![]() Personally I hide about 12 icons to keep my primary toolbar decluttered. If you have a Raspberry Pi, this free tool is a must!īelenaEtcher is another Raspberry Pi tool which writes OS images to various removable media.īartender 3 is a tool for hiding some of your icons in the Mac toolbar. Highly customizable.ĪpplePiBaker is a tool aimed at people with Raspberry Pi devices to manage SD cards. I use it for enhanced searching, and quick launching of programs that aren’t on my dock.Īmphetamine is a great tool for keeping your Mac awake when you never want it to snooze. it does so much, you really have to check out their website. I’ve been using it for years, so it’s natural that I’m using it on my Macs (and iPhone, iPad, etc.).Īerial screen savers are simply amazing, and free!Īlfred 4 is a widely used productivity tool that I use daily. The remainder of this blog post will be the MacOS software that I’ve found very useful.ġPassword is an awesome cross-platform password manager that I use on all my devices, including Windows computers. While I was pretty familiar with what hardware I wanted for my MacBook Pro computers, I had never used MacOS before so the last 18 months has been a fun exploration of what’s available for MacOS. Other docks I’ve tried, like those from CalDigit, were junk. However, the more boxy Wavlink UTD21 has the exact same specs and ports, and is available for $179.99. It was available on Amazon, but as of this publication date is now unavailable. Plus it’s in a nice looking wedge shape in space grey. It also gives you 60w USB-C Power Delivery, gigabit ethernet, USB-A ports, and a USB-C port. It uses the latest Intel Titan Ridge ThunderBolt 3 chipset and supports one 8K at 30Hz, one 5K at 30Hz or dual 4K at 60Hz via two DisplayPort 1.4 ports. The simply stunning Wavlink UTD3 is the dock I chose, which has been rock solid. But if you expand to two MacBook Pros, the second Mac will need a docking station so you can give it power, provide DisplayPort outputs, and give you a couple of USB-A ports. If you have one MacBook, you may not need a docking station as the BenQ monitors may be sufficient for your needs, delivering power, displays, and a couple of USB-A ports via a single ThunderBolt 3 cable. ![]() The ThunderBolt 3 market is flooded with docks that range from cheap junk to expensive junk, with a few gems in between that actually deliver. If you want a single 32″ 4K monitor, or go for broke with dual 32″ 4K monitors, BenQ makes the PD3220U model. While not cheap, these two monitors are simply amazing! And the built-in KVM functionality works without a hitch. This monitor has native Thunderbolt 3 support, 2x USB-C power delivery (65w/15w), DisplayPort 1.4 input, a few USB-A ports, and supports daisy chaining two monitors. After much research, I settled on the BenQ PD2720 27″ 4K monitor. In anticipation of having two MacBooks at my house (work and personal), I really wanted a dual 4K 27″ 60Hz monitor setup with a built-in KVM so that I didn’t need to buy an expensive dual head DisplayPort 1.4 KVM. My 13.3″ 2020 MBP can support one 6K monitor at 30 Hz, one 5K at 30Hz, or dual 4K at 60Hz, plus of course lower resolutions. The maximum resolution and refresh rate do vary from MacBook Pro model to model, so check the specs of your particular MacBook Pro for what it can support. My work MacBook is a 2018 13.3″ model with 4 ThunderBolt 3 ports, and my personal 2020 13.3″ MacBook also has 4 ports. Nearly all portable Macs made in the last 5 years have Thunderbolt 3 ports. ![]() However, both 59 to 60 Hertz will set the refresh rate to 59.94 Hertz.First, I’m going to assume that your Mac has Thunderbolt 3 ports. The reason for this behavior is that specific displays will only report 59.94 Hertz, and when this happens, Windows will display two frequencies, including 59Hz and 60Hz for compatibility reasons. In the case that you're changing the screen refresh rate from 59 to 60 Hertz, but the refresh rate reverts to 59 Hertz, this is an expected behavior, and no additional action is required. Also, you can try setting a lower resolution as many times displays can support higher refresh rate but on a lower resolution. If your display supports a higher refresh rate, but the option is not available, make sure to re-install the latest graphics driver. ![]() The rates you can select will always depend on the monitor, graphics adapter, and resolution your device is using. Once you've completed the steps, the monitor should start using the new refresh rate that you've applied. ![]()
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