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I have not used this application, but apparently you can do that (and much more) in SwitchResX, available here: http://www.madrau.com/indexSRX4.html
On this page it says that "SwitchResX can also block unused resolutions": http://www.madrau.com/functions/custom/custom.html, and since the software allows to create display settings for individual applications ...
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Supported resolutions
Retina, Ratio 16:10
2880 by 1800 pixels
scaled, Ratio 16:10
1920 x 1200 pixels
1680 x 1050 pixels
1280 x 800 pixels
1024 x 640 pixels
According to the official tech specs by Apple.
How does the scaling work?
According to an article in AnandTech:
Selecting any of these options gives you ...
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Per VMware's Retina KB article, you can enable 1:1 pixel mapping for a Fusion 5 VM by going to Settings → Display and checking Use full resolution for Retina display.
If after that you don't see the 2880x1800 resolution, you need to make some manual tweaks, following this KB article:
Open the .vmx file in a text editor.
Add the line svga.autodetect = ...
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QuickRes (free)
Based on your description, QuickRes appears to perfectly accomplish what you're trying to do. You can set multiple (up to 8) resolutions in its preferences and assign keyboard shortcuts to them. To access preferences, launch QuickRes and Ctrl-click (right-click) the icon that will appear in the menu bar. Note that Mac will give you an ...
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Thanks @eternus for answering, but my issue was that for some reason, my computer doesn't always switch to the discrete card once I open a game. Restarting usually fixes the problem, but a more thorough way to solve it is to get this app called gfxCardStatus, which allows you to specify which card you'd like to use. You choose the "Discrete only" option ...
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Here's one example of someone running two 27" displays at 2560x1440 via Thunderbolt/DisplayPort plus an HDMI display at 1920x1200:
http://blog.macsales.com/14241-macbook-pro-15-with-retina-display-can-run-3-external-displays
The Thunderbolt ports officially support up to 2560x1600 so that resolution shouldn't be any problem either:
Simultaneously ...
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Your best bet would be to use ControlPlane (free) to detect when the power source has switched, and then fire off a shell script to change the resolution.
There's no built-in command line utility for changing the screen resolution, but someone came up with one that works well. You can download an installer here.
Then it's just a simple matter of setting ...
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Check if you have enabled:
System Preferences → General → Use LCD font smoothing when available
Without font smoothing:
With font smoothing:
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I don't have a MacBook Pro with a Retina display, so you probably have to change the numbers of the rows. I don't know if this would work with multiple displays.
tell application "System Preferences"
reveal anchor "displaysDisplayTab" of pane "com.apple.preference.displays"
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
...
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If you take a look at this page, it looks like the guy figured out how to get to 1920x1440 and even up to 2048x1536 using mpeg4 or h264.
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I recommend you reset your NVRAM. This chip stores information on screen resolution and can often become corrupted. You can reset it by starting your Mac while holding down cmd + opt + P + R . You should hear the Mac chime, restart and chime a second time. Then you can release the keys you are holding. More info here.
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In mirroring mode, both screens need to use the same resolution. The external display probably can't support the huge 2880x1800, so it's lowering yours to match.
In System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement tab, uncheck the mirroring option. Then you should see two separate preferences windows, allowing you to set different resolutions for each display. ...
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As of Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8), the HiDPI feature is no longer experimental. It's available in standard installs of the OS, without messing around with developer tools. But it still doesn't work as well as I'd like for this purpose, because if you're using a TV at the normal full HD resolution (1080P, or 1920x1080), the HiDPI resolution of 960x540 is too ...
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Apple doesn't have an option for you to do that. However, you can try TinkerTool. You can download it at no cost.
Screenshot taken from TinkerTool website.
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On new hardware, this is displayed differently than the traditional Display preferences pane. So yes, but you won't see the traditional n x n resolution listed. Here's what it will look like on a retina-enabled MacBook Pro:
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Toggling LCD font smoothing (subpixel rendering) should have an immediate effect on the System Preferences window with most displays.
LCD font smoothing is not enabled automatically on some LCD displays though. You might be able to force them to use it with defaults write -g AppleFontSmoothing -int 2, which corresponds to the pre-10.6 medium setting or ...
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You can't actually increase the resolution of your display, as the panel is LCD and only has 1280x800 physical pixels.
You can however install and run Apple's Xcode from the App Store to allow your Mac to display resolutions (among many other things) found on other Macs to simulate the higher resolutions.
The display will be very pixelated and blurry ...
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The macbook can output to the apple display at full resolution supported by that display with the extended desktop preference set in system preferences. If you set the mirror desktop preference in system preferences, the resolution will change on the external display to match your macbook.
I have a dell monitor with display port out and bought a display ...
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The supported resolutions defined on the Apple pages are for the built-in screen which is, pardon the pun, comparing apples to oranges in this case.
Plugging an external monitor in will show those resolutions that the monitor supports and you will be able to achieve the maximum resolution of the Dell monitor which is 1600x900
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The display is crispest at it's native resolution of 2560 X 1440. I would suggest adjusting the text size in each app. This is a bit of a pain because it seems that some apps render the same font/size combo differently. Most apps seem to have font/size adjustments with some, like Mail.app, having adjustments for each of the major control areas (mailboxes, ...
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I you can just go to the view Menu. And toggle the 'Show Original Image'
This will stick a label on the image so you know you are seeing an Original rather than a Preview.
The setting is global by the looks of it. And works in the compare mode.
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The max would be dependent on the amount of physical pixels in the LCD screen. You're going to find the limitation will be the display, and not Mac
Considering the 15" Retina MacBook Peo has a 2880 by 1800 which is internally drawn as 5760 by 3600, and it then supports another 2 external Thunderbolt displays. Of course, this is not a theoretical maximum, ...
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This was probably done so that videos, especially those that are lower resolution than 1080p, don't look absurdly small. If you want to play your video at the native resolution on your screen, (and you've selected "best for retina" as your display resolution), you could always tell VLC to play it back at half the size.
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HDMI is out because the Mac Mini's HDMI port maxes out at 1920x1200. You're going to need to grab an adapter to go from Mini-Displayport to either dual-link DVI or Displayport, which are both supported by the Dell.
Now, the Thunderbolt display can't directly output Mini-Displayport for boring technical reasons (see question 20). There must be a non-display ...
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I'm not 100% sure this is what you're after, but it's possible to check the "Show displays in menu bar" option in System Preferences -> Displays. This adds a menubar item which allows you to quickly switch between recently used resolutions
Alternatively, maybe something like Display Maestro or SwitchResX would help? These both seem to have the ability to ...
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From the tech specs page:
Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native
resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on up
to two external displays, at millions of colors
So the answer is yes, it will support those resolutions to up to two external displays. There will be no problems using these ...
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Simple solution. Head into system preferences and click on the display icon on the second row. Click on the display bar at the top (on the left of colour) and scroll through your different display options (I recommend 1280 X 800 but you can have whatever you want. Double click on the display option you want and there you go!
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I found a solution here:
http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-view_blog_post.php?postId=51
This isn't exactly a Wineskin related post, but... with the new Retina
Macs not having a way to truly change the resolution, I threw together
a little app that uses the WSReso command line tool I made for older
versions of Wineskin for changing resolutions ...
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I use an AppleScript that toggles through 3 of the 'scale' options depending on the current option...
local index1, index2, index3
set index1 to 3 -- 1440 x 900 (Best for Retina)
set index2 to 4 -- 1680 x 1050
set index3 to 5 -- 1920 x 1200 (More Space)
-- Launch "System Preferences", open the "Displays" options and change to the "Display" tab
tell ...
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The MacBook Pro has the same number of pixels as the Cinema Display but a smaller area to show them on. That makes the pixels on the MacBook Pro smaller. Since windows and text are a certain number of pixels in size, screens with smaller pixels will make them appear smaller.
The solution is to choose a lower resolution on the screen with smaller pixels (the ...
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