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Version 4.7
Stéphane Madrau
1. INTRODUCTION _______________________________________________________________ 3!
1.1. HISTORICAL ................................................................................................................... 3!
1.2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................... 4!
2. LICENSE _____________________________________________________________________ 5!
3. INSTALLATION: LIST OF FILES ___________________________________________________ 6!
3.1. WHAT IS INSTALLED AND WHERE ? ....................................................................................... 6!
WHAT OTHER FILES DOES IT CREATE OR MODIFY ? ......................................................................... 6!
3.2. UNINSTALLATION ............................................................................................................. 6!
4. THE SWITCHRESX UTILITY — BASIC FEATURES _____________________________________ 8!
4.1. BASE INTERFACE .............................................................................................................. 8!
4.2. THE SWITCHRESX PREFERENCES ......................................................................................... 8!
4.2.1. About section ...................................................................................................................... 9!
4.2.2. General section ................................................................................................................... 9!
4.2.3. Display Sets section ............................................................................................................. 9!
4.2.4. Applications section ........................................................................................................... 10!
4.2.5. Menus section ................................................................................................................... 10!
4.2.6. Desktop section ................................................................................................................. 11!
4.2.7. Displays sections – one for each attached display ................................................................ 11!
5. EXTENDING YOUR MONITOR – ADVANCED FEATURES _______________________________ 14!
5.1. DISPLAY RANGE SETTINGS ................................................................................................. 14!
5.2. DEFAULT RESOLUTION SETTING .......................................................................................... 14!
5.3. CUSTOM RESOLUTIONS ..................................................................................................... 15!
6. DEFINITION OF SOME TERMS ___________________________________________________ 18!
6.1. BASIC DEFINITION .......................................................................................................... 18!
6.2. WHERE SWITCHRESX GETS INVOLVED ................................................................................. 19!
6.3. LIMITS ......................................................................................................................... 19!
6.4. HOW TO FIND THE REQUESTED VALUES IN SWITCHRESX ........................................................... 20!
6.5. USING SWITCHRESX TO CREATE RESOLUTIONS – QUICK TUTORIAL ............................................. 21!
7. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ________________________________________________ 22!
7.1. TROUBLESHOOTING ......................................................................................................... 22!
7.2. SWITCHRESX ON MACOS 10.11.X (ELCAPITAN) .................................................................... 22!