dangh / force-rgb.fish

Force RGB mode for monitor that defaults to YPbPr

force-rgb.fish

Force RGB mode for monitor that defaults to YPbPr.

The trick is from https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/m1-mac-external-display-fuzzy-fonts-colors-ypbpr-vs-rgb.2276345/post-30545051

Installation

brew install jq
fisher install dangh/force-rgb.fish

Usage

# dry-run
force-rgb

# apply changes
yes | force-rgb

# reboot your mac, if it doesn't have effect, shutdown and boot again.

force-rgb.fish's Issues

Property List error: Cannot parse a NULL or zero-length data

I'm getting the following errors when running the script

Fixing /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.displays.plist
/var/folders/c9/z8mfllrs7n1gvpddbd9w6fx40000gn/T/tmp.ES7uutmQ: Property List error: Cannot parse a NULL or zero-length data / JSON error: Unable to parse empty data.
Fixing /Users/damien/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.windowserver.displays.31A65C41-ACD4-5833-B863-11BCFF6D01CD.plist


/var/folders/c9/z8mfllrs7n1gvpddbd9w6fx40000gn/T/tmp.ZVtFgaRJ: Property List error: Cannot parse a NULL or zero-length data / JSON error: Unable to parse empty data.
Done. Log out BEFORE reboot your mac to apply changes.

Then I end up with empty plist files. I attached my original plist files

original-plist.zip

Running macOS 12.5.1 and fish 3.5.1

why not just use bash?

why not just use bash?