after upgrading to Ventura 13.1 external display resolution menu has only default resolution (too small) and low resolution options

I'm with you on this frustration. Try these steps and see if it works for you.

I fixed the issue by following these steps. Not sure what monitor you use, but my monitor is an LG 4k.

Steps to fixing issue with screen resolutions with ventura 13.0, 13.1, & 13.2:

This is for those that have LG 4k monitors and have experienced the screen resolution issues.

1. Unplug your USB-C monitor adapter or HDMI from the computer
2. On your LG monitor navigate to the settings and locate the section where you can "reset" your monitor back to default settings ... *Be advised, If you do this, it will remove any previous customized settings you had for your monitor.
3. Plug your USB-C monitor adpater or HDMI back into your computer
4. Go to "settings" / "Display" on your mac
5. You should now be able to adjust accordingly the resolution with HiDPI resolution for your external monitor.

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I have the same issue since upgrading to Ventura 13.1. Using USB-C direct connection to my MacBook Pro 2019 16" to LG wide screen 49" (don't need to mention what that cost) and no longer have control over resolution either and restricted to just an external display of my 16" Mac. Clam shell is lost and (preferred usage for my Mac) doesn't work either! Can't believe apple isn't addressing this issue??????????????

Apple, please have engineering team work on this ASAP!

I have this issue on a Mac Mini with an HP Z38c display. To no avail, I have tried the following:

1. 1. Used multiple different HDMI cables.
   2. Used multiple USB-C cables.
   3. Attached a different monitor (27in display).

We have lost this capability:

This was working just fine prior to the upgrade to Ventura 13.1.

I faced the same issue. In my case, switching from an external third party USB-C-hub with HDMI to the USB-C-hub from Apple, fixed the problem on my side. I guess it's related to the third party hardware then. Hope that helps others, too.

I tried running the script, and finally managed to set custom HiDPI display on my LG wide screen after this!

• Ran script
• Reboot
• Set desired HiDPI resolution with BetterDisplay

Hoping of course for Apple to release a proper fix at some point, but at least I can now work without having to have the monitor 5 cm to my face 😵‍💫.

So it looks like after I posted this youtube link of the person explaining how he fixed the issue, has now been removed. Not sure why that's the case, but I will explain briefly what I got out of the steps from the video that helped me resolve this issue:

This is for those that have LG 4k monitors and have experienced the screen resolution issues.

1. Unplug your USB-C monitor adapter or HDMI from the computer
2. On your LG monitor navigate to the settings and locate the section where you can "reset" your monitor back to default settings ... *Be advised, If you do this, it will remove any previous customized settings you had for your monitor.
3. Plug your USB-C monitor adpater or HDMI back into your computer
4. Go to "settings" / "Display"
5. You should now be able to adjust accordingly the resolution with HiDPI resolution for your external monitor.

This worked for me after 3 months of not being able to figure it out. In my case, just resetting the LG monitor settings back to default fixed the issue.

As far as others, I do not have an answer for you. You will just have to try it out for yourself and see if it works.

Please reply back if it works for you or even if it doesn't work. Helps the community keep informed here.

Good luck!

Yes, facing this issue as well with my MacBook Pro 2019.

Testet with two different wide monitors, HP Z38c and LG 38WN95C, both using HDMI adapter and USB-C directly, to no avail.

Also tried changing the resolution using BetterDisplay and SwitchResX, it simply does not change to a HiDPI display setting.

Im also suffering from the same issue, tried to restart but no difference; prior to the 13.1 update the resolution was working perfectly.

I have another Mac on 13.0 with the same external monitor and USB-C cable, and when I open the advanced settings the options are different:

As far as I'm aware they do know about the problem. I talked to german support via phone (in december) and he said that he already knows about this and that they are already working on a fix. But who knows when and if they will ever fix this.

I was able to fix this issue for my 5120x1440 monitor with Better Display (https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay): I had to hit these buttons under settings and after a reboot I had all the HiDPI resolutions I ever wanted... not in system settings though but in the Better Display menu. But once set you don't need to run Better Display in the background and it looks like it doesn't have any overhead like Better Dummy. Currently working on 4096x1152 which is the equivalent to Windows 125% scaling. Even on a 110dpi screen this looks great and from a performance standpoint runs perfectly well on my 2019 MacBook Pro with two external monitors attached. I really don't get it why apple doesn't enable these options by default.

My picture performance was always very good even if I resized the resolution and certainly did not see grainy text and icons like this bug that many users have.

After upgrading to ventura, I had all resolutions as 'low resolution options' except the default one. All the text and icons were grainy and looked bad.

Now I see everything perfectly as before I upgraded to Ventura.

The author of the post "szubov" had exactly the same problem as me.

I found a solution to the problem that worked for me.

Even before I upgraded to Ventura I never used the default resolution because it was too small for me and all the text and icons showed perfectly.

The problem here is that after upgrading to Ventura all resolutions became "low resolution option" except the default one (which is too small for some users).

mine issue is slightly different. the default resolution for me surely looks small. But I remember there was the 'text scale' bar I we can select and make the menu font / everything bigger, without compromising resolution? Now it's GONE???

can we bring that back please

Sorry about your res problem as I face the same issue. Please keep me posted if you hear from apple support as to a resolution to this problem. I count on my ultrawide screen for my work as well as functionality not to mention the cost of the LG monitor $$$$.

I have the same issue. It was already a bug in Ventura 13.0 and has already been addressed here: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/449538/macos-ventura-upgrade-external-monitor-issues-with-benq-pd2700u Surprisingly, it has not been fixed in 13.1. This is really annoying I also just got a 49'' monitor and have to use BetterDisplay as a workaround which works fine but affects performance. I really DO hope that Apple fixes this issue ASAP as it is really annoying.

I have the same issue after upgrading to Ventura 13.1 (earlier versions were fine). Text size is now very small on the external LG HDR WQHD with the default resolution. The other resolutions are just as small with poor resolution and no scaling. There is now seemingly no way to increase the text size on the external display which is very bad accessibility.

Text scaling on the built-in display works just fine as before, however.

I am also having issues with my 2018 Mac Mini i5. I just upgraded to MacOS Ventura 13.1. My monitor is an LG UW 3840 x 1600. Prior to upgrading, I was able to change the resolution scale, but not anymore. WTH Apple!?

The current 3840 x 1600 (default) resolution is too small. Any suggestions on temporarily fixing this instead of dropping it to 3200 x 1334 (low resolution)?

I do hope they bring back the resolution scale setting.