I have a MacBook Pro Retina and a Thunderbolt Display and I can't get HiDPI resolutions on Thunderbolt Display. My last notebook was a 13" Mid-2012 MacBook Pro and it could display HiDPI resolutions flawlessly. Any ideas?
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
I'm having the same issue. Anybody out there have any ideas or suggestions?
Actually I managed to solve the issue. You need to install a custom resolution app like SwitchResX, but there are others. I installed this one and now I can get my HiDPI resolution.
Cheers.
Hi nicicloud,
It's been a while and I hope you would still notice my reply.
I am having the same issue where Thunderbolt Display does not have HiDPI options in System Preferences.
I am using a 15" MacBook Pro with Retina display.
I tried a few apps, including SwitchResX.
SwitchResX do provide a few HiDPI options, but the one I wanted, 1280x720 HiDPI happen to be not working.
Can you try setting your TBD resolution to 1280x720 with HiDPI?
Thank you!
Btw, with the 11" MacBook Air, I didn't even need to download any app to enable 1280x720 HiDPI on TBD. A simply terminal command worked 😟
it seems this is not some kind of bug, but the outcome of that macbook pro retina 13 with closest to Thunderbolt Display resolution(2560 x 1440) has a resolution of 2560 x 1600, so hidden display mode template for OSX do half of it - 1280 x 800 and 1280 x 720 is not supported because of draw mechanisms optimizations. Maybe Apple will add hidpi modes specially for Thunderbolt Display, this will prolong life of the device
MacBook Pro Retina + Thunderbolt Display = NO HiDPI resolutions?
