What works for me in 2022 on macOS 12.1 on MacBook Pro

Set isScaled to value of radio button 'Scaled' of tab group 1Ĭlick radio button 'Scaled' of tab group 1Ĭlick radio button 1 of radio group 1 of group 1 of tab group 1Ĭlick radio button 'Default for display' of tab group 1 Set isScaled to value of radio button 'Scaled' of radio group 1 of group 1Ĭlick radio button 'Scaled' of radio group 1 of group 1Ĭlick button 1 of UI element 3 of group 1Ĭlick radio button 'Default for display' of radio group 1 of group 1įix for wch1zpink's answer on macOS 10.15.4: tell application 'System Preferences' Repeat until (exists radio button 'Scaled' of radio group 1 of group 1 of window 'Displays') Tell application process 'System Preferences' I located that new service I created and assigned it a keyboard shortcutĪfter this, just follow the same procedures to create a new workflow and service for the display resolution lowerįix for wch1zpink's answer on macOS 12.0.1, thanks to the UI Browser app: tell application 'System Preferences' I saved this file as rez_higher.workflowįrom here, I opened up system preferences/keyboard/shortcuts/services.

Once I made sure both scripts work correctly, I then opened up Automator and created a new service for the display resolution higher and added the appropriate script as shown in the following image. This next script is for making the display resolution lower: if my display resolution is not set at the default setting tell application 'System Preferences'Ĭlick radio button 3 of radio group 1 of group 1 of tab group 1 Tell application 'System Events' to tell process 'System Preferences' to tell window 'Built-in Retina Display'Ĭlick radio button 'Scaled' of radio group 1 of tab group 1Ĭlick radio button 4 of radio group 1 of group 1 of tab group 1 Reveal anchor 'displaysDisplayTab' of pane '' This one is for making the display resolution higher: if my display resolution is already at the default position On my system I just enabled both scripts as dictation commands but if you create a new Service through Automator, you can assign keyboard shortcuts to those services.įirst, here are the two scripts I started with. One script for adjusting the display resolution higher and one adjusting display resolution lower.

On my system I created two different scripts. Yes you totally can achieve this without running additional apps.

Manually change display resolution mac