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List of Retina Ready Apps (3rd Party)
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Sparrow's been updated for retina, but so far it's only available to those who originally purchased from their website. So any day now for the Mac app store update, hopefully.
I read about parallels too, and I have a question (probably should be asking it in their forum, but I guess some people here might know too), retina support means only their os x ui is optimized, or does it mean that windows running from parallels sees the screen as whatever resolution is set in os x and the rendering thus is taken up by os x?
It'd be too time consuming for me to look them up. That said, I just copy and paste apps from the thread, so if a version number is included, I'll paste it in along with it.
Generally though, I think it's safe to assume that it's the latest version for all of the products.
Does anyone know if there are any word processing apps that have been updated to support retina displays (or that look good right now)? I downloaded Sublime Text 2 but I'm wondering if there is anything else.
Pages looks ok if you uncheck the "open in low resolution" in the "Get Info" properties window for the pages.app
Attachments
Any PDF readers?
Why not use native one? Preview?
Is the same option available on MS Office 2011 SP2?
I found this "Frequently Updating" list on the Verge of Retina-enhanced Apps for the MacBook Pro -- they plan to keep this list running and updated daily. Check this out here:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/2/3132249/os-x-app-update-retina-display-support
http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/2/3132249/os-x-app-update-retina-display-support
Why not use native one? Preview?
Is the same option available on MS Office 2011 SP2?
This option is greyed out on Office 2011
I read about parallels too, and I have a question (probably should be asking it in their forum, but I guess some people here might know too), retina support means only their os x ui is optimized, or does it mean that windows running from parallels sees the screen as whatever resolution is set in os x and the rendering thus is taken up by os x?
I'd like to know this as well. I just installed VMWare yesterday and while it looks "ok" it's not crisp at all. Would Parallels make Windows look crisp like OS X is?
I was snooping around the scrivener forum and it seems that the site admin has confirmed that they are in the process of updating the app to make it Retina-ready:
http://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=18916#p129555
If you aren't that OCD about it and you don't squint, the pixels aren't visible but text-rendering isn't as sharp in OS X, meaning you can see jagged edges.
Ι still don't understand technically how vmware or parallels are supposed to work in retina screen. If the rendering tech is from os x and it needs to be compatible with retina, and windows uses it's own rendering tech, is our only hope windows 8 to work well with the mac? I would think so, since 8 will have better resolution independence support. I am not sure if devs of windows, or rather to what a extent they will update to it, so I am not sure if specialized windows software will look good on retina if they' ve not been updated.
Anyone care to discuss?
Anyone care to discuss?
Really? I just checked for updates and there weren't any. The icons still look a bit 'pixelated'. Perhaps the update is on the way shortly?
I have the version downloaded from their website, not the Mac AppStore. It also doesn't seem like they updated the one on the AppStore.
Betas only, it's already on the list here. It'll be available for general public as soon as all Retina-related glitches are ironed out.
Why would pages open in low resolution by default? Is it already retina optimized? And if so, shouldn't it open in hi res by default? If it isn't retina optimized what's the difference between the lo res option and the non lo res option. And why would they even be a preference setting for open in low res or high res mode, and what res mode exactly, is lo res non retina and high res retina? I suppose the preference tick is there so retina-aware apps can open in low res modes in non retina macs. But why would one want to run a retina high res version of the app on a non retina screen? Makes no sense why the os isn't automatically choosing the mode it's opening the app in based on screen tech, as in os x....
Why would pages open in low resolution by default? Is it already retina optimized? And if so, shouldn't it open in hi res by default? If it isn't retina optimized what's the difference between the lo res option and the non lo res option. And why would they even be a preference setting for open in low res or high res mode, and what res mode exactly, is lo res non retina and high res retina? I suppose the preference tick is there so retina-aware apps can open in low res modes in non retina macs. But why would one want to run a retina high res version of the app on a non retina screen? Makes no sense why the os isn't automatically choosing the mode it's opening the app in based on screen tech, as in os x....
My guess is it wasn't ready so they left it off.