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Why is my new display fuzzy?

I feel like the resolution on my screen is a bit blurry. Maybe it’s just not as good as my old Mac. The resolution is set to the recommended setting. Any ideas?
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Couple of things to check. First, you can play around with the resolution within the System Settings on your Mac. Select "displays" then select which display you want to affect. In this case, your external display.
You'll then see "show all resolutions". You may find one there that is better for you. Different displays support different qualities of resolution. I personally don't really care for the ultra wide displays such as the one you're using. I prefer a more standard size. Graphics chips in modern Macs also prefer more standard sizes. It can also come down to how much you spent on a monitor. Chances are, if you spent under $250 for the external monitor, there's a chance the maximum possible resolution may be below what you'd like. For instance, on a standard size monitor 1900x1200 would be considered fuzzy these days compared to the 300x2000 higher res.


The monitor itself will have settings on board as well. The interfaces to change those settings is usually controlled by a couple of small buttons on the display and the menu to navigate through those settings is usually pretty terrible also.
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