How to undo changes made to display setting?

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How to undo changes made to display setting?

abhishekjhaji opened this issue 3 years ago · comments

Abhishek Kumar Jha commented 3 years ago

I have uninstalled the RDM but the changes made to display setting are persisted. As per the system report it shows the resolution as Resolution: 5120x2880 (5K/UHD+ - Ultra High Definition Plus) while the actual resolution is 2560 X 1440.

Do we need to remember all the changes we made and uncheck them manually?

Maxime Bories · Answer 1 · Sun Oct 03 2021 22:31:19 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

sudo rm -rf /Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/Overrides
sudo reboot now

Should do the work.

Ewan · Answer 2 · Mon Oct 04 2021 05:13:26 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

sudo rm -rf /Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/Overrides
sudo reboot now

Should do the work.

Tried this, didn't seem to help with my issue, which is similar to the OP

Maxime Bories · Answer 3 · Mon Oct 04 2021 08:12:06 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

What's stdout ? stderr ?
Are the files still there ? Open finder cmd+shift+g and paste /Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/
Or tree /Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/
Do you remember what you put there ? If so, do you find the same files in /System/Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/ ?

EDIT: and of course, did you reboot ?

Ewan · Answer 4 · Mon Oct 04 2021 08:47:28 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I didn't put anything here, All I did was add a new resolution in the UI. See my post for more info:
#43

Ewan · Answer 5 · Mon Oct 04 2021 20:53:38 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I should have added this before, but this is what is currently in /Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/:

Michael Belyaev · Answer 6 · Sat Oct 30 2021 20:41:17 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

RDM puts files there when you add the resolution. There is an Overrides folder on your screenshot, remove it.

Maxime Bories · Answer 7 · Tue Nov 02 2021 07:25:07 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

You don't really need to remove it but if it's not empty, remove everything inside.

Michael Belyaev · Answer 8 · Tue Jan 04 2022 01:12:00 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I should have added this before, but this is what is currently in /Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/:

This looks like the contents of /System/Library/Displays/Contents/Resources, not /Library/Displays/Contents/Resources.

Maxime Bories · Answer 9 · Tue Jan 04 2022 09:37:44 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

The locales *.lproj are locales for any binary compiled with Xcode, they should be in both directory.
However, and again, there is also an Overrides folder. Unless you used virtuel symbolic links elsewhere, the resolution you added is in this folder ! Remove it or everything inside as per the commands I gave you before. If the command does'n work, copy/paste the error message.

Cesare · Answer 10 · Tue Aug 30 2022 01:10:05 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

On macOS Monterey there's no /Library/Displays/* folder.
Can you please tell us where does the app store the overrides on Monterey? Thanks.

Aashrith Muppalla · Answer 11 · Wed May 24 2023 01:48:57 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

The locales *.lproj are locales for any binary compiled with Xcode, they should be in both directory.
However, and again, there is also an Overrides folder. Unless you used virtuel symbolic links elsewhere, the resolution you added is in this folder ! Remove it or everything inside as per the commands I gave you before. If the command does'n work, copy/paste the error message.

@maximebories, I am having a similar issue → I tried the command sudo rm -rf /Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/Overrides, then rebooted, but when I went to /System/Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/Overrides, the files are still there

Aashrith Muppalla · Answer 12 · Wed May 24 2023 02:03:40 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Ah, I have Apple Silicon Mac, which is why the folder is showing up in /System/Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/Overrides. Ok, so when I try deleting this with sudo rm -rf /Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/Overrides, then I get these issues:

@usr-sse2, do you know why this occurs?

Aashrith Muppalla · Answer 13 · Wed May 24 2023 02:29:39 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I am thinking of running it after I disable SIP (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/disabling_and_enabling_system_integrity_protection). Deleting these files will not cause a problem to my Mac, right?