The term "resolution" refers to the accuracy of a display, or the measurement of pixels in both the horizontal and vertical directions.
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How to increase the size of the OS X user interface without lowering the resolution?
I can adjust a few things, such as the Dock, but I don't see a way to say, "I want 1080p resolution, but I'm sitting 5 feet away and want bigger menus, fonts, etc across the entire system."
This is ...
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How can I increase my font sizes without decreasing my resolution?
I have a 24" iMac at home which at the max resolution (1920 x 1200) is very comfortable for me to see my desktop and read text.
Now at work I have a 27" iMac with a max resolution of 2560 x 1440 ...
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Is there a way to make all fonts larger on the Macbook Air 13 or 11?
Instead of getting a Macbook Pro 13 or 15, I was thinking of getting the Macbook Air 13 or 11 inch, but checking the machines at Apple store, it turns out the density of pixels of the screen of the ...
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After Upgrade to Mountain Lion I get blurry fonts
Since the upgrade to Mountain Lion, I get blurry fonts system-wide. It doesn't matter where it is: I've seen them on the log-in screen, Safari, Mail, Xcode, and Skype. Every font is very blurry.
It ...
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Choosing native screen resolution aspect ratio when screen sharing
I have two Macs both running Lion:
iMac (early 2009, iMac9,1 with NVIDIA GeForce GT 120)
MacBook Air (Early 2011, first of the new shape 11.6")
I often screen share using the Macbook Air as the ...
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Does the iPad (2012, 3rd generation) have the most pixels of any tablet's display?
I have heard this as a factoid from somewhere, and I'd like verification of it before I use it as a factual piece of information.
The new iPad (2012, 3rd generation) has a super high pixel count. ...
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Making fonts larger in apps under Lion
While there is no system-wide way to make all fonts larger under Lion without leaving native resolution, many individual programs do have a way to make text and various elements larger on the screen. ...
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What is required for HiDPI mode?
I followed the directions in this question. I've checked "Enable HiDPI display modes" in Quartz Debug, and I've rebooted and logged in again, but no HiDPI modes appear. I've rerun Quartz Debug and ...
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1920 x 1200 resolution monitor with VGA not detected by Mac OS X 10.7.2
I recently got a Dell 2412m monitor with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1200. But in system preferences it only shows 1920 x 1080. I had it connected, beautifully, to my spare linux machine, so ...
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How to force a screen resolution on my MacBook Pro?
I have a MacBook Pro, bought 3 years ago, I'm not sure of the model, but the processor is a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, with 4 GB of RAM, nVidia 9400M 256M. I am using MacOS 10.6.6.
Next week I will ...
