Screen Size

[Sebbie]

I rebooted my MacBook today and it has re-booted with larger icons. Does anyone know what the cause of this was?

I rebooted by holding down the power key. It is almost as if it is running in safe mode on a PC where it makes everything larger including icons on the dashboard and when i open any folder such as the application one, and the top bar is larger too. My desktop changed from the normal widescreen to a square fit. It's definitely not zoomed in and the only way i can get it back to looking normal is running it in safe mode but obviously i don't want to have to do this every time!

This is my first Mac so i'm a little worried. If anyone could help me in the slightest way i'd be very grateful.

 

[spinnerlys]

If you really have a MacBook and not a Mac Pro or Power Mac, then the resolution should be 1280 x 800.

 

[Sebbie]

Yeah sorry i do have a MacBook (i've probably posted this in the completely wrong bit!) I've just checked and my resolution is already set to 1280 x 800. Thanks for the help anyway!

 

[spinnerlys]

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So if the resolution is correct, than maybe the settings of the icons on the desktop has been changed. You can change them via CMD+J.



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[Sebbie]

No, you were right the first time. It was showing the correct resolution because i was in safe mode. I rebooted it again and have checked and the resolution had changed. I've just changed to the correct one and all is back to normal.

Thank you very much!