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Q: What is my screen resolution

I want to know what my current screen resolution is.  Where do I find this?  I looked in System Preferences, Displays, and it does not show the current resolution.  I also looked for a small display icon at the right side of the menu bar, but it has disappeared since installing Mavericks, and there is no option in Display Preferences to show that icon again.

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Posted on Dec 14, 2013 10:25 AM

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Q: What is my screen resolution

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  • by Francine Schwieder,

    Francine Schwieder Francine Schwieder Dec 14, 2013 10:46 AM in response to tedtoal2
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    Dec 14, 2013 10:46 AM in response to tedtoal2

    I accidently discovered the resolution of my new rMBP 13" the other day when I was checking on something else. Take a full screen shot (command-shift-3), then open it in Preview, go to menu item Tools and select Show Inspector. At the bottom it gives image size in pixels and the Image DPI.

     

    Yeah, I know. But the Displays menu extra no longer shows the available resolutions.

    Francine

     

    PS--If all you want is the size in pixels you go to About This Mac in the Apple menu, click the More Info button, then the Displays tab.

     

    Message was edited by: Francine Schwieder

  • by DeepakMumbai,Apple recommended

    DeepakMumbai DeepakMumbai Dec 14, 2013 10:46 AM in response to tedtoal2
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    Dec 14, 2013 10:46 AM in response to tedtoal2

    Click on Apple icon on left top.

    About This Mac --> More Info... --> Display

    You should see the resolution there.

    Screen Shot 2013-12-15 at 12.14.40 am.png

  • by Tony T1,Apple recommended

    Tony T1 Tony T1 Dec 14, 2013 10:47 AM in response to tedtoal2
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    Mac OS X
    Dec 14, 2013 10:47 AM in response to tedtoal2

    ->About This Mac->[More Info]->[System Report]->Hardware->Graphics/Display:

     

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  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Dec 14, 2013 10:52 AM in response to tedtoal2
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    Mac OS X
    Dec 14, 2013 10:52 AM in response to tedtoal2

    If you switch to "scaled" it will list the selected resolution. I couldn't find a place to show that menu any more. They seem to have replaced it with the Mirroring menu.

  • by Francine Schwieder,

    Francine Schwieder Francine Schwieder Dec 14, 2013 11:16 AM in response to Barney-15E
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    Dec 14, 2013 11:16 AM in response to Barney-15E

    They seem to have replaced it with the Mirroring menu.

    Ah, that's what that menu bar icon is! I had my rMBP connected to the TV yesterday and subsequently noticed a peculiar sort-of display icon had appeared, and figured it had something to do with the TV, but it wasn't clear what.

     

    I wonder how many different ways there are to get the answer to the question? I know that most Mac things have at least two or three different ways to accomplish the same thing. So far we're up to three..... Anymore?

    Francine

  • by Tony T1,

    Tony T1 Tony T1 Dec 14, 2013 3:26 PM in response to Francine Schwieder
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    Mac OS X
    Dec 14, 2013 3:26 PM in response to Francine Schwieder

    Always a way in Terminal:  system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType

        

  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Dec 14, 2013 3:48 PM in response to tedtoal2
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    Dec 14, 2013 3:48 PM in response to tedtoal2

    The Apple Menu > About This Mac > More Info... Displays gets my vote. If you have multiple monitors attached, it will show each by brand and resolution.

     

    Let us not forget the application Display Menu in the OS X App Store. It is free, parks in the menu bar, and does what its name suggests. It is Mavericks compatible.

     

    Screen Shot 2013-12-14 at 6.42.45 PM.png

  • by Francine Schwieder,

    Francine Schwieder Francine Schwieder Dec 15, 2013 10:41 AM in response to Tony T1
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    Dec 15, 2013 10:41 AM in response to Tony T1

    Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding! Alright! Counting the free Display Menu submitted by VikingOSX (which I am going to get right now) we are up to 5 different methods to accomplish the same thing! Of course, as a graphic artist I like mine because you get the DPI too, but I suppose I'll be accused of bias....

    Francine

  • by Grant Lenahan,

    Grant Lenahan Grant Lenahan Dec 15, 2013 11:00 AM in response to tedtoal2
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    Dec 15, 2013 11:00 AM in response to tedtoal2

    Gee, none of those correct answers deserved a thanks or a "this helped me"?

     

    G

  • by calvinmnewton,Apple recommended

    calvinmnewton calvinmnewton Sep 14, 2016 11:28 PM in response to tedtoal2
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    Sep 14, 2016 11:28 PM in response to tedtoal2

    All these answers are good but the fastest way to find the mac resolution is to do SHIFT + COMMAND + 4 (screenshot shortcut). Move the cursor to the bottom right to get the coordinates.

    Press SHIFT + COMMAND + 4 with the cursor in the bottom right corner

    Source: Computer Science student at Chapel Hill