How to set a custom scaled screen resolution on MacOS Ventura
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2 min readOct 25, 2022
If you use an external monitor, you will want to set a custom screen resolution to take advantage of 4K or 5K screens with 40"+ monitors.
You might have recently upgraded to MacOS Ventura, October 2022.
If you use an external monitor, you will want to set a custom screen resolution.
Out of the box, you can see four recommended resolutions, scaling from Larger Text to More Space.
macOS Ventura
macOS Big Sur & High Sierra
Fixing it
There’s an easy was to customise your resolution.
- Open System Preferences
- Choose Displays
- macOS Big Sur & High Sierra:
Hold down the Option key and click on Scaled option
macOS Ventura:
Hold down the Option key and click on ‘Larger text’ or ‘More space’