In a session
Display modes
Fit, 1:1 and Stretch, and which one keeps text sharp.
The far screen rarely matches your window, so something has to give. These are the three answers.
| Mode | What it does | Use it for | Key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fit | Shrinks it all to fit, keeps the shape, adds black bars | Seeing everything | ⌘1 |
| 1:1 | One far pixel per your pixel, no scaling | Reading code and small text | ⌘2 |
| Stretch | Fills your window, ignores the shape | A glance at a dashboard | ⌘3 |
Scaling always softens fine detail. That is why 1:1 looks sharper: nothing is being resized.
Fullscreen
⌘F, or the toolbar button. Your display mode still decides what happens inside it.
Sharper text, in order
- Match the shapes. Resize your window closer to the far screen's shape. That removes a scaling step even in Fit.
- Use 1:1. No scaling at all. You pan to see the rest.
- Lower the far computer's resolution. Fewer pixels, more data each.
- Then think about speed. See picture quality.
On a Retina Mac the picture is already drawn at full pixel density.
Clicks landing in the wrong place
Each mode changes how a point in your window maps to the far screen.
- Switch modes once and back.
- In Fit, check you are not clicking a black bar. That is off-screen.
- If the far computer changed resolution mid-session, reconnect.
More than one monitor
A computer with two screens sends its main one. Picking a different monitor is not available yet. Make the one you want the main one.