Just bought MBP 13". Came down from 15.6" and I'm facing issues that I feared I would face from the smaller screen. Guy with very sensitive eyes here. And I knew change in screen size would definitely have a negative impact on my eyes and that's what it did. Everything is smaller on my MBP than what I am used to of. Scaling resolution does help if I can get the perfect res that I want. I'm playing between 'Looks like 1280x800' and 'Looks like 1024x640'. The former is smaller than what I want and the latter is too big. Also, the issue with the latter is the warning itself that some apps won't work with this res. Is there any way possible I can get a resolution somewhere between these two? Maybe, choose 1280x800 and make everything a bit bigger (like scaling icon size, text size etc.)? If I ultimately have to choose between these two only then I'll go with 1024x640 because the other one is too small for me. Really struggling here at the moment.
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Is there any way to get the display resolution I want?
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Unfortunately I don't think so. There was never a standard display resolution between those, and really anything below 1280x800 is going to cause a lot of apps problems anyway as they were never designed to go below that resolution.
You can talk to your optometrist about reading glasses to make everything a little bigger. Or you might have to go back to the 15".
That's a drag. Good luck!
Switchres X will give you any scaled resolution you want, how good it will look is another matter but it could help.
https://www.madrau.com/
Better yet, use RDM
Source code: https://github.com/avibrazil/RDM
Binary: http://avi.alkalay.net/software/RDM/RDM-2.2.dmg
Works like a charm.
100% free.
Supports external monitors also.
I have used it as long as it has existed. 0 problems.
Source code: https://github.com/avibrazil/RDM
Binary: http://avi.alkalay.net/software/RDM/RDM-2.2.dmg
Works like a charm.
100% free.
Supports external monitors also.
I have used it as long as it has existed. 0 problems.
I tried this. The only resolution between 1024x640 and 1280x800 is 1152x720 but when I set that, the text seems a bit blurry to me. Is it just me or do you feel the same? Can you check?
I can say without even testing that it is blurry
Tried it and yes, it looks awful...
Running 2048x1280 on my 13inch... so i'm a little picky about lower res anyway...
Scaling outside of halving of the resolution does cause slight blurriness that's the nature of a retina screen.
