Add Apple Silicon support & major revamp (3.0.0) (#520)

Co-authored-by: Joni Van Roost <joni.VR@hotmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Rayan Khan <rayankhan04@iCloud.com>
Co-authored-by: Guillaume B <the0neyouseek@users.noreply.github.com>

README.md

@@ -1,66 +1,55 @@
-<h1 align="center"> MonitorControl </h1>
+<img src=".github/Icon-1024.png" width="175" alt="App icon" align="left"/>
 
-<!-- subtext -->
-<div align="center">
-Control your external monitor brightness, contrast or volume directly from a menulet or with keyboard native keys.
-</div>
+<h2>MonitorControl - Now with Apple Silicon support!</h2>
+        
+<p>
+<b>Control your external display brightness and volume!<br>
+Use menulet sliders or the native Apple keyboard keys!<br>
+Shows native brightness and volume OSDs as well!</b>
+</p>            
 
 <br/>
-
-<!-- Language emoji -->
+ 
 <div align="center">
-    <p>Translations: :uk: :fr: :de: :it: :ru: :ukraine: :jp: :poland: </p>
-</div>
-
-<br/>
-
 <!-- shields -->
-<div align="center">
-    <!-- downloads -->
-    <a href="https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/releases">
-        <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/total.svg" alt="downloads"/>
-    </a>
-    <!-- version -->
-    <a href="https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/releases/latest">
-        <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/release/MonitorControl/MonitorControl.svg" alt="latest version"/>
-    </a>
-    <!-- license -->
-    <a href="https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/blob/master/License.txt">
-        <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/MonitorControl/MonitorControl.svg" alt="license"/>
-    </a>
-    <!-- platform -->
-    <a href="https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl">
-        <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-macOS-lightgrey.svg" alt="platform"/>
-    </a>
-</div>
-
+<!-- downloads -->
+<a href="https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/releases">
+<img src="https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/total.svg?style=flat" alt="downloads"/>
+</a>
+<!-- version -->
+<a href="https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/releases">
+<img src="https://img.shields.io/github/release-pre/MonitorControl/MonitorControl.svg?style=flat" alt="latest version"/>
+</a>
+<!-- license -->
+<a href="https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/blob/master/License.txt">
+<img src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/MonitorControl/MonitorControl.svg?style=flat" alt="license"/>
+</a>
+<!-- platform -->
+<a href="https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl">
+<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-macOS-lightgrey.svg?style=flat" alt="platform"/>
+</a>
+<!-- backers -->
+<a href="https://opencollective.com/monitorcontrol">
+<img src="https://opencollective.com/monitorcontrol/tiers/badge.svg" alt="backers"/>
+</a>
+    
+<br/>
 <br/>
 
-<div align="center">
-    <img src="./.github/menulet.png" width="200" alt="menulet screenshot"/>
-    <br/><br/>
-    <img src="./.github/menugeneral.png" width="299" alt="general screenshot"/><img src="./.github/menukeys.png" width="299" alt="keys screenshot"/>
-    <img src="./.github/menudisplay.png" width="299" alt="display screenshot"/>
-    <img src="./.github/menuadvanced.png" width="299" alt="advanced screenshot"/>
-
-<br/>
-
-_Bonus: Using keyboard keys displays the native osd_
-
-<img src="./.github/osd.jpg" width="500" align="center" alt="osd screenshot"/>
 </div>
 
+<img src=".github/screenshot.png" width="840" alt="Screenshot"/><br/>
+
+<hr>
+
 ## Download
 
-Go to [Release](https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/releases/latest) and download the latest `.dmg`
+Go to [Releases](https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/releases) and download the latest `.dmg`
 
-## Installing with Homebrew Cask
+## Compatibility
 
-You can also install MonitorControl with [Homebrew Cask](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask).
-
-```bash
-$ brew install --cask monitorcontrol
-```
+- macOS Mojave (`10.14`) and up _(note: you can download [version 2.1.0](https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/releases/tag/v2.1.0) for macOS Sierra `10.12` support)_
+- Works with monitors controllable via [DDC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_Data_Channel) (or any other display via software dimming)
 
 ## How to help
 
@@ -75,17 +64,19 @@ Open [issues](https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/issues) if you ha
 - [SwiftFormat](https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat)
 - [BartyCrouch](https://github.com/Flinesoft/BartyCrouch) (for updating localizations)
 
-Clone the project
+Clone the project via this Terminal command:
 
-```sh
+```
 git clone https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl.git
 ```
 
-Then dependencies will automatically get downloaded when opening the project, if they don't:
+If you want to clone one of the branches, add `--single-branch --branch [branchname]` after the `clone` option.
 
-`File > Swift Packages > Resolve Package Versions`
+You're all set ! Now open the `MonitorControl.xcodeproj` with Xcode! The dependencies will automatically get downloaded once you open the project. If they don't:
 
-You're all set ! Now open the `MonitorControl.xcodeproj` with Xcode
+`File > Packages > Resolve Package Versions`
+
+(In earlier XCode versions `Packages` menu is titled `Swift Packages`)
 
 ### Third party dependencies
 
@@ -94,21 +85,21 @@ You're all set ! Now open the `MonitorControl.xcodeproj` with Xcode
 - [DDC.swift](https://github.com/reitermarkus/DDC.swift)
 - [SimplyCoreAudio](https://github.com/rnine/SimplyCoreAudio)
 
-## Support
-
-- macOS Sierra (`10.12`) and up.
-- Works with monitors controllable via [DDC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_Data_Channel).
-
 ## Contributors
 
 - [@the0neyouseek](https://github.com/the0neyouseek)
-- [@reitermarkus](https://github.com/reitermarkus)
 - [@JoniVR](https://github.com/JoniVR)
+- [@waydabber](https://github.com/waydabber)
 
 ## Thanks
 
-- [@bluejamesbond](https://github.com/bluejamesbond/) (Original developer)
-- [@Tyilo](https://github.com/Tyilo/) (Fork)
-- [@Bensge](https://github.com/Bensge/) - (Used some code from his project [NativeDisplayBrightness](https://github.com/Bensge/NativeDisplayBrightness))
-- [@nhurden](https://github.com/nhurden/) (For the original MediaKeyTap)
-- [@kfix](https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl) (For ddcctl)
+- [@bluejamesbond](https://github.com/bluejamesbond/) (original developer)
+- [@Tyilo](https://github.com/Tyilo/) (fork)
+- [@Bensge](https://github.com/Bensge/) - (used some code from his project [NativeDisplayBrightness](https://github.com/Bensge/NativeDisplayBrightness))
+- [@nhurden](https://github.com/nhurden/) (for the original MediaKeyTap)
+- [@kfix](https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl) (for ddcctl)
+- [@reitermarkus](https://github.com/reitermarkus) (for DDC.Swift)
+- [@zhuowei](https://github.com/zhuowei) (figured out M1 I²C communication)
+- [@tao-j](https://github.com/tao-j) (figured out M1 I²C write)
+- [@alin23](https://github.com/alin23) (generally spearheaded M1 DDC support and figured out a many of the caveats)
+- [javierocasio](https://www.deviantart.com/javierocasio) (app icon background)