How to Change the Refresh Rate on Your MacBook Pro Display

Change the Refresh Rate on MacBook Pro Display

The latest Apple’s 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models have some amazing display features and customization options. Mac users can change the refresh rate of a display if they want to, especially when working with heavy video files or clip editing. Usually, the refresh rate of the display is set to default, but users can change it according to their preferences. This article will show you all steps to change the Refresh Rate on MacBook Pro Display.

What do we mean by refresh rate?

So what does the refresh rate actually mean? The number of times per second a PC can display a picture on its screen is called the refresh rate. Hertz (Hz) is the measurement unit of the refresh rate. Just like Apple Pro Display XDR, Apple’s new models also have the option where you can change the refresh rate on your MacBook Pro display. The new models have powerful Apple silicon chips plus extra ports to give more connectivity options. Also, it has the best display so far seen on a laptop.

This new macOS customization has given MacBook users more options other than the ProMotion option for changing the refresh rate. This means that users can now adjust their display refresh rate to 60 Hertz, 59.94 Hertz, 50 Hertz, 48 Hertz, or any given number. This will be very useful for heavy video editors.

One thing to note is that not every Mac displays are capable of changing their display refresh rate. Almost every Mac internal screen is not capable of changing its display rates. However, many third-party external screens give different options for refresh rates. The latest Apple MacBook Pro models have an inbuilt display customization option that enables users to change the display refresh rates.

How do we change the Refresh Rate on MacBook Pro Display

Here are the steps on how you can change your display refresh rate as per your requirement. Remember always to choose double the rate of your video content. Here we will talk about two displays: the latest MacBook Pro models, the Apple Pro XDR display, and some external Mac displays.

Steps to change the refresh rate on MacBook Pro model display:

First, head towards the Apple menu and click on ‘System Preferences’.

After that, click on “Displays”.

When the ‘Display’ tab opens up, you need to hold down the ‘option’ key and choose the ‘Scaled’ option.

You will see multiple options for “Refresh Rate”

MacBook Pro models have a default display refresh rate of 60 hertz. It is the recommended rate for every display.

You can choose from the list and select the preferable rate as per your requirement.

MacBook Pro 16″ model has 47.95 hertz, 48 hertz, 50 hertz, 59.94 hertz, and 60-hertz options for display refresh rate. These are the in-build options. The setting menu also enables the users to change the screen resolution of Retina Macs. They can also increase the text size and the size of icons on the screen.

Steps to change the refresh rate on External Mac Displays

There are some external displays in the market that enable the user to change its play refresh rates. These external displays are not Mac displays, so they may cause some issues with display performance. Here is how you can change the display refresh rate of the external displays.

Firstly you need to connect your external display to your Mac OS.

Then go ahead to the Apple menu and select ‘System Preferences’.

After that, click on “Displays”.

When the ‘Display’ tab opens up, you need to hold down the ‘option’ key and choose the ‘Scaled’ option.

The list of display refresh rates will show up, and you can select the preferable rate for your display.

Many external displays may show the refresh rate drop-down menu options without even holding down the OPTION key. This feature depends on the Mac OS and the display itself.

If you are a heavy video editor, display refresh rates play a key role in heavy editing. Refresh rates can increase the display performance. Follow the above steps to easily change the refresh rate on MacBook Pro display, and you can see the difference in your display performance.

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