Scale 1680x1050 on rMB without an app

[milhaus]

I've got an m7 2016 and running the Sierra 10.12.1 PB 1 - 1680x1050 works again!

Any news on 4th beta of 10.12.1?

 

[thadoggfather]

Does 4th beta change the process?

I'm staying put on the GM for now, went long enough in pre-GM sierra betas without this resolution, that I dont want to have to tinker for a bit

 

[Fnkymnky]

Does 4th beta change the process?

I'm staying put on the GM for now, went long enough in pre-GM sierra betas without this resolution, that I dont want to have to tinker for a bit

It's exactly the same as for El Capitan, and 1680x1050 has been working great for me from the 1st to the 4th beta of 10.12.1.

 

[Bilemshious]

Any news on 4th beta of 10.12.1?

Yep still chugging at PB beta 4

 

[Photios]

Any reports on 10.12.1? I have a 2016 m7, and 10.12 broke 1680x1050 for me.

 

[thadoggfather]

Any reports on 10.12.1? I have a 2016 m7, and 10.12 broke 1680x1050 for me.

Staying on 10.12 on my 2015 base 12"

Afraid of battery going bad and stability breaking. Works well enough

 

[Dwayne82]

Staying on 10.12 on my 2015 base 12"

Afraid of battery going bad and stability breaking. Works well enough

You should update to 10.12.1 because of a very important security update in the XNU Kernel of the OS.
Read this
Apple needed 8 months to get rid of this.
BTW: I've not noticed any difference of stability or battery live issues since i updated my 2015 rmb from 10.12 to 10.12.1.
1680x1050 still works.

 

[thadoggfather]

You should update to 10.12.1 because of a very important security update in the XNU Kernel of the OS.
Read this
Apple needed 8 months to get rid of this.
BTW: I've not noticed any difference of stability or battery live issues since i updated my 2015 rmb from 10.12 to 10.12.1.
1680x1050 still works.

ill take my chances, reading that bootcamp windows 10 is broken with 10.12.1, on 12" more prominently.

cant be doing that

 

[pacmania1982]

You should update to 10.12.1 because of a very important security update in the XNU Kernel of the OS.
Read this
Apple needed 8 months to get rid of this.
BTW: I've not noticed any difference of stability or battery live issues since i updated my 2015 rmb from 10.12 to 10.12.1.
1680x1050 still works.

I'm please about your reply as I haven't updated just yet because I wasn't sure if it would still work. Have't had time to get my external hard drive out to give it a whirl. Will update and report back.
[doublepost=1478283231][/doublepost]Confirmed - working on 2015 model after updating to 10.12.1

 

[thadoggfather]

Not rMB, still on 11.12.0 on that one but just got a rMBP 13" and on 10.12.1 successfully did csrutil disable in recovery mode to enable 1920x1200

 

[Picapau21]

Unless it can be repeatedly de-bunked, I'm hearing chatter of issues with rMB 2016. May be specific to 2016 and macOS sierra, and not necessarily El Cap, but I have 2015 and just speaking anecdotally, to heed caution.

Check System Preferences->Displays->Profiles->Color LCD->Open profile->Line 17

The only thing we care about here is the 610 and the a027 though your numbers may be different (i.e. there are different manufacturers out there)

NOTE: If on OS X 10.11 Golden Master (GM) candidate or presumably with subsequent builds from there too as this post ages over time, need to disable 'System Integrity Protection' from recovery mode first before making changes to the DisplayProductID file, follow this post and you will then be good to go and set up for success with this mod:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...b-without-an-app.1873910/page-7#post-21836129


We will want to navigate to /System/Library/Displays/Overrides/ in finder if on Yosemite (see the next paragraph break for file structure of El Cap for the file) and choose the folder that corresponds with your first number, mine being 610. The folder I want is called DisplayVendorID-610.

NOTE: If on El Capitan, you can find it in /System/Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/Overrides

Inside you want to find the corresponding files with your second number, mine being a027. The file I want is called DisplayProductID-a027.

To avoid dealing with getting rights to the file, we will just make a copy on the desktop and modify that. After that, open the copy you just made on the Desktop in TextEdit. Within the <array> portion you will want to make a new line and paste in <data>AAANIAAACDQAAAAB</data>. This is the data for the 1680x1050 HiDPI resolution. Save this file. This can also be the last line in <array> without issue

Then you want to copy and paste the original DisplayProductID-a027 (or whatever your folder name is) somewhere else as a backup for piece of mind should you prefer (i put mine in documents folder), otherwise paste in yours from the desktop to that original folder (so its overwritten). Make sure the name matches exactly or it will not work.

Reboot your machine and switch the resolution in system preferences-> displays

**If you want to see what 1680x1050 scaled looks like, or the RDM 'status bar dropdown toggle' app for 1536x960 listed below/ easy access to toggling resolutions without going into system preferences, here's a sample pic**:
http://i.imgur.com/ASZnDx8.jpg

most of this guide is borrowed from http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comme...920_x_1200_hidpi_resolution_on_the_13/cl0c87l and modified to fit within context of rMB/El Capitan and clarify some things
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add on instructions for 1536x960, a middle ground between 1440x900 and 1680x1050 (as you might expect)
this resolution requires an app that 'lives on the status bar as a drop down toggle icon' but its free and once you set the resolution if you so desire you can exit the app its just to kick it into the mode you want it i've found it really benign and small footprint in my experience, it's called RDM and by a jailbreak dev so much love (and would edit title if i could but i can't):
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/87351306/RDM.tar.gz

Add this line to the last part of that string of arrays in the file (whereas 1680 we made as the first string of that):
<data>AAAMAAAAB4AAAAAB</data>

reboot, start RDM-> go to system preferences>security>open anyways, select it in drop down from menu bar-> profit



Subnote- if on OS X 10.12, reboot holding cmd+r to be in recovery mode, open terminal and type "csrutil disable" to disable system integrity checker to be able to c+p the new file to that folder,

Once done, do "csrutil enable" in recovery mode to re-enable that protection

ABSOUTELY CRACKING GUIDE!!! MASSIVE THANKS! Been using standard 1680x1050 with quick res but wasn't happy cause it looked blurry. This is much much better and completely free!

 

[thadoggfather]

ABSOUTELY CRACKING GUIDE!!! MASSIVE THANKS! Been using standard 1680x1050 with quick res but wasn't happy cause it looked blurry. This is much much better and completely free!

Glad to spread the knowledge! This thread has grown massive since its inception

 

[fatefulwhisper]

after waiting for ages, I finally got some time to update from El Capitan (10.11) to Sierra (10.12.1) today. I'm happy to report that 1680x1050 works flawless on 10.12.1 with the 12" MacBook, 2016, m7 model.

 

[thadoggfather]

after waiting for ages, I finally got some time to update from El Capitan (10.11) to Sierra (10.12.1) today. I'm happy to report that 1680x1050 works flawless on 10.12.1 with the 12" MacBook, 2016, m7 model.

Yeah as far as I know 1680 is good to go!

 

[pacmania1982]

Still working on my 2015 rMB with the latest macOS Sierra - 10.12.2

 

[Gwendolini]

You should update to 10.12.1 because of a very important security update in the XNU Kernel of the OS.
Read this
Apple needed 8 months to get rid of this.
BTW: I've not noticed any difference of stability or battery live issues since i updated my 2015 rmb from 10.12 to 10.12.1.
1680x1050 still works.

Any link without having to sign up and getting bombed with advertisement?

 

[Dwayne82]

Any link without having to sign up and getting bombed with advertisement?

Just scroll down, no need to sign in. Since I have an AdBlocker, i don't see any ads or popups. Anyway, this Link should be better.

 

[Gwendolini]

Just scroll down, no need to sign in. Since I have an AdBlocker, i don't see any ads or popups. Anyway, this Link should be better.

Well, color me blind. The page looked like that yesterday, I had to sign up. Or there was a cancel option.

Well, it is late and thanks for the heads up. Good night.

 

[pacmania1982]

Still working on 10.12.3 on 2015 rMB

 

[MyopicPaideia]

Still working on 10.12.3 on 2015 rMB

I confirm this. Just did a clean install and fully updated, then completed the excellent walk through on post #1. Works perfectly. Added the 1900x1200 line as well, but it didn't work natively...haven't tried it with RDM.

 

[thadoggfather]

This method served me well for almost 2 years,

Glad to see stil working on 10.12.3, about to sell my beloved rMB 2015 (hopefully)

Since I have a 2016 rMBP 13" nTB and too much overlap in this case,

 

[MyopicPaideia]

This method served me well for almost 2 years,

Glad to see stil working on 10.12.3, about to sell my beloved rMB 2015 (hopefully)

Since I have a 2016 rMBP 13" nTB and too much overlap in this case,

Get you! I have the new 15" MBP and find myself missing the rMB dearly! Thus the fresh install and redoing this customisation. Same resolution as the 15" MBP default...interestingly enough, the same levels of UI lag on the much more powerful 15" machine (r460) as on the rMB. Makes me appreciate it so much more. Much more magical machine than the 15" MBP when one takes a moment to contemplate it...

 

[thadoggfather]

Get you! I have the new 15" MBP and find myself missing the rMB dearly! Thus the fresh install and redoing this customisation. Same resolution as the 15" MBP default...interestingly enough, the same levels of UI lag on the much more powerful 15" machine (r460) as on the rMB. Makes me appreciate it so much more. Much more magical machine than the 15" MBP when one takes a moment to contemplate it...

Ah don't say this! I got a buyer for tomorrow haha

But it is a great machine. And I think 15" is meh but that's me
:3 everyone thinks different when it comes to laptops.

Love my 13 probably will miss 12 but lots of overlap

 

[hardax]

Hmm. I just tried this, following all the steps and all seemed to go ok. 1680x1050 was an available choice in my system preferences but when I went to switch to that mode my screen went black with a bunch of diagonal small boxes running throughout. Had to reboot in safe mode and put everything back the way it way to get an image again.

Anyone else have this happen?

 

[MyopicPaideia]

Hmm. I just tried this, following all the steps and all seemed to go ok. 1680x1050 was an available choice in my system preferences but when I went to switch to that mode my screen went black with a bunch of diagonal small boxes running throughout. Had to reboot in safe mode and put everything back the way it way to get an image again.

Anyone else have this happen?

Are you absolutely sure you have everything copied exactly? You modified the correct manufacturer file? I sometimes get slight graphic glitches on boot or on wake, but only a flash and everything is as it should be after.