Responding to JP_Hart - Re. 24" m1 apple silicon iMac screen resolutions
Hi,
I am trying to respond to a question that JP_Hart asked about why the new iMac m1 24" says it has a 4480 x 2520 resolution, even though the default is set at half that resolution. Here is what he wrote:
24" m1 apple silicon iMac screen resolutions
I'm confused. Everything I read about the screen resolutions for my new iMac m1 says the screen can display 4480 x 2520 pixels, but the highest setting in system preferences is 2560 x 1440. Am I missing something? Thanks!
Posted on Jul 6, 2021 11:24 AM
I purchased an M1 system last year (September 2022), and I believe that the actual screen resolution is in fact 4480 x 2520 pixels. This default setting of 2240 x 1440 pixels probably takes up four actual dots (2 x 2) per default pixel, but the higher resolution is really there in the screen design.
I figured this out because most native programs on the M1 such as Preview (and others such as MS Word For Mac) use the 2240 x 1440 default, which will show everything zoomed in at 100% to take up twice the actual pixel count each way (4 x total). However, some programs such as Photoshop CC, MS Paint, and File Viewer will display everything in the 4480 x 2520 pixel settings zoomed in at 100%.
On an interesting note, moreover, I once tried installing Adobe Photoshop CS6 for Windows on my M1 through Parallels. And the print on the tools panel, document window, options panel, menu bar, and panel dock was reduced to such a puny size that I couldn't read it even with my glasses on. The interface was, of course, originally designed for systems with lower resolutions - and this means that 4480 x 2520 is your M1 native resolution.
