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Nov 28, 2007
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Any way to increase the resolution of the MBA in leopard beyond what is allowed in preferences? Any third party apps?
 

lancestraz

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Nov 27, 2005
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The max resolution your computer can display is hardware limited, not software.
It's like asking for a software update that will make your hard drive bigger.
 

bjdraw

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Jan 24, 2008
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Leopard was supposed to have a "resolution independence" feature that would let you change the DPI of the UI, but I'm not sure what happened to that.
 

heatmiser

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Dec 6, 2007
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You could fake it in XP, as that OS supports scaling DPI below 100%. Vista supports scaling above, but not below 100%. OS X, needless to say, doesn't support scaling in either direction.
 

kockgunner

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Sep 24, 2007
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Leopard was supposed to have a "resolution independence" feature that would let you change the DPI of the UI, but I'm not sure what happened to that.

that would've been a great feature. i wonder if they're gonna add it through a software update or if they just scrapped it. if it's the latter, i'm mad!
 

lancestraz

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Nov 27, 2005
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that would've been a great feature. i wonder if they're gonna add it through a software update or if they just scrapped it. if it's the latter, i'm mad!
Leopard has some support for resolution independence; no applications take advantage of it right now, though.
 
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