BetterDisplay v5.0.3

This updated BetterDisplay 5 pre-release improves compatibility with latest macOS 27 beta version and provides some additional improvements and bug fixes. Other BetterDisplay 5 highlights include advanced compositor filters, custom 3D LUT support, expanded display reporting and integrations, HDMI-CEC control, improved per-display automation, a built-in app console, app menu and OSD refinements, and numerous performance improvements.

Important: BetterDisplay 5 supports Macs running macOS 26 or later. Users running an earlier version of macOS should continue using BetterDisplay 4 – the latest version is v4.3.6.

BetterDisplay 5 is a free upgrade for Pro licenses purchased after January 1, 2025.

• Updating through the built-in updater preserves an already completed activation with an older Pro license, but displays an outdated-license notice. A current license removes the notice.
• An outdated license cannot activate a new or deactivated BetterDisplay 5 installation.
• Free features remain available without a Pro license, as before.

More information: Outdated Pro License FAQ

This cumulative changelog contains all BetterDisplay 5 changes not already included in stable BetterDisplay 4 releases through v4.3.6.

Enhancements

• Replaced expandable Settings blocks with sheets for easier navigation (#5720) v5.0.3
• Added a simpler default manifest connection method for LG webOS TVs (#5713) v5.0.3
• Added direct LG webOS MAC address retrieval alongside ARP discovery (#5714) v5.0.3
• Added manual MAC address overrides for Samsung Tizen controllers (#5712) v5.0.3
• Holding SHIFT while connecting or disconnecting a display now performs the inverse operation on all other displays (#5701) v5.0.3
• Restored Intel Mac support on macOS 26 (#5667) v5.0.2
• Improved handling of soft-disconnected displays when hardware connections change (#5685) v5.0.2
• Added detection for exclusive virtual screens and non-connectable displays (#5690) v5.0.2
• Distinguished app soft-disconnections from system or third-party soft-disconnections (#5693) v5.0.2
• Added display connection controls to Settings (#5695) v5.0.2
• Added “Apply All Protections” to Tools/Groups, with an automatic option (#5679) v5.0.2
• Added manual group UI scale matching to the app menu (#5682) v5.0.2
• Improved touch interaction on macOS 27 (#5678) v5.0.2
• Moved additional controller settings into sheets (#5676) v5.0.2
• Added custom 3D LUT support to Image Adjustments and Stream/PIP filters (#4284) v5.0.1
• Added a built-in app console for CLI features (#5642) v5.0.1
• Added an app console keyboard shortcut (#5644) v5.0.1
• Added exit and clear console commands (#5645) v5.0.1
• Added optional app logging in the console (#5646) v5.0.1
• Added HDMI-CEC TV control for volume, mute, power, and input (#3394)
• Added CLI commands for HDMI-CEC control (#5506)
• Added per-display commands for connection, disconnection, wake, and sleep events (#5574)
• Added per-display ambient light readings, including compatible Apple displays (#5565)
• Made the ambientLight CLI feature per-display (#5566)
• Added compositor filter rendering to Video Filter windows (#5558)
• Added geometry and advanced color filters to group syncing, CLI, and Shortcuts (#5551)
• Added more compositor filter options (#5249)
• Improved compositor filter performance (#5491)
• Added Display Information export through the CLI (#5485)
• Added link, bandwidth, DPCD, tiling, and DSC display information (#5484)
• Added the dpcdReport CLI command, with credits to @joevt and AllRez (#5496)
• Added raw DPCD data export through the CLI (#5498)
• Added the edidReport CLI command (#5508)
• Added the dscReport CLI command (#5509)
• Added the cecReport CLI command (#5510)
• Added the AppleBrightnessReport CLI command (#5507)
• Added Color Table Control settings and slider indicators (#5557)
• Added manual nits overrides for built-in Apple displays (#5573)
• Added “Prevent Cursor Entering” for stream target displays (#1442)
• Restored scroll and swipe control for app sliders except resolution (#5534)
• Added app menu slider snap points (#5522)
• Holding SHIFT during OSD slider adjustments now suspends syncing (#5525)
• OSD endpoint icons now adjust values by 10% (#5620)
• Prevented OSDs from remaining visible when appearing beneath the pointer (#5501)
• Updated OSD animations for macOS 27 (#5529)
• Added an alternate Force System OSD method on macOS 27 (#5619)
• Added a right-click quick menu to the app menu icon (#5622)
• Improved rapid app menu opening and closing (#5621)
• Improved app menu prefetching (#5490)
• Improved app menu performance (#5432)
• Improved app menu animations (#5430)
• Updated app menu styling for macOS Tahoe (#5429)
• Updated app menu glass styling for macOS 27 (#5530)
• Added Liquid Glass merge effects to app menu headers (#5437)
• Restored Settings dropdown icons on macOS 27 (#5575)
• Renamed DDC backlight actions to screen actions and added them to LG webOS (#5487)
• Updated VMM7100 reset support for macOS Tahoe (#5483)
• Added missing Paddle localizations (#5535)
• Modernized app internals using newer Swift and SwiftUI features (#5470)
• Removed pre-macOS 26 support and obsolete legacy features (#5431)

Fixes

• Fixed SwiftUI binding animations on macOS 27 developer betas 5 and 6 (#5719) v5.0.3
• Fixed “Recheck connection on wake” for LG webOS and Yamaha controllers (#5711) v5.0.3
• Fixed the Suspend Image Adjustments shortcut not suspending compositor filters (#5710) v5.0.3
• Fixed disabled menu items appearing enabled in dark mode (#5681) v5.0.2
• Fixed inappropriate Settings sheet animations on macOS 27 (#5651) v5.0.1
• Fixed stream stop error -3808 causing issues after sleep and wake (#5643) v5.0.1
• Fixed OSD placement with some automatic menu bar hiding configurations (#5569)
• Fixed incorrect built-in XDR nits calculations with upscaling and auto-brightness (#5552)

Included Localizations

• British English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.
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