Dell UP2715K + MCA 2019

[hekor]

Hello everyone!

I have just bought a 2019 Macbook Air. I love Apple ecosystem and computer is the last missing piece, so after my MS Surface Book broke down, MCA was the way. At least I thought...

At home I have Dell UP2715K display. With Surface, I had an original MS docking station that has miniDP ports, the display has one miniDP and two DP (for 5K to be used simultaneously...). I don't need to use 5K, so I just sticked with one cable and because Macbooks and their connectivity sucks hard lately, I went for USB-C to DP cable. The display is recognised after I plug it into MCA, but I don't seem to get what you all call "retina mode" - the scaling option... Without it the display becomes unusable :-( Windows works so nicely with scaling everything. Is it just the MCA not supporting this feature for the monitor? Or what the serious f***?

I am so frustrated that I am actually probably returning the machine, even though I really like almost every other aspect about it...

Thank you for your feedback.

Daniel

 

[astrorider]

Maybe it's a cabling issue. I've used that monitor on a Macbook Pro with a Thunderbolt 3 to Dual Displayport adapter and it worked fine for 5k, something like this adapter: https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/TB3ADP2DP/

You should also be able to use a single cable and get 4k (the monitor comes with a mini displayport cable for this), although I've only done this on older Macs that had a native mini displayport type connector.

In either case in System Preferences > Displays, by default I think you should see retina resolution options of "Default for display" or Scaled. The scaled options show what resolution it "looks like" when you hover your mouse over the option, e.g your 5120x2880 pixels are being scaled to give you a workspace that "looks like 2560x1440".

 

[hekor]

Maybe you are right... I decided to stick with my old MS Surface Book for now since I have a lot of work and no time to play around. If I get to buy a MCP/A in the near future, I will try the device you proposed and will refer here

Thank you anyway!

D.