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macOS 27 Golden Gate Gains Native Ultrawide Display Support

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Apple adds native ultrawide display support in macOS 27 Golden Gate, bringing higher resolutions and persistent display arrangements to users of widescreen monitors.

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The update allows ultrawide displays to run at resolutions up to 5K at 120Hz. Apple also says that display arrangements are now preserved across connections, so the layout automatically restores exactly as the user left it each time they plug in.

The feature addresses a longstanding pain point for Mac users with ultrawide setups, who previously had to work around limited native resolution options or manually reconfigure their display arrangements after each connection.

macOS 27 Golden Gate is expected to ship to the public this fall. It is available to developers in beta now.

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PsykX Avatar
PsykX
8 weeks ago
The macOS 27 wallpaper should have looked like this
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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neuropsychguy
8 weeks ago

Someone should create a 4 or 5k wallpaper from that beautiful image. When it showed in the keynote I thought it would be the official wallpaper... was deceived when I realized it won't be the official one :/
Here's my capture from the keynote. Both 5k and 4k. I exported at 95% jpeg quality to make the file sizes smaller.


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Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Apple Knowledge Navigator
8 weeks ago
Announced to widespread acclaim, no?
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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anthonymoody
8 weeks ago
For any/all who are confused here. Just take a peel in the Mac Accessories subforum and head into the threads for the various 5k2k widescreen monitors. The issue is highly inconsistent availability of 3840 x 1620 HiDPI from one Mac model to another. That resolution is considered the sweet spot by many users of these monitors because it gives a great balance of virtual desktop space and text size. (At full 5k2k, text is considered way too small for many).

What was even weirder is that the early M chips, like my M1, seemed to have no issue with this resolution (though you needed e.g. BetterDummy or SwtichResX). But later iterations of the M couldn't get 3840 x 1620 HiDPI no matter what. It was like the Mac lineup went backwards in capability in this regard.

Anyway, this HiDPI resolution for 5k2k monitors is now inbuilt into the OS so it should no longer be an issue. This is indeed a very big deal for those who have been wrestling with it.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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johnalan
8 weeks ago
Golden Gate looks so great, I'm delighted.

They basically walked back all of Dye's reckless posturing.

I adore the Finder now compared with Tahoe, also corners are way better, plus all these low level fixes?!

The attention and polish, as someone with like 10k worth of Apple computers hook it to my veins. Love it.
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t0rqx
8 weeks ago
32inch iMac Ultra confirmed.
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