Q: How can I improve Mac Mini (late 2014) support for Dell UP2516D?
Hi,
I am working to make the most of my Mac Mini (late 2014) running OS X 'El Capitan' 10.11.5 and my Dell with PremierColor UP2516D, but I ran into some... uncertainties.
1. Why does OS X sees the UP2516D as Television: Yes? Could this have something to with fonts not looking as... pleasing as they should?
Provided LCD font smoothing setting in System Preferences doesn't help much. The monitor is connected via supplied DP to mDP cable to one Thunderbolt port on MacMini. Resolution is natively working at 1440p@59Hz.
There is an EDID fix in the form of a Ruby script floating around the interwebs, but that one is supposed to mostly fix colour issues; my monitor behaves normally, colour-wise, and I am not confident running scripts not specifically written for my monitor. Wish I could understand better what that script does...
2. Why isn't 10-bit colour available for my monitor, given that it advertises 1.07 billion colours?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this!
CG
Mac mini, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)
Posted on May 16, 2016 2:48 PM

