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display scaling

  1. haralds

    Login Screen is forced to Retina

    I am running OCLP on my CMPRo 5,1, but this question is likely not directly related. I have a Dell U38DW18 wide-screen monitor attached. Booting Mojave in standard mode, I get the correct resolution set after logging in. Starting with DosDude-patched Catalina and OCLP loaded Monterey, Ventura...
  2. bjlawrence11

    5K Studio Display and 4K Monitor Scaling on a Mac...

    Do people ever scale down their 5K Studio Displays, so that their second monitor has a matching resolution? Moving between two different resolutions is my worry. Can someone advise me on the best setup? I want to get a Studio Display for my primary and my other monitor as a heavily used...
  3. F

    Display Recommendation for Video Pro?

    I'm a pro video editor and sometime colorist, switching from in-office to remote work and I'm upgrading my desktop setup. I had a 2014 Mac Pro (garbage can) with three Dell U2414H (1920x1080, 24"). I'll be getting a Mac Studio (M1 Ultra) in a few weeks and I'm struggling with resolution, dpi...
  4. J

    Custom Scaled Resolution for the new MacBook Pro 14

    Reading some posts here on the forum, I saw that some people complained about the resolutions available on the new MacBook Pro 14. Because the default configuration (1512x982) would have very large icons and little screen space, while the larger configuration (1800x1169), left everything too...
  5. ecarbotti

    iMac with Secondary Display

    I have an iMac with an external 4K monitor I use for video/photo editing. My question is this: if I scale to gain more space, as available in the display settings in Mac OS, am I “wasting the 4K” point of my second monitor, or do I still benefit from increased pixel density/sharpness/clarity...
  6. H

    Display scaling

    Hi, I'm running Big Sur 11.4 on a Macbook Air M1. I use an external monitor (Dell P2418D) whose native resolution is 2560x1440. I can use the monitor properly on any computer and any OS, but can't make it work as it should on this Macbook, as the display scaling options aren't appearing. When...
  7. S

    4K monitor at 1440p scaling performance

    Hi! While researching about 4K monitors for my MacBook Air 2020 I found out that many mac users experience performance issues when applying scaling. More precisely when scaling not to the native 4K resolution or 1080p but between the "more space" and "larger text". Somewhere in the middle there...
  8. S

    Display scaling in macOS, 4k and full hd

    MacBook Pro 15in 2017 connected to two 32 inch Samsung monitors: 4k monitor at 3840x2160 native full monitor at 1920x1080 native Please refer screenshot My question is, with display scaling I would have thought it should only scale the GUI, not images or video like in Windows. In the 4K...