I bought a new MacbookPro with retina display online the other day (hasn't arrived yet). I use this primarily for business doing presentations etc. Has anyone tried connecting a projector using the Thunderbolt VGA adapter? Just curious if it'll work.
Thanks
MacBook Pro with Retina display, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
You'll have to config. the projector as an external/independent display at its native resolution and force your presentations onto it. If you go the Display Mirroring way, you will really have to dumb down the Retina. Even with the standard 1440x900 resolution on non-Retinas, have yet to meet a projector that could take that thru VGA. Not to mention the widescreen 1650x1050 on mine.
I have a similar problem. Bought a AAXA M2 Micro Projector for my MacBook with retina and the aspect ratio of the projector (4:3) wont match the desktop screen dimensions (connected via HDMI cable). Dosen't add the black bars on top and bottom. Tried all the settings, which are not many, on the MacBook Pro, but the projector continues to show the output at 4:3, which makes everything look condensed.
Similar problem. I used my macbook Pro Retina with my Thunderbolt to VGA adapter all through the fall, and never had any trouble with it. Just before Christmas I got a Thunderbolt display.
Since that time, whenever I connect the projector, I get a black screen. I can see and move the mouse, but nothing else. Other computers still work with the projector.
I'm not certain if the Thunderbolt Display has anything to do with this or not, but it's just the timing that it happened.
Grateful for anyone that can offer help!
Has anyone tried the new retina display MBP with a projector?
