Questions tagged [resolution]
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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Set iPhone photo resolution default [duplicate]
I need to take photos and upload them in a web page. A resolution of 800x600 would be enough for me.
I go to Settings > Photos & Camera, but I can only find a configuration for the resolution of ...
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How do I download full resolution photos on my iphone (8+) to use offline? [duplicate]
I used to keep all of my photos (literally 40K or so) on my iPhone. I did eventually fall into the iCloud trap, and have still not figured out a way to assure that a healthy number of my full ...
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Fixing my refresh rate
I hope this is the right place to post this question.
I'm getting crazy since 2 days trying to enable 60hz on my external display.
I bought a new LG Ultrafine 4k display as suggested by apple to have ...
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How to capture a high quality screeshot in 1920 x 1080?
I want to make 1920 x 1080 screenshots of the entire screen, but there's no 1920 x 1080 option in the Displays menu.
There's a 1920 x 1080 option on SwitchResX, but when I select that one, the text ...
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How do you change the Export DPI of Microsoft PowerPoint?
Office 2016 has on option in the Windows version to alter the export-DPI of PowerPoint by editing a registry key,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\PowerPoint\Options
Where would I ...
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External 4K display with 2012 MacBook Pro 15"
I have a MacBook Pro Retina mid 2012 and have bought a couple of BenQ 4K EL2870U monitors. I've connected the two monitors up to the MacBook through a couple of Mini Display Port to Display Port ...
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Incorrect external monitor resolution detected, true resolution not available
I have a BenQ EX3501R monitor connected by HDMI to my MacBook Pro, which is a Early 2015 model.
The issue being that OS X gets the resolutions completely wrong - the monitors native resolution is ...
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Why can't I use this monitor full resolution at 60hz on my 2013 Mac Pro with OS X Mojave?
https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/uhd-and-wqhd/32-uj590-uhd-monitor-lu32j590uqnxza/#specs
Says 60hz on the site, tried HDMI1, HDMI2, FreeSync, tried various HDMI cables, even bought an ...
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Unable to configure to native resolution on LCD of retina macbook pro
I have late 2015 issue macbook Pro with 2880x1800 native resolution. How do I use that resolution? The max that I can configure using the built-in tools is 1920x1080.
I am on High Sierra.
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how to transfer low resolution photos ( optimised ) to the computer
I deleted all my pics from iCloud and also the recently deleted items in order to reduce the space and revert to the free version ( 5 GB ).
I did check all the pics before I deleted them from iCloud ...
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Different scales (or resolutions) for different apps in the same screen?
Today my cat stepped on my keyboard and somehow changed the scale of one app. The problem is that scale of the display is globally the same what changed was the overall resolution of my app.
In the ...
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Will a 4K external monitor create a sharper display when connected to my MacBook Pro
I recently connected my MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013 running 10.12.6 to the Asus PB238Q 23-inch via the mini display cable to VGA cable. The max resolution of the external monitor is 1920 x ...
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Trying to understand display specs of macbook pro
I want to buy a monitor to connect to my macbook pro. From apple's website this is what I have gathered:
Retina display
15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2880-by-1800 ...
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remote desktop from iMac 5k and Windows 10 1080p into Windows 10 virtual machine resolution problems
I work from home a couple days a week. At home, I have an iMac 5k and use Microsoft Remote Desktop 10.2.3 on the iMac to remote into my company workstation which is a Windows 10 virtual machine. I ...
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Is there a way to access Mac OS default wallpaper with resolution for portrait mode monitor?
I'm currently using a secondary 24" monitor (widescreen) in portrait mode (rotated 90 degrees to be vertical). Is there a way to have the default Mac OS wallpaper adjust to maintain the image ...
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How to allow mouse pointer to move to smaller display?
I have two monitors connected to my Mac (running Mojave).
A sits "left" and has resolution 1680x1050
B sits "right" and has resolution 2560x1440
So, when I put my mouse in the "top" of B, and move ...
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How can I get safari to show me the pixel dimensions of the browser window, without an extension?
I have once seen safari showing me the pixel dimensions of the browser window, even when I resized it dragging left or right, it showed how many pixels in the x axis and how many pixels in the y axis.
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Max supported external display resolution @60z for 2012 Macbook Air?
I have a mid-2012 13" Macbook Air with Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB
My monitor died recently so I'm in the market for a new one, and I would like to know the maximum supported resolution for ...
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MacOS Mojave beta has limited display scaling on MacBook 12
Everything looks larger on my MacBook 12 after the latest Mojave update. It allows you to scale up the display to only one level (used to go up and down two levels). Has anyone noticed that? Any fixes ...
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macOS System files to modify Display Resolutions?
Duet Display can no longer set my iPad to 2732x2048 resolution. I have the exact same problem with my ASUS monitor. I was once able to use PBP mode to turn the display into portrait mode and then set ...
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Is there any screen with resolution of 3440x1080 that is supported by a mid 2012 13" MBP? [duplicate]
I have a mid-2012 13" MacBook Pro with an integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU and Thunderbolt / DisplayPort v 1.2 ports.
Can I connect a screen with 3440x1080 resolution? If not, is there anyway to ...
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Make apps smaller / "zoom out" apps
I made my screen resolution much smaller, so now most apps look 4x larger than I'm used to.
iTunes and Finder for example are much larger than they need to be.
Can I make everything about these apps ...
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Early 2013 Macbook Pro with 4K: Picture quality?
This is sort of related to this question. The 13.3 inch Early 2015 Macbook has a resolution of 2560 x 1600. I'm not an expert on displays, I've done a lot of Googling but don't seem to understand.
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Obtaining 2560 x 1600 on a 3840 x 2160 with surrounding bands
When you pair a MacBook that supports only up to 2560 x 1600 on an external display with a Dell 28" 3840 x 2160 monitor, is it possible to request precisely the resolution 2560 x 1600 on the monitor ...
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How to shrink (?) iMac's screen?
I'm pretty sure there is a name for it, but I can't find it.
Is there a way to make my screen smaller? By "smaller", I mean...shrink the whole screen so that there are black borders.
I think I was ...
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How to enable "larger text" scaling slider on a 2k monitor?
I have a Mac Mini (late 2014) connected to two Dell U2515H monitors, which have 2560x1440 resolution.
Problem: everything (macOS UI elements) is too small at this native resolution.
I was able to ...
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Can't access 2560 x 1080 display resolution settings on MBP
I've got a mid 2012 15" MBP running 10.10.5.
I've also got access to a mid 2012 13" MBP running 10.12.6.
I'm trying to connect both (separately one at a time for testing) to this LG ultra wide ...
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MacBook Pro (Mac OS X Mavericks) not displaying full resolution on external Philips QHD monitor
I know this question has been answered a few times before in relation to other monitors and Mac OS X versions, but due to my limited knowledge I am after specific help with my setup.
I have a 2012 ...
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2017 15" MBP & UHD TV: 4k60Hz *very* intermittent
I have the MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017), a Samsung 4k display, and a USB-C to HDMI cable between them (plugged directly into the computer).
The entire setup supports everything necessary. Please don't ...
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AppleScript to change resolutions on my monitor [duplicate]
I have reviewed multiple scripts that address primarily changes on a retina display. I have a standard monitor (iMac 27"). The line of code that seems to give me trouble is:
tell application "...
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Can I change the resolution of a display in recovery mode?
Booted to High Sierra recovery HD, I’m not able to open the system preferences and choose a different resolution.
Can terminal be used from the utilities menu to change the resolution?
I have a Mac ...
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How can I determine the resolution of an image saved to Photos on iOS11?
If I download/save an image on iOS, how can I determine what the resolution of that image is?
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2560x1440 @ 60 Hz HiDpi on a MBPr 13" Late 2013
My setup:
Late 2013 13" MacBook Pro Retina (MBPr)
Dell P2715Q (4k) monitor
Connect the MBPr with the monitor using a mDP-DP cable
SwitchResX shows me the following resolutions:
I tried the ...
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2015 Macbook pro 13" with Dell U2518D blurry font
I recently bought a Dell U2518D monitor to use as my primary display paired with my 2015 Macbook pro 13". This is a 2560x1440 1440p monitor. I used the included display port to mini display port cable ...
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What was the maximum screen resolution in Macs based on 68K CPU's?
What was the maximum screen resolution and refresh rate that a 68K-based Macintosh could display?
There are reports of Mac OS 9 going up to 1920 x 1200, but that is, of course, running on a PowerPC ...
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Early 2015 MacBook Air and two external monitors: how to do it and maximum resolution?
I have an Early 2015 13" MacBook Air with Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536 MB. I'm trying to figure out what its capabilities are in terms of connecting two external monitors.
First, if I just used the ...
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Fonts appear fuzzy when connecting my Mac to an external monitor
I’ve been having this issue for a long time and I can’t get my head around it.
When I connect my MacBook Pro 2015 to an external 1920x1080 monitor, the font becomes fuzzy and I get dizzy within a few ...
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How can I scale a 4K external monitor to have a comfortable amount of space
I'm using a 13inch touch-bar MacBook pro with a Samsung U28E590 4k monitor.
I'm very happy with the resolution on the MacBook's screen and everything is a comfortable size. However on the monitor the ...
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macOS resolution can't scale up
I'm running macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 on VMware on Windows 10 Pro 1803 build 17134.1.
My screen's resolution is 3840x2160 (4K) and I want the macOS to be in resolution 3840x2009.
However. it seems ...
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Scaling external Display on Macbook Pro Mid 2012
I have a Macbook Pro Mid 2012 and I use it together with a Dell 24" Monitor, which has 2.560 x 1.440 pixels (WQHD).
When I use this monitor together with my Windows PC, I'm using a scaling of 125% to ...
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Headless Mac Mini can display 2560x1440 after being plugged into, then unplugged from an external monitor, but only goes up to 1920x1080 after restart
I am using a Late 2012 Mac Mini exclusively through Screen Sharing on my MacBook (Both on 10.13.4). The only way I could get the Mac Mini to full resolution was to:
Close connection from my MacBook ...
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Does HiDPI (Retina) technology utilize GPU resources?
As I understand it should, but I can't find any explicit statement. This is important for me because I'm trying to understand which MacBook should I use - with external GPU or not. Still I can assume ...
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How to add HiDPI resolution on High Sierra? Using standard scaled resolutions makes display blurry
Main Question: How to add 1024 x 640 HiDPI resolution on MacBook Air HighSierra internal display?
I'm trying to decrease resolution on my MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011, non-retina) Default ...
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2017 macbook pro multiple monitor setup for a photographer [duplicate]
Hi :) I've got a 2017 macbook pro w/ touch bar
According to this site:
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i7-3.1-15-mid-2017-retina-display-touch-bar-specs.html
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External display resolution does not match what is specified in Mac OS settings
I am using Dell P2715Q display (4K) with MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015). It is by default scaled to 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz (copied from System Report). But the display shows "Resolution: ...
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Possible to get 1440p from a 2012 Mac Mini via mini DP -> HDMI adapter?
I recently purchased a 2012 Mac Mini and am attempting to max out my dual monitor setup.
Currently, I connect my Mac to a Dell S2417DG's HDMI 1.4 in via this passive mini DP to HDMI 1.4 cable. ...
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wrong scaling for external HD monitor using VGA, MBP 13"
I know this sounds similar to other questions but bear with me - I've investigated and am not finding any solutions. Sorry in advance for a lengthy question.
I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two ...
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How do text sizes compare between iPhone X, 8/Plus and SE?
When considering a switch from one iPhone form factor to another, one of
the importand aspect is:
How physical text size compares between old and new phone (each of
iPhone X, 8/Plus and SE)? How ...
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How to change resolution of external monitor from main monitor on Macbook Pro?
I have a Macbook Pro with the four USB-C / thunderbolt ports, running High Sierra. I have a USB-C to DVI cable. I have tried an old 1680x1050 monitor connected it which works fine. However another ...
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A single app showing retina-ready and not windows
I noticed that in TortoiseHg ver. 4.4.2 some elements of the main window are "retina-ready" (revision list, changeset line) while some are not (diff and console). I wonder if there is some setting ...
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