What resolutions are supported by the display on a 14 in. M3 MacBook Pro?

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What resolutions are supported by the display on a 14 in. M3 MacBook Pro?

I just upgraded from a late 2020 MacBook Air (M1) to a 2023 M3 MacBook Pro. On the Air, I had CrossOver set up and had several Windows apps and games, including an older one called Birth of the Federation, working well. Both the Air and the new Pro have Sequoia 15.1.1. I migrated all my stuff to the Pro yesterday. However, when I try to run Birth of the Federation on my Pro, it crashes almost immediately. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling BOTF, but had the same result.

I contacted CrossOver support, and they believe that the problem could be that the game runs at a resolution that the Pro does not support. I cannot seem to find any info what resolutions the display on my Pro will or will not support. Or - is this question less relevant now due to the tech in the Pro?

Can anyone help me with this? Thanks!

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.1

Posted on Dec 6, 2024 7:18 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 6, 2024 8:18 AM in response to downeaster59

the larger physical display requires MUCH more RAM memory for the screen buffer.

 menu > about this Mac > (system Report) > graphics & displays

...will show you more about actual resolutions and 'User-interface looks like' resolutions as you select different scaling settings.

YOU have the computer at your fingertips, most readers here do not.

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Dec 6, 2024 7:27 AM in response to downeaster59

Display

Liquid Retina XDR display

14.2-inch (diagonal) Liquid Retina XDR display;1 3024-by-1964 native resolution at 254 pixels per inch

from:

MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2023) - Technical Specifications - Apple Support

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Dec 6, 2024 11:26 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

I found a couple of toggle switches under Advanced that show all available resolutions and thus give me a chance to try various ones.

I'll report back once I have tried a few...

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Dec 6, 2024 10:59 AM in response to downeaster59

now that we all know where to find it,

does it differ if you set the display to its extremes -- more legibility or more space?

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downeaster59 Author

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Dec 6, 2024 7:59 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thanks for the response, though I was aware of this. Perhaps what I'm looking at is this: in the specs for the late 2020 M1 Air (my last Mac), we are told that it has a 2560 by 1600 native resolution, but that it also has three supported scaled resolutions: 1680 by 1050, 1440 by 900 and 1024 by 640.

Does the 2023 M3 Pro have any supported scaled resolutions? Would this be the difference that determines whether some old Windows apps work in CrossOver or not?

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Dec 6, 2024 8:32 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

System Report is in a different place in newer Macs. I found what you pointed me to. But there is nothing here about "actual resolutions and 'user-interface looks like' resolutions as you select different scaling settings". NOTHING. This is why I'm asking the question here. I find nothing at my fingertips, unless Apple hid it in a strange spot! If anyone else has an M3 MacBook Pro, please show me what I'm missing, if anything!

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Dec 6, 2024 12:25 PM in response to downeaster59

downeaster59 wrote:

System Report is in a different place in newer Macs. I found what you pointed me to. But there is nothing here about "actual resolutions and 'user-interface looks like' resolutions as you select different scaling settings". NOTHING.

In Ventura, System Information showed a "UI looks like" resolution (the setting chosen in Displays Settings), and a "Resolution" (the size of the internal drawing canvas). It did not display the actual resolution of the display.

It looks like for Sequoia (maybe also for Sonoma), Apple made the System Information display LESS useful than it was in Ventura …

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Dec 6, 2024 8:48 AM in response to downeaster59

could you please post a screenshot of what you do see on that pane?

that would help readers a lot.

also, where has that system Reprort launcher moved to?

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downeaster59 Author

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Dec 6, 2024 10:46 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

The System Report is now found here:

 menu>System Settings>General>About>System Report

Attached is a screenshot of that pane.

Thanks again for responding!

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What resolutions are supported by the display on a 14 in. M3 MacBook Pro?

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