https://moredisplays.com/changelog What is being built in MoreDisplays, and what has been proven on real hardware. en Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-22-the-update-check-now-happens-on-its-own-once-a-day https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-22-the-update-check-now-happens-on-its-own-once-a-day Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The app reads one small file from this site once a day and says so in the menu bar when there is a new version. Nothing is downloaded or installed without being asked, the version can be skipped, and the whole thing can be switched off. https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-20-how-the-project-asks-for-money https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-20-how-the-project-asks-for-money Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Voluntary. Nothing for thirty days, then a reminder once a month, and a licence key stops the asking. Stopping the asking is the only thing a key does. https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-20-a-privileged-service-shipped-but-not-yet-serving https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-20-a-privileged-service-shipped-but-not-yet-serving Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The app now carries a launchd service that runs as root from boot, installed from a switch in Settings and reported by mdctl status. It does not present a display at the login window yet. https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-20-the-app-can-update-itself-in-three-deliberate-steps https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-20-the-app-can-update-itself-in-three-deliberate-steps Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Checking, downloading and installing are three separate actions with gaps between them, and a downloaded build has to satisfy a checksum and macOS before it goes anywhere near Applications. https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-20-the-download-is-a-zip-and-the-release-is-one-command https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-20-the-download-is-a-zip-and-the-release-is-one-command Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The app itself, stapled and zipped, is now the button people press. The disk image stays for the in-app updater, and both are cut from the same signed artefact by a single command. https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-19-the-group-library-travels-between-macs https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-19-the-group-library-travels-between-macs Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Groups sync over your own iCloud, on by default, with dated local backups and a restore that backs up first. https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-19-a-hardware-smoke-test-for-the-private-interface https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-19-a-hardware-smoke-test-for-the-private-interface Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT make smoke creates a real 5120x1440 virtual display, confirms it is active and unmirrored, and releases it. https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-19-switching-groups-verified-on-real-hardware https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-19-switching-groups-verified-on-real-hardware Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT A group was applied on a real Mac, a second group replaced it with no gap, and deactivating left the machine exactly as it started. https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-19-packaging-that-refuses-to-lie-about-what-it-produced https://moredisplays.com/changelog#2026-08-19-packaging-that-refuses-to-lie-about-what-it-produced Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT make dmg signs, notarises and packages, and says loudly when it has produced a local test build instead of a release.