So, ostensibly I could delete them all (other than the imac's own) and the non-SRX overrides will be recreated as I plug the monitor back in? On that note, campyguy mentioned that any deleted overrides will be recreated once a display is plugged back in. I'm concerned I might delete something important. Is there a way to make sure all the detritus from SRX is gone? I vaguely remember a new override being created but I can't figure out which one it is. I went through all the steps listed on the SRX site (cannot link as I'm a new forum user-I already got banned on my 1st attempt to write this!) and also on the other site linked to from SRX to get rid of the preference pane. But now my display freezes once/twice a day and I wonder if it has anything to do with some remnant from it.
I have uninstalled SRX as best as I can figure. Cheers!Īnother SwitchResX installer here who soon after bought a DP.org cable that eliminated the need for the hack. I loved SRX until I found out it was just a hack to get around crap cables, but now I know better.
#Switchresx mac#
SwitchResX created an Overrides Vendor folder/directory, and that is what your Displays Pref Pane "sees" when you boot up - your Mac will do the same if a Overrides Vendor folder/directory isn't present.
Your Mac will rebuild the appropriate directory if your external display is connected. Specific to my Mac, I would delete the "DisplayProductID-40bd" file in the "DisplayVendorID-10ac" folder/directory, or, rather, the entire "DisplayVendorID-10ac" folder/directory - then reboot your Mac. The second Dell display that I have attached, but it's not on right now, is "40bc". "IODisplayPrefsKey" = is Dell, and "40bd" is the specific display that is identified (Dell P2715Q). Terminal should return something like (including the quotes): (Don't copy the whole line, which includes a "Return" character - just copy the text in the above line) Open Terminal and enter the following Command: The question you'll have now is "Crap! Which of these Override Vendors belongs to my display?!?!?!?" Easy peasy. I started suspecting the crap cables when I looked at my repair history and found that none of my company's Macs/PC connected to Eizo displays had a single repair request - they ship with certified cables.
My gripe with that dev is they're likely aware that using a non-certified cable - carrying power over Pin 20 (Google it) - is likely damaging your Mac's GPU/dGPU (again, Google it) several of my PCs and Macs had fried motherboards before I figured this bit out, and I've not had a problem since switching to certified cables. The tweaks you make to your display are contained in the Override file SRX handles that for you if you're using that utility, and OS X/macOS handles this if you're using a certified DP.org cable.įYI, a certified cable conveys EDID info between your Mac and a connected external display, while SRX "spoofs" the capabilities of your display to OS X/macOS. Some vendors, like Dell and BenQ and Eizo (each of which I use at home or one of my offices) don't have overrides installed in the default installation of OS X/macOS but, when you connect an external display your Mac will create an override file inside a Vendor folder/directory, and SRX does this creation in the background - nifty, that.
#Switchresx install#
The Overrides folder/directory path is: /System/Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/Overrides - and the standard OS X/macOS install contains a bunch of installed overrides. Besides all of the SRX preferences and ColorSync profiles, you'll need to remove the Override files created by SRX. You should see an override for each display, and each display connected via multiple means - in other words, you'll see an override for a display attached via a TB cable, the same display connected via a mDP cable or mDP>DP cable or a mDP>DVI-D cable or an HDMI cable. What's been created that you're seeing the result of SRX's work - and don't misunderstand me, I think that dev did a fabulous job working around the issues with non-certified cables - is a custom override created by SRX for each display that is being used. Long time, now former, user of SRX - I'm using a DP.org certified cable now on all of my Macs and PCs - and had to root out all of the detritus left behind.
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