Apple to fix Mac M1 support for ultrawide monitors soon

It seems that the latest Mac M1s are not as perfect as we had initially thought. It seems that these powerful devices have experienced compatibility issues when connected to ultrawide or super ultrawide monitors. Fortunately, Apple has already recognized this problem and it seems that we will soon get a fix with the latest version of macOS BigSur.

The guys at Macworld found a short support document explaining the reason for the problem, as the latest Mac M1s apparently can’t recognize the native resolution of these big monitors.

“If the supported resolution is not available on an external ultrawide or super ultrawide display connected to your Mac with the Apple M1 chip
“If you connect an ultrawide or super ultrawide monitor to your Mac with the Apple M1 chip, some resolutions supported by your display may not be available.
“Apple is aware of this problem and a fix is ​​planned for a future macOS update.
“To see additional resolutions for your external display, choose Apple menu> System Preferences, click Displays, then press and hold the Option key while clicking Scaling.”

Now this support page suggests that you can find a temporary solution for your Mac M1 by switching between additional resolution in the Apple menu, but that doesn’t mean that users will actually fix the problem. However, there is another solution provided by the Twitter user. Imtiaaz. He explains that he found a way around this problem by installing SwichResX, which gave him the appropriate resolutions for his device.

Apple says a solution is coming to use a Mac M1 with ultrawide monitors https://t.co/Smoo2yCdGA by @benlovejoy

– 9to5Mac.com (@ 9to5mac) Dec 24, 2020

For now, we can only wait until Apple releases the new macOS BigSur update to fix this issue. At least we can be sure that it will arrive before the rumored launch of a new 16-inch and 14-inch MacBook Pro. These new Mac M1s could be launched in the second or third quarter of 2021 with a new mini-LED display, which would help to further extend the battery life of the Mac M1.

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Via 9to5Mac

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