Wow. Did i just invent the wheel

[KoolAid-Drink]

100%, it will work on any monitor in the world, only requirement is that it runs a 'retina supporting' mac osx version, im not sure what version that is.. 10.9.x?

10.7.4+ iirc.

 

[m4v3r1ck]

Interesting thread!

Interesting thread! Did anyone with a Mac (Pro) succeeded in doing this? I don't see the difference. What is the correct workflow for achieving this on a non-Retina machine?

~ Cheers

 

[-BigMac-]

Interesting thread! Did anyone with a Mac (Pro) succeeded in doing this? I don't see the difference. What is the correct workflow for achieving this on a non-Retina machine?

~ Cheers

it could be more noticeable on specific resolutions, or depending on how far you sit from the monitor, to notice the difference.

What resolution is your monitor?

its really quite simple, force resolution of double height/double width. restart. should have a hidpi setting for your NORMAL resolution now there for selection, click it.

If you dont notice the difference for yourself i'd suggest not using it, it is very noticeable on my screen resolution of 2560x1440.

I could really see it when i opened up Notes for example.

Look at the writing, then select non hi-dpi setting of the same version, the text becomes much clearer.

If in doubt, screenshot it before, then after 🙂

 

[m4v3r1ck]

real-world-benifit?

Thanks for your prompt reply.

I wonder what the real-world-benifit can be using this tweak? Will it change the way I can look at pictures in apps like Photo Shop?

What resolution is your monitor?

Resolution is 1920x1200.

~ Cheers

 

[dastinger]

take a screenshot of a part of your screen with it on, and a screenshot of a part of your screen with it off. open them up together, and cycle through them quickly.

you WILL see the difference.

Heres a screenshot i just took for you.

http://i.imgur.com/ug7NRWr.png
Image

This is on a non-retina screen, and is scaled up, in reality, that detail is shown on an even tighter scale.

Looks amazing.

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thank you for your post,
but both those images look blurred. It seems Macrumors, when uploading the picture, downscaled the image, so both of them are blurred.

can you please upload the original screenshot to a website such as imur please?

What theme is that and how did you apply it? It looks nice.

 

[Antoni Nygaard]

I tried on both my macs iMac and Mac Pro. The Mac Pro I. Connected through my iMac via display port. It says not installed. I tried restart and tried to make a new one still the same not installed

 

[-BigMac-]

What theme is that and how did you apply it? It looks nice.

thats spotifys new theme

 

[dastinger]

thats spotifys new theme

Bah, didn't notice what the icons said (facepalm). Thought it was the Finder. Looks good anyway 🙂