Apple will resolve the issue with Ultrawide displays on M1 Macs in the next macOS update

by

In a new support document, Apple acknowledged that when an external ultrawide or super-ultrawide display is connected to a Mac with the M1 chip, some supported display resolutions may not be currently available.

Lg ultrawide display


Apple says it is aware of this problem and has a solution planned for a future macOS update. Apple has not specified exactly when a fix will be available, but the first beta of macOS 11.2 was released last week, so this is a possibility.

To see additional resolutions for your external display, click the Apple logo in the upper left corner of your Mac computer, open System Preferences, click Views, and long press the Option key while clicking “Scaled.” .

There is a thread running about this issue in the MacRumors forums.

.Source