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https://github.com/robbertkl/ResolutionMenu
Simple OS X status bar menu app to switch display modes / resolutions, with support for HiDPI (retina) modes
https://github.com/robbertkl/ResolutionMenu
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Simple OS X status bar menu app to switch display modes / resolutions, with support for HiDPI (retina) modes
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/robbertkl/ResolutionMenu
- Owner: robbertkl
- License: mit
- Created: 2013-12-23T22:25:32.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-01-28T23:49:08.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-11-05T08:50:19.016Z (15 days ago)
- Language: Objective-C
- Size: 304 KB
- Stars: 175
- Watchers: 8
- Forks: 19
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# Resolution Menu
Simple OS X status bar menu app to switch display modes / resolutions, with support for HiDPI (retina) modes.
* For quick access, if you have 1 display only, the display modes can be found at the top level of the menu. For 2 or more displays, each display will have its own submenu.
* The list of attached devices / supported display modes is refreshed each time the menu is opened; no need to ever refresh manually.
* No color depth information is shown; if a resolution is available with different color depths, only the display mode with the highest color depth will be used.
* `CoreGraphics` private APIs are used to access the HiDPI display modes; this might not get this app accepted into the Mac App Store. Also note that `CGDisplayIOServicePort()`, which is used to get the (localized) name of the displays, has been deprecated as of Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks).
* To facilitate "Start at Login", the `ServiceManagement.framework` is used together with a helper app, which should work in a sandboxed environment as well (as long as the app lives in /Applications).
For a command line utility with the same functionality, check out [antmd/resolution-cli](https://github.com/antmd/resolution-cli/).
## Enabling HiDPI display modes
To enable HiDPI modes on a non-retina device, execute this in the Terminal app:
```
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool true
```
Then, for the change to take effect, either log out and back in or restart your system.
## Installation
Just fetch the latest ZIP from the [release section](https://github.com/robbertkl/ResolutionMenu/releases) and put the extracted app into your Applications folder.
You might need to disable OS X Gatekeeper to run it: *System Preferences* > *Security & Privacy* > *General* tab > *Allow apps downloaded from: Anywhere*.
## Authors
* Robbert Klarenbeek,
## Credits
* Thanks to [Alex Zielenski](https://twitter.com/#!/alexzielenski) for [StartAtLoginController](https://github.com/alexzielenski/StartAtLoginController), which ties together the ServiceManagement stuff without even a single line of code (gotta love KVO).
* Thanks to [ExitMothership](http://exitmothership.deviantart.com) for his [LED Cinema Display Icon](http://exitmothership.deviantart.com/art/LED-Cinema-Display-Icon-331815542), which is used for the app icon.
* The [vector drawing used for the status menu icon](Graphics/StatusMenuTemplate.eps) was made by [Elegant Themes](http://www.flaticon.com/authors/elegant-themes) from [Flaticon](http://www.flaticon.com).
## License
Resolution Menu is published under the [MIT License](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php).