{"id":2261,"date":"2013-12-24T20:56:46","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T03:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2013-12-24T20:56:46","modified_gmt":"2013-12-25T03:56:46","slug":"looking-for-retina-for-my-retinas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/2261","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Retina for my Retinas"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had my current MacBook Pro at work for over a year and I have really become enamored with the retina display. For the unfamiliar, Apple started the concept back with the release of the iPhone 4 which replaced the previous 640\u00c3\u2014480 display with a 1280\u00c3\u2014960 display in a resolution-independent 2x mode. The beauty of the option is a display that looks that much more sharp that normal. Last year, they added retina to the\u00c2\u00a0MacBook<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0line which extends the concept to the full suite of OS X applications.<\/p>\n

For comparison, here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a screenshot for normal mode (scaled ~200%):<\/p>\n

\"Finder-non-retina\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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And here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a retina version (also scaled ~200%):<\/p>\n

\"finder-retina\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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At work since I use my desktop setup for the majority of my work, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been researching what options exist for having a retina mode on a desktop system. Normally, retina (also called HiDPI) is prevented from the screen settings, but it can be enabled with the following command:<\/p>\n

sudo defaults write \/Library\/Preferences\/com.apple.windowserver DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool YES<\/pre>\n
Then after a reboot or logout\/login you can check the options in the Displays System Preference:<\/p>\n
\"Screen<\/a><\/p>\n
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If you want even more options, you can download\u00c2\u00a0Retina DisplayMenu<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(RDM) from Paul Griffin. On a normally full HD display (1920\u00c3\u20141080) I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve enabled 1280\u00c3\u2014720 (HiDPI):<\/p>\n
\"Screen<\/a><\/p>\n
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If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re willing to trade screen real estate for sharpness, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a nice usage experience. So now, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m anxiously awaiting CES next month and the likely release of (semi) affordable Ultra HD\/4k displays which have a native resolution of 3840\u00c3\u20142160 which will allow for 1920\u00c3\u20141080 at full retina (2x). That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be pretty sweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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