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Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions
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Hi DPI not working with correct resolution #27

Open theJavaScripter80 opened 3 years ago

theJavaScripter80 commented 3 years ago

Hi, I installed RDM and was able to use to scale to some custom resolution, but the problem that the correctresolutions I want to scale to are not working, they do nothing, I'll explain: My screen is a Samsung C34F791 which is a 34' ultrawide with a resolution of 34401440 I can connect my 2018 Macbook 15' (with Radeon VGA Card) to it As the native resolution of 34401440 make text too small for my eyes, I wanted to try one of the following resolutions in hiDpi: 2752 x 1152 hidpi 2560x1080 hidpi 1720 * 720 hidpi

I was able to add them to the menu, but when I click on any of them nothing happens. When I add them without the hidpi checkbox, I'm able to select them and they work, but ofc that's not what I want, I want them as hiDpi (with the flash sign next to them).

Any ideas what can be wrong?

jnooree commented 3 years ago

If you have downloaded the latest release, you should set the resolution to the twice of your interest. For instance, 2752 1152 HiDPI will be enabled if you add a resolution of 5504 2304 with the HiDPI box checked.

theJavaScripter80 commented 3 years ago

Thanks I'll try that, what I've tried is 3440*1440 HiDPI, but it didn't work, I clicked it and nothing happened, resolution didn't change, any idea why ? I was able to get some hidpi resolutions working but they were all 16:9 aspect ratio, not 21:9.

jnooree commented 3 years ago

Well, what is your macOS version? If it is above Catalina (10.15), you might need to use the HEAD version. Note that you should install XCode and XCode command line tools.

theJavaScripter80 commented 3 years ago

I'm running on Mojave (10.14.6), but why would I need xCode? I just downloaded the zip, unzipped into "Applications" and when I click RDM icon in Applications it opens RDM in system bar, and seems to work for some resolutions

jnooree commented 3 years ago

Sorry for confusion. I was meant that if you were trying to install the HEAD version, then you would need the Xcode etc. Try to reboot your mac after adding the resolutions.

theJavaScripter80 commented 3 years ago

Thanks, no probs. I tried and still some resolutions work and some don't. I'm surprised that the ones that work are 16:9 but the 21:9 hiDpi don't work.

theJavaScripter80 commented 3 years ago

If you have downloaded the latest release, you should set the resolution to the twice of your interest. For instance, 2752 1152 HiDPI will be enabled if you add a resolution of 5504 2304 with the HiDPI box checked.

So I added a resolution of 5504 * 2304 with the HiDPI box checked, but it appears in the menu without the flash sign, can you help me with this please?

jnooree commented 3 years ago

Yes, if you have added the larger one and it does appear on the menu, then you might find the lower one, 2752 * 1152 with lightning sign on the menu, too. The larger one is just a fake resolution so normally you don't have to use it.