Improve your Retina Macbook performance by disabling HiDPI

[freddy418]

For folks who are lamenting the sluggish performance of their 12" retina macbook pro, here is an easy solution to your performance woes:

Step 1: Download RDM here: http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/vi9yf/set_your_retina_macbook_pros_resolution_to/

Step 2: run RDM and Select a non-HiDPI resolution (I personally like 1440x900)

Step 3: enjoy the smoothness

 

[-BigMac-]

For folks who are lamenting the sluggish performance of their 12" retina macbook pro, here is an easy solution to your performance woes:

Step 1: Download RDM here: http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/vi9yf/set_your_retina_macbook_pros_resolution_to/

Step 2: run RDM and Select a non-HiDPI resolution (I personally like 1440x900)

Step 3: enjoy the smoothness

LOL who knew.

If you need you can also decrease it to 480p and it will be even smoother!!!

 

[c0ppo]

If I wanted a screen like that, I would save money and purchase Macbook Air 🙂

 

[EugW]

.nm

 

[1050792]

There's a better trick.
Go to System Preferences - Display - Color - and select an sRGB color profile.
It will boost the UI performance and give punchier colors.

 

[konradsa]

There's a better trick.
Go to System Preferences - Display - Color - and select an sRGB color profile.
It will boost the UI performance and give punchier colors.

How so? Can you explain?

 

[1050792]

How so? Can you explain?

Step by step.

 

[Greene]

Step by step.

I interpreted the question more as how switching your color profile boosts performance. I had never heard that before but tbh I'm not really familiar with how color profiles are handled by MacOS on the backend.

 

[-BigMac-]

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Step by step.

LMAOOOO haha well done