pCloud and SFTP server
  • Screenshots can be copied to clipboard
  • Screenshots can be opened in an external editor
  • New tools to edit screenshot: polygon, star, speech bubble, rotation
  • Improved screenshot uploads
  • Many other improvements in screenshot editor
  • Smoother transition to dark theme on macOS Mojave
  • Fixed many small bugs

New in Displays 1.7 (Nov 9, 2018)

  • New: night mode can be automatically switched on when you launch an app
  • New: special action can be performed when right-clicking on menubar icon
  • New: some actions can be cancelled using embedded button in macOS notification
  • New: you can open screenshots from Finder so as to edit/share them
  • New: some actions can still be performed when desktop icons are hidden
  • Welcome screen includes an explanation about system authorization requests (10.14)
  • Improved support for macOS dark mode (10.14)
  • Improved notification appearance on macOS 10.10 or greater
  • Wallpaper changes are now reflected correctly when desktop icons are hidden
  • Screenshot upload and sharing are now grouped in same menu
  • Updated frameworks
  • Fixed incorrect DPI setting in screenshots
  • Fixed an issue with user location for night mode scheduling
  • Fixed a bug where desktop wallpaper was incorrect in night mode
  • Fixed several other bugs

New in Displays 1.6.3 (Sep 27, 2018)

  • Fixed several bugs on macOS Mojave
  • Updated frameworks

New in Displays 1.6.2 Build 60 (Jun 14, 2018)

  • Fixed a bug with recently used resolution
  • Fixed a crash occurring on older macOS versions
  • Fixed several minor bugs

New in Displays 1.6.1 Build 59 (May 19, 2018)

  • New: Spanish localization added
  • New: information about a monitor can be copied to pasteboard
  • Updated frameworks
  • Updated localizations
  • Fixed several minor bugs

New in Displays 1.6 Build 58 (Sep 11, 2017)

  • New: sharing window is opened by default after taking screenshot
  • New: screenshots can be edited (resize, crop…) and annotated
  • New: Google Drive, OneDrive and FTP are now supported for sharing screenshots
  • New: screenshots can be saved into PNG or JPEG format
  • New: url of uploaded screenshot can be automatically opened in web browser
  • New: get a notification when video card in use has changed
  • Actual name of video card is shown instead of Integrated/Dedicated
  • Updated Dropbox service to API V2

New in Displays 1.5.2 Build 55 (Mar 13, 2017)

  • Fixed a bug with invisible icons
  • Fixed a bug with blue light filter applied several times

New in Displays 1.5.1 Build 53 (Feb 18, 2017)

  • Improved and adjusted blue light filter
  • Fixed a bug with blue light filter

New in Displays 1.5 Build 57 (Feb 16, 2017)

  • New: night mode can be scheduled, based on sunset/sunrise or user-defined period
  • New: you can set an alternate wallpaper to use when night mode is on
  • Improved detection of monitor plug/unplug
  • Improved ‘Hide desktop icons’ feature
  • Reduced blue light setting is reapplied after color profile change
  • Fixed a bug preventing night mode to work with some color profiles
  • Fixed night mode bug at quit
  • Fixed misplaced built-in notifications
  • Fixed several minor bugs

New in Displays 1.4 Build 47 (Jan 27, 2017)

  • New: you can choose the amount of blue light to reduce
  • New: assign a keyboard shortcut to take a screenshot
  • New: color profile indicates if monitor supports P3 wide gamut
  • Better handling of overheight menus
  • Fixed retina resolutions not displayed with macOS Sierra
  • Fixed night mode only partially disabled at quit
  • Fixed macOS dark mode not applied when switching to night mode
  • Fixed other bugs
  • Note: Displays is not available on the Mac App Store anymore

New in Displays 1.3 Build 44 (Jun 4, 2016)

  • New: choose location and filename for screenshots
  • New: upload screenshots to either Dropbox or CloudApp
  • New: sound played when taking screenshot can be disabled
  • New: virtual laser can distinguish between left and right click
  • New: drag and drop is now possible when desktop icons are hidden
  • New: notification can be displayed when hiding desktop icons
  • Dark theme is applied to built-in notifications when required
  • Improved performance when playing sounds
  • Fixed an issue when switching to night mode

New in Displays 1.2.1 Build 43 (May 31, 2016)

  • AirPlay is now fully supported
  • New dark theme is now applied when OS X is in Dark mode
  • Color profile is displayed in monitor information
  • Improved performance
  • Fixed several minor bugs