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List of Retina Ready Apps (3rd Party)
- Thread starter mattonthemoon
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I will no longer be updating this post, but others should continue posting updates to the thread. The following list is up-to-date as of Thursday, July 26, 2012.
1. Retina-updated or available in nightly build
Apps that are fully-updated for Retina displays: text, icons, and all other visual rendering.
See also: http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/2/3132249/os-x-app-update-retina-display-support
1.1 Applications
1.2 Games
2. Near-future intentions of update announced or confirmed
Apps that will soon be fully-updated for Retina displays.
2.2 Applications
2.2 Games
3. Text rendering crisp with Retina
Apps that haven't been updated, but whose text (or some graphic assets) looks sharp anyways. Icons or other visual renderings are still blurry.
1. Retina-updated or available in nightly build
Apps that are fully-updated for Retina displays: text, icons, and all other visual rendering.
See also: http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/2/3132249/os-x-app-update-retina-display-support
1.1 Applications
- MoneyWhiz (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15332113/)
- Carbon Copy Cloner (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15332113/)
- SketchBook Pro
- Numbers '09
- Keynote '09
- Pages '09
- Fantastical (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15316705/)
- Mint Quickview (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15287705/)
- TextExpander (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15287705/)
- VoodooPad (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15287705/)
- Logoist (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15287705/)
- SpamSieve (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15287705/)
- Evernote (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15276145/)
- 1Password (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15266677/)
- gfxCardStatus (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15261003/)
- Acorn 3.3 (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15255102/)
- Verto Studio (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15250313/)
- Sparrow (http://blog.sparrowmailapp.com/post/27065639085/sparrow162)
- Tweetbot (http://tapbots.com/blog/tweetbot/tweetbot-for-mac)
- Google Chrome
- ArchiCAD 16
- Pulp News
- MacFamily Tree
- Seasonality Core
- Transmission 2.6
- Sparrow
- Parallels (http://kb.parallels.com/114120)
- VLC
- Reeder
- Coda 2
- Transmit
- Twitterific
- Sublime Text 2
- Xcode
- Layer Cake
- Cyberduck (in nightly)
1.2 Games
- Real Racing 2 (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15324293/)
- Call of Duty (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15287705/)
- Civilization V (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15287705/)
- Doom 3 (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15287705/)
- Prey (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15287705/)
- Quake 4 (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15287705/)
- Call of Duty (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15287705/)
- Star Wars: Empire at War (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15287705/)
- Star Wars: Jedi Knight II (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15287705/)
- Diablo III (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15287705/)
2. Near-future intentions of update announced or confirmed
Apps that will soon be fully-updated for Retina displays.
2.2 Applications
- DayOne (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15333737/)
- TextWrangler (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15286235/)
- Jaadu iTeleport Mac VNC (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15274901/)
- Growl (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15273208/)
- Pixelmator 2.1 (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15260002/)
- Sketch (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15258974/)
- Fontcase (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15258974/)
- Mint (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mint-quickview/id533491939?mt=12)
- Wunderlist (https://twitter.com/6Wunderkinder/status/222602401465630721)
- Citrix GoToMeeting (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15221105/)
- Dropbox (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15219711/)
- DaisyDisk (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15217155/)
- Fantastical (https://twitter.com/flexibits/status/218513892127682560)
- Chronicle
- DayOne (near future intentions confirmed via email)
- Scrivener (http://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=18916#p129555)
- Dashlane (near future intentions confirmed via Twitter)
- Pixelmator (near future intentions confirmed via email)
- Adobe Photoshop CS6 (near future intentions announced; unknown for rest of suite)
- Omni Group suite (near future intentions confirmed)
- Boxer (near future intentions confirmed via email)
- Espresso (near future intentions confirmed via email)
2.2 Games
- World of Warcraft (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15287705/)
3. Text rendering crisp with Retina
Apps that haven't been updated, but whose text (or some graphic assets) looks sharp anyways. Icons or other visual renderings are still blurry.
- Adobe CS6 products (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15334711/)
- Bean (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15296580/)
- CoverSutra (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15289943/)
- Alfred (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15250581/)
- Exam 4 (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15247320/)
- iStat Menus 3 (https://twitter.com/bjango/status/221824666539532289)
- OmniGraffle (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15241974/)
- Calibre (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15241031/)
- OmniGraffle 5.4
- XChat Azure
- Photomatix Pro (v4.2.2)
- Apple Pages '09 (if you deselect "open in low resolution mode" in Finder)
- Mellel
- Nisus Writer Pro
- LibreOffice 3 v3.5.4.2
- Onyx v2.4.7
- Outlook
- Lightroom 4
- Outlook 2011
- Skype
- Handbrake
- Forklift
- Evernote
- Logos Bible Software 4
- BusyCal
- Things
- SOHO Notes
- MacJournal
- Circus Ponies NoteBook
- Splasm CheckBook
- Evernote
- Spotify
- Linkinus
- Netbeans
- Adium
- Papers2
- iTerm2
- Skim
- BibDesk
- Camino
- Path Finder
- MacVim
- EMacs
- Echofon
- OpenOffice
- Eclipse (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=382972)
- Intellij (http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-87500)
- Java 6 apps, generally (http://lists.apple.com/archives/java.../msg00069.html)
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Apple had better be preparing updated versions of iWork. Those apps look awful on the Retina Display.
I could be wrong, but I thought I heard Tim Cook said that the iWork suite is already updated for retina display?
On a side note, if we really do have a user-compiled list of retina-ready apps, this thread ought to be stickied.
It's not. iWork looks terrible at the moment.I could be wrong, but I thought I heard Tim Cook said that the iWork suite is already updated for retina display?
On a side note, if we really do have a user-compiled list of retina-ready apps, this thread ought to be stickied.
Has there been any news regarding the retinacation of Logic Pro? Final Cut Pro and Aperture have had the retinacation treatment.
Yeah it would do but it won't be a massive increase in memory usage, at least I don't think it will haha.
Confirmed. It's not just the UI elements. The text rendering is pixelated too.
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I have Reeder on the RMBP right now. The current version is all fuzzy (UI elements, text), except for the right-most content pane.
Any word on when Mozilla will be updating Thunderbird to retina ready resolution? I did a quick Google search and didn't find anything interesting, but I'm not very involved or up to date in the Mozilla community.
They still don't support native scroll bars for Lion so I wouldn't hold my breath....
Ah, thats unfortunate. I never actually noticed that, but it doesn't bode well for updating.
I really like using Thunderbird as it works on my Windows based gaming rig too. I enjoy having the same email clients...
Thanks for your opinion on the matter.
Not yet - and I use it across Macs, iThings, etc. Easier to read feeds on the phone/pad than on the rMBP right now.
The one I'm waiting for is the Java Runtime. My company's remote access serves up RDP via Java and it's a little sketchy at present.
A downside to Apple's secrecy I guess, app designers probably now scrambling to put together Retina-ready versions of their apps, which isn't so good for Apple really, if their newest fanciest product is barely supported, customers won't be delighted after the initial new purchase buzz wears off.
HiDPI support is now available in Chrome's dev channel:
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/06/dev-channel-update_19.html
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/06/dev-channel-update_19.html
Omni Group plans on adding retina display support to all of their Mac apps in the near future. At least that was what one of their Support Ninjas told me.
OmniWeb included?
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M$ Office needs a bomb and a re-write from scratch!
While not "retina-ready", both Adium and Echofon (Twitter client) look absolutely amazing on the rMBP. Cyberduck in a nightly build has at least updated so their text looks nice. The "latest" version on their site looks pretty bad, but the nightly looks much better.