A MacBook Pro announced during the summer 2012 WWDC. The 15-inch screen has a native resolution of 2880 by 1800, making it by far the highest resolution display on a portable computer.
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Is it normal for a 15 inch rMBP to get extremely hot during use?
Sometimes when editing images, creating websites, using Adobe software, my Macbook Pro retina display, seems to get very, very hot. Not just on the bottom but on the top by the screen as well.
To be ...
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Fan Speed and Temperature on MBP Retina 13 2013
I have a 13 inch MacBook Pro retina (bought new in 2013).
When running normally (which is usually online downloading and editing in Eclipse - nothing too heavy, often 90%+ processor idle) it runs ...
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What is the ppi of the MacBook Pro retina 13" when at a resolution of 1680x1050?
I know the resolution when it's at the retina resolution of 2560x1600, but what about when it's scaled to 1680x1050?
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Keyboard stays lit during sleep
When I put my computer to sleep the keyboard stays lit. It is a July 2012 rMBP. I always have to turn down the brightness manually which is really annoying. Does someone know how to fix this?
Also ...
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How can I use an iPad Retina display as an external display for my MacBook Pro 15" Retina?
I have three nice external Samsung 23" LCD monitors, and I've had all three hooked up to my MBP, for a total of four monitors. Problem is, the MBP's Retina display has totally spoiled me. The ...
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3 (2 monitors + Ethernet adapter) devices to 2 Thunderbolt ports on a Retina MacBook Pro?
There are 2 Thunderbolt ports, but I have 3 devices. Is there a way to attach all 3?
I've read stuff about "daisy-chaining" but I don't know what it means.
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Can a mixed retina / non-retina setup reduce eye strain for Mac users? [closed]
Since purchasing it last year, I've grown accustomed to using my MacBook Pro with retina display. It's gotten to the point where staring at a regular screen hurts my eyes after a short while.
My ...
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What is best way to get and play Age of Mythology on Mac?
I have a 15 inch 1st gen MacBook Pro retina with windows 7 installed using boot camp and I would like to get the game Age of Mythology (with expansion) which I never had. What would be the best way to ...
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Extremely choppy zoom in/out and scrolling rMBP mid 2012
For the second time now I'm experiencing an extremely laggy/choppy behavior. Last time this happened I solved it by reformatting my disk and reinstalling Mountain Lion. And now it's happening again ...
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Why Does Retina Display Freak Out with Blur Filtering on Certain Apps
On a retina-display Macbook Pro, I get the behavior shown in the below screenshots when I use applications that have some form of filtering and I have the Macbook Pro hooked up to an external display. ...
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Screen Scratch Repair - Early 2013 15" MacBook Pro w/ Retina Display
:( Not a good day.
I just cleaned the screen of my rMBP using my usual kit. A lint free microfiber cloth and my AM screen cleaning fluid.
However there must have been a small particle of something ...
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Connect LED Cinema Display (Mini DP) via HDMI
Is there any way I can connect an LED Cinema Display via the HDMI port on my MacBook Pro with Retina display? I know there are various dongles that adapt for HDMI cables from Mini DP, but if I were to ...
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Connect two iMacs and an LED Cinema Display to MacBook Pro
In my office I have a brand new Thunderbolt-equipped iMac, an older iMac (Mini DisplayPort), and an LED Cinema Display (Mini DisplayPort). I want to connect these three displays to my MacBook Pro with ...
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Using 3 external displays with the rMBP 13"?
I would like to replace my main dev machine (currently a custom built desktop machine) with a Macbook Pro. I have been using three external 24" 1920x1200 displays for many years now and found this ...
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Dual Boot OSX on Retina MBP 15
I want to install a fresh copy of OSX onto my Retina MBP, next to the one that it came preinstalled with.
I have created a 2nd partition using Disk Utility ready for the install, but have now found ...
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External backup drive unmounted, then endless churn
I have a 5 year old Seagate USB2 drive for backups, used for a few months with time machine on my Retina MBP.
Lately, I've been getting an error that it was improperly ejected (I didn't actually ...
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Is there a setting to make the Mac not change resolution when connecting to an external display?
I am currently running 2880x1800 resolution on my MacBook Pro retina (using the command setgetscreenres).
Whenever I connect to an external display, my Mac changes to a lower resolution. Is there a ...
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Mail App is using internet connection to capacity (Retina Macbook Pro Early 2013)
My internet connection is working to capacity while "Mail" is open. Of course, it was loading all my mails when I used it the first time, but now all mails are on the machine and still "MagicanPaster" ...
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Retina Macbook Pro with External Display (Samsung BX2440)
I have just switched to a rMBP from a Windows 7 laptop. I use an external 24 inch monitor (Samsung BX2440) via the HDMI port on the rMBP. It seems that due to some scaling, the text on the external ...
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Windows 8 Resolution Problems
I just installed Windows 8 on my ManBook Pro Retina 15" and I am having some problems. Scince the default resolution looks bad, I set the Resolution to 2880x1800, but this made everything small. I ...
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How can I get full resolution on Mac Book Pro Retina? [duplicate]
I am using a Mac Book Pro 15" retina display which supposedly has a 2880x1800 resolution, but I don't seem to be getting that many pixels. In the control panel, if I choose the Scaled radio button ...
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Saving window postions and sizes when connecting/disconnecting Macbook pro retina with TWO external monitors
there's a lot of excellent questions about window management here, and great answers. Like this one
What Window Management Options exist for OS X?
But I still can't find a reliable answer to my ...
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Firewall window pops up then vanishes
For about the last month, I've had the Firewall Accept/Deny incoming connection window pop up at semi-regular intervals. I have not, however, been able to identify the cause. Taking a look at the ...
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Strange behaviors on OSX Lion 10.7.5 reboot
I'm having some strange behaviors on OSX Lion 10.7.5. Every time I reboot my Macbook Pro Retina,
It forgets which programs I set to open a file type by default. That is, all my movies are opened by ...
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Preview in OS X 10.8 (rMBP) is very slow if many lines are embedded in the PDF
I do not have a comparison between the OS X versions but after I switched to a 15" retina MBP and simultaneously to OS X 10.8 the Preview app takes a long time to open pdfs with lots of vectors ...
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Is there a way to make some application have different resolution on a Retina Macbook Pro?
I use "Best for Retina display" in my settings. It's suitable for my eyes:)
But I'd like to get more spaces in some applications by using the highest resolution. So is there a way to do so?
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Dead pixel with but with inverted color in rMBP
I have a mac book pro retina since a few weeks (bought in april 2013). There is a pixel in the middle of the screen that has the opposite color of what it should have:
If background is white, pixel ...
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Keyboard response rate is too low, and character suggestion popups appear periodically
I'm typing on my Retina MacBook Pro, and the response rate on the keyboard is terrible. It's like typing on an LCII that is trying to run Mac OS X. As I type, the computer seems to be thinking ...
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Quicktime screen recording on Retina display
On OS X 10.8 I'm trying to record screen using Quicktime. But for some reason the resulting video resolution is only 1280 by 800, even thought I'm on Retina display.
How can I record screen in Retina ...
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Is it okay for a brand new 13" MacBook Pro Retina to not sit flat?
So I've got this new 13" MacBook Pro Retina... a beautiful machine by all accounts! Here's the thing though: It doesn't sit flat. As in, if you put it down on a flat surface, all four of the rubber ...
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MacBook unusable due to kernel_task
I've disabled hibernation, and removed the sleep image file. I shutdown my Macbook Pro (15" retina), unticked the box to open windows on restart, and started my MacBook again. As soon as I'd logged on ...
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Specific wifi router type? for rMBP?
I've recently gotten my cable internet upgraded. When the tech was here, he was able to get about 48 Mbps speeds over wifi, but on my retina MBP, connecting to the same wireless router, I was only ...
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What file permissions do I need to change after 10.8.3 restore?
My 08 mb, OSX Mt Lion, crashed so I bought new 2012 MBPr. Luckily, I backed everything up. Migrated everything from 08mb over to new MBPr. I noticed that when I deleted files, it skipped the trash ...
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Ethernet Cable vs Wireless adaptor
What are the advantages / disadvantages of the "Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adaptor" over something like the "Apple AirPort Express"?
As a frequent traveller (with a retina-macbook-pro) I am ...
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What kind of adaptor do I need to connect RJ45 / ethernet cable to my Macbook Pro Retina display?
There is no RJ45 / ethernet port on my macbook. I'm not sure what ports can support this and my choices are thunderbolt or USB or HDMI adaptor?
Or should I just buy a mini wireless router?
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OS X Mountain Lion: Change resolution automatically when on battery
I have a rMBP running OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
I normally use the display at a 1680x1050. Is there a way to have the display automatically change resolution to the default retina when on battery, and ...
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What is the maximum resolution for a second monitor attached to a MBP Retina?
I'm curious if my new machine will support (for example) 3840x2400 retina-quality external monitor in additional to the built-in screen or whether that will exceed the capacity of the video card.
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How can I make screenshots be true pixels?
It seems like all my screenshots end up being twice as many pixels as they should even though I run the screen in 1920x1200. If I screenshot this editing box, via command + shift + 4 it says about ...
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How many monitors can the 13" retina MacBook Pro output to?
The 15" retina can do three (and itself) via daisychaining two Thunderbolts (or just using the two ports) and with the HDMI port. Is the 13" retina able to do this as well?
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Can you color label a file/folder in Finder using a keyboard shortcut? [duplicate]
Is there a faster way to label a selected file or folder without having to right-click and choosing a colour ? Such as a keyboard shortcut or another method to do this ?
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Aliased fonts in Picasa for OS X
I just installed Picasa on Mountain Lion, but the fonts are really ugly and aliased:
This is a MacBook Pro with Retina display, if that makes a difference.
Is there something I can do about this?
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How can I debug a series of piped commands in zsh?
The command
ioreg -lw0 | grep \"EDID\" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6
is not giving any result. Can any one help.
I got this command from an article that maintains (I ...
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Disabling HD4000 on MacBook Pro
HD 4000 on my MacBook Pro shared 512 MB RAM from my main memory, which is calculated as part of kernel_task.
My question is simple, is there a way to disable it, stopping it from taking up 512 MB of ...
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Parallels window problem
I'm using Parallels on my mac. But when I open a software the font are so small, it's very weird. Can anyone help me out!!!
The picture above is when I open up my chrome, how can I fix it?
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Window size of VirtualBox on mac
I'm trying to install Windows by using VirtualBox on mac, but the size of VirtualBox don't fit the size of my mac.
The window size is too small, how can I make it fit my computer?
By the way, I'm ...
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Default settings for pmset -g?
I remember changing some values to disable Deep sleep mode and hibernation a few months ago, and realised that my battery drains faster now. I just want to revert all settings to default. I changed ...
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Do I need Hibernate option ON for my Retina Macbook Pro?
I have a Retina MBP and have the following settings using pmset -g
As you can see below, standby is 1 and hibernationmode is 3, meaning that I have DEEP SLEEP turned on, after 7200 seconds.
Do I ...
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What is the normal fan speed for the 15'' Retina Macbook Pro?
What is the typical fan speed for a 15'' Retina Macbook Pro ?
I would like to compare it with mine using istatpro
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OS X 10.8.2 max resolution
Does anyone know what maximum resolution (NUMBERxNUMBER) OS X Mountain Lion supports? What happens is that when I use my full 2880x1800 everything looks small. is there a way to use my full 2880x1800 ...
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Dual monitor on Macbook Pro Retina: difference between 13 and 15 inches?
Can the HD 4000 of the Macbook Pro Retina 13 easily handle 2 monitor at 1920x1080 or would it be better to buy a Macbook Pro Retina 15 because it has a separate GPU ? At the Macbook Retina's release, ...
