My thunderbolt display won't scale to 1920x1080, where I would expect this scaled option is replaced by 1920x1440. What gives? Sometimes I would really like to scale to 1080p.
My config is:
2011 mac mini i7 2.7GHz w/ 8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6630M
OS X 10.8.2
Thunderbolt 27"
Any ideas? Is there any way I can force a resolution that doesn't appear available?
Cheers,
Sean
Mac mini (Mid 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
I don't think so -
There is an app named swtichresx that I've downloaded but never used. You might want to give it a try to see if you can set your display to 1920*1080.
Good luck,
Clinton
I gave switchxres a shot - and you can change so much that I'm actually going to have to read the manual. To use for 10 days is free - $22 for a license. And, yes, you can set your ATD to 1920x1080 (with a slew of other options). Download and give it a try - if I find that I use it within the next ten days, I'm going to pay for it.
Clinton
Thanks a bunch... Better a small cost solution than no solution. This is really odd though, I can't be alone in this thought... am I?
The Thunderbolt Display is 16x9, it just seems strange to me that if someone wanted to use a scaled resolution that 1920x1080 would be an obvious option. It makes no sense to me that it would not be available yet 1920x1440 would.
Thanks again.
Cheers,
Sean
No problem - I've been playing around with it for about 20 minutes. I'm going to end up buying it, I'm sure.
Clinton
No, you're not alone, Sean. It's been driving me nuts since I did the Mountain Lion upgrade. I'm not sure I want pay to fix something Apple broke though.
Will
I just set up my ATD about a month ago, so I was already running ML. SwitchResX did the trick for me:
Of course, I've never used it under Lion so I don't know if the res was there under Lion - I just know that it wasn't there until I installed SwitchXRes... and I went ahead and paid the $22 for it.
Clinton
Thanks.That resolution was definitely there in Lion. What's the "Warning" mean for 1920x1080? Have you tried it?
Yeah - I tried it and it works just fine. Great for watching DVDs. I didn't get any warning when I used it... but then I haven't bothered to read the 26-page manual yet - I just jumped in and started trying other resolutions. I believe that the app is free for 10 days or so - why don't you download it and give it a run?
Clinton
Thanks again. I'll try it.
It did work for me as well, it does feel a little unclean to spend money on this kind of problem but to me $22 is worth making my $1K display work properly. Apple didn't hit my stubborn switch with this one, if they had there would be no way I would pay it! đ
Cheers,
Sean
1920x1440? Where did that come from?
