Is it possible to turn off Retina Display?

[iSir]

I was just wondering if was possible to make the display look non-retina.

 

[entropi]

yep, just set to it 2800 x 1800 with one of the apps made for this and prepare to sit close to the screen...

 

[ValSalva]

Why would you want to make the display not appear to be a retina display?

 

[leman]

I have no idea what you even mean by it?

 

[Shrink]

Just curious, even though it's none of my business...

Why do you want to turn Retina off and have the display look non-Retina?

 

[ljx718]

Just curious, even though it's none of my business...

Why do you want to turn Retina off and have the display look non-Retina?

more working space? less processing? i know if you put it at 1920x1200. its actually doing double the work going 3840x2400.

i used to have it at 1920x 1200, but i found that the regular "best for retina" setting was the best.

 

[PDFierro]

It's not a feature. You can't just turn it off if more battery life is what you're seeking. The best you can do is increase the resolution to get more usable working space.

 

[playsontheleft]

SetResX - looks like a shifty site but the application's golden. Lets you run a rMBP at 2880x1800 along with a good number of non-Retina resolutions by disabling scaling.

While I don't often use resolutions other than 2880x1800, which is what I use most, I find that animations seem smoother and battery life increases slightly when the Retina scaling is disabled. Nothing hugely dramatic, though.

 

[Shrink]

more working space? less processing? i know if you put it at 1920x1200. its actually doing double the work going 3840x2400.

i used to have it at 1920x 1200, but i found that the regular "best for retina" setting was the best.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question.