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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Can the Eclipse emulator be made less blurry when run on retina Mac hardware?
I'm using Eclipse JUNO and ADT 21 on a MacBook Pro Retina 15" and the eclipse app itself looks very sharp (code blocks, images and texts). However, things are blurry in the Android Emulator.
What ...
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Other resolution (no scaling) in MacBook Pro retina
What do the other resolutions look like? I know in OS X you can't go down (for now) to really (non retina) at 1440x900 and also in Windows (for no new bootcamp driver) you can't; but I see how in the ...
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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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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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USB 2.0 hard disk does not show up
I have a 15-inch Macbook Pro with Retina Display that doesn't work with my USB 2 hard disk. It doesn't mount, doesn't show up in Disk Utility, and doesn't even show up in System Information in the ...
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Does the VT-d feature on the i7 have measurable VM gains over the i5 on 2013 RMBP?
Some days ago Apple refreshed the MacBooks pro and I'm looking for either well sourced reviews of the hardware capabilities between the models or real world experience to help me value the increased ...
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MacBook Retina strange system/battery behaviour
I am quite used to the fact, that MacOS X does a lot abracadabra internally to provide the best user experience ever, but I also used to understand all that happens. With my pristine MBPr (3 battery ...
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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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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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Boot Camp and Windows 8
I had a Retina MacBook Pro with Windows 8 already installed. I can boot from it without problems, and all the drivers Apple provided for Windows 7 works perfectly for me except one thing.
I am not ...
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My external display screen is black
I updated from 10.8.1 to 10.8.2 for my macbook pro retina with my external 27" thunderbolt display. Now when i connect to my thunderbolt display both screens are black now. I can only see my mouse ...
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Typical temperature of Retina MacBook Pro
I installed iStat Menus, and the fans start when the highest temperature has been 50C, but like now it is 70C and the fans aren't above normal (cant hear them).
This graph below shows part of ...
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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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How can I use the full resolution of a Macbook Pro Retina 15"?
It is supposed to be a 2880 x 1800 pixel display, but System Preferences won't let me set it higher than 1920 x 1200.
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MacBook Pro Retina - three external displays under Boot Camp
Is it possible to drive three external displays (3x 22" inch monitors, each at 1680 x 1050) on the Macbook-Pro under BootCamp / Windows.
A couple of guys have shown that it works under Mac OSX ...
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How to fix inverted color on one thunderbolt monitor with maximum resolution set?
I have two monitors. All of the sudden my second monitor has switched blue for red when it is at the full resolution 2560x1600. However, white is not black, so it isn't totally inverted.
If I use the ...
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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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How do I fix mura issues on my 15 inch retina Macbook Pro with a Samsung display?
My 2.3 Ghz 15 retina Macbook Pro with a Samsung display, seems to have some "mura" spots on the display. I have owned this laptop since July, and just recently have become aware of it.
You only ...
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Is there a way to change the OSX system font size per monitor?
I'm wondering if there is a way to change the OSX system font size per monitor (e.g. larger for Retina and smaller on external display) ?
I know how to change it system wide (as covered by How can I ...
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Command + C does not always work from the first try in Microsoft Word (Office 2011)
I have no idea why COMMAND + C doesn't always register from the first time. I sometimes try to copy something off Word, but I have to press COMMAND + C more than once for it to register, otherwise ...
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View the display out signal on main monitor?
I am running an event for my community soon an I need software where I can see the contants of the two projects when they are in "No Show" mode. Is it possible to see what is being displayed through ...
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How do I disable scaling for specific apps on Retina MacBook Pro?
Is it possible to set certain non-Retina enabled apps to not scale up (in other words, run at a native resolution) on the new Retina MacBook Pro?
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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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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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Kernel Panic on Shutdown
For a few weeks, every time I shutdown my laptop, It immediately reboots and displays a kernel panic error. I haven't been able to cleanly shut down for some time. The machine is a 15" Retina Macbook ...
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Chrome not showing as retina on mountain lion
I have a recently purchased rMBP. The Google Chrome browser is displaying as retina when launched from the image it comes packaged in, but when I move the executable to my applications directory it ...
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Increase Screenshot Size (Resolution)?
I sometimes use the screenshot feature copied to clipboard to paste it quickly when I need it. I usually use that in Mail, however I always realize that the picture sent is really small in size ...
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iSight no longer detected under Mountain Lion after “PowerNap”
iSight works flawlessly until my 15inch Retina goes "PowerNapping", then, after resuming, PhotoBooth and other Apple software reports "no camera hardware detected".
A full system restart resolves the ...
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Issues with Retina Macbook Pro
I've just got a 15" retina macbook pro. And the color of the screen seems to vary in different places, particularly the bottom left corner has a yellow/green tint. Its not enough to quantify or easily ...
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Setting up dual monitors on MacBook Pro with Retina
I just got my MacBook Pro with Retina yesterday and I bought a Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter to setup dual monitor, it worked fine.
Today I tried to connect Retina with my external monitor, I tried ...
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Second Monitor Not Detecting Proper Resolution
I have 2x 30 Inch Monitors, a U3011 and a WFP3007WFPHC. They are both capable of displaying 2560x1600.
The WFP3007 only has a dual-dvi input so I purchased a mini-displayport to dual-dvi adapter. ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Running 10.6 on an MBP Retina Display
Has anyone successfully managed to run 10.6 (Snow Leopard) off a MBP Retina Display? I've only managed to get 10.7+ running so far from an external disk. 10.6 seems to just do nothing. This is because ...
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Battery specs for MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Retina MacBook Pro
I am trying to figure out if I can ship a MacBook over her to Europe via an APO box.
On Apple's website it tells me the watt-hours of each model, but it doesn't say how many cells.
Here are the ...
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Disabling Hibernation AND DeepSleep mode on Retina Macbook Pro reduce battery life?
I am currently on 90%, HDMI connected to 2nd monitor, about 5-6 links open in Safari, terminal running (coding on python), Stickies, Messages, and Mail are running.
My battery has 2h of remaining ...
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I need to connect my MacBook Pro with retina display to an external Dell S2440L but i can't get a good image
When i connect the monitor ( i'm using a HDMI to HDMI cable ) the image on the monitor keeps flickering and the quality is not good. I tried to close my mac, of course i tried to optimize for the ...
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Will my Mac continue to backup if I put it to sleep?
I have a Macbook Retina with the Power Nap feature enabled. I know that Power Nap is supposed to back up periodically when asleep but will it continue a backup that was started when awake. Just ...
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“Always open with” option not saving after reboot
Setting a filetype to always open with a specific application works only until I restart my computer. Macbook Pro Retina under OSX version 10.7.5.
Why?
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External display doesn't off when turn rMBP's display off - ONLY after computer sleep
It's a strange behavior I observed with my 13" Macbook Pro retina and its external display, which is a Dell 2410U. The external display is connected using a Thunderbold-to-DVI adapter.
I use the ...
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New Retina MacBook Pro - Temperatures Signaling Defects?
So I've purchased a new 15" MBP and I've had issues with fan speeds, graphics switching, and the temperatures.
No matter what I do, just by having internet browsing using Chrome, my idle temperature ...
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2010 MBP black screen transfers to 2012 Retina MBP
On our MacBook Pro 15", there started to occur intermittent black-screen events, which do not respond to any button input, even holding the power button for over 10 sec. doesn't help.
The display ...
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How to delete Desktop 1 from Mission Control
So apparently my wallpaper is stuck and acting like a layer on top of everything else. For example, when I initiate Mission Control, the wallpaper covers the other screen previews. However I can ...
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Is it possible to customize retina display HiDPI resolutions on OS X?
On this link there is some interesting information about how resolution configurations of different displays are stored.
Based on this information or some other source, is it possible to introduce ...
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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 ...
