DisableMonitor

Easily disable or enable a monitor on your Mac.

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Open issues
55
Closed issues
28
Last release
almost 9 years ago
Last commit
about 6 years ago
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1.35K
Total releases
14
Total commits
4
Open PRs
1
Closed PRs
1
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Platform
Mac
License
Category
Technology
Offers premium version?
NO
Proprietary?
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About

DisableMonitor

Adds the missing feature to disable a monitor on your Mac!

Easily disable, enable or change the resolution of a monitor!

Warning

It has been reported that the software is able to cause irretrievable damages to your computer.
Use at your own risk!

The project development has been stopped and won't be continued, if you want to be a maintainer consider opening an issue.

Console Usage

You can use DisableMonitor with the console.
Following switches are available:

$ /Applications/DisableMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/DisableMonitor --help
usage: DisableMonitor [options]
Options:
-l, --list         list all attached monitors
-d, --disable ID   disable monitor with specified id
-e, --enable ID    enable monitor with specified id
-h, --help         show this help

Example Usage:

$ /Applications/DisableMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/DisableMonitor --list
 ID         Name


188823026 SyncMaster (1) 188834480 SyncMaster (2)


$ /Applications/DisableMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/DisableMonitor --disable 188834480

(More switches might be coming)

Contribution

You can contribute to this project! Just create a fork, do the changes and do a pull request.
Add new features, languages or what ever you think could enhance the app.

Building

Building requires the OSX 10.6 Framework

Changelog

1.92:

  • Issue #27 Fixed

1.9:

  • Automatic update checks
  • Code cleaning
  • Rules BETA (Issue #13)
  • Updated console usage

1.8:

  • Added Yosemite White Icon
  • Added posibility to disable mirrored monitor (Issue #9)

1.7:

  • Added Updater
  • Added Quit Menu (Alternative Menu)
  • Added Start Screensaver Menu (Alternative Menu)
  • Added console usage (Issue #8)
  • Added About Dialog

1.6:

  • Added Icons
  • Added Lock Screens
  • Fixed Issues #5 & #6

1.5:

  • Minor Bugfixes

1.4:

  • Manage Resolutions
  • Ratio

1.3:

  • Support for 10.6

1.2:

  • Move windows from disabled monitor to an active one

1.1:

  • Resolution can now be changed!
  • Bugfixes
  • improved stability
  • added German language

Notes

App Icon by http://ionicons.com/

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