Scaling display for Mac OSX in VMWare
I'm running Mac OSX 10.10 under VMWare 12, my monitor is a 4K 27" display - so the text is tiny.
I opened System Preference -> Display -> Scaled, but the only option available is 3840 x 2160 (my 4K resolution).
Is there a tool / a way to scale Mac OSX under VMWare ?
macos mac vmware-workstation scaling high-dpi
edited Dec 3 '18 at 19:33
Hennes
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I'm running Mac OSX 10.10 under VMWare 12, my monitor is a 4K 27" display - so the text is tiny.
I opened System Preference -> Display -> Scaled, but the only option available is 3840 x 2160 (my 4K resolution).
Is there a tool / a way to scale Mac OSX under VMWare ?
macos mac vmware-workstation scaling high-dpi
edited Dec 3 '18 at 19:33
Hennes
58.8k792141
asked Nov 16 '16 at 7:50
Dio Phung
4641623
i believe display settings can also be changed in the preferences menu of VMWare itself?
– pieter-jan goeman
Nov 16 '16 at 13:50
@pieter-jangoeman : no, at least for OSX. However found this Retina Display Manager tool which works well: github.com/avibrazil/RDM
– Dio Phung
Apr 27 '17 at 5:17
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I'm running Mac OSX 10.10 under VMWare 12, my monitor is a 4K 27" display - so the text is tiny.
I opened System Preference -> Display -> Scaled, but the only option available is 3840 x 2160 (my 4K resolution).
Is there a tool / a way to scale Mac OSX under VMWare ?
macos mac vmware-workstation scaling high-dpi
edited Dec 3 '18 at 19:33
Hennes
58.8k792141
asked Nov 16 '16 at 7:50
Dio Phung
4641623
I'm running Mac OSX 10.10 under VMWare 12, my monitor is a 4K 27" display - so the text is tiny.
I opened System Preference -> Display -> Scaled, but the only option available is 3840 x 2160 (my 4K resolution).
Is there a tool / a way to scale Mac OSX under VMWare ?
macos mac vmware-workstation scaling high-dpi
macos mac vmware-workstation scaling high-dpi
edited Dec 3 '18 at 19:33
Hennes
58.8k792141
asked Nov 16 '16 at 7:50
Dio Phung
4641623
edited Dec 3 '18 at 19:33
Hennes
58.8k792141
asked Nov 16 '16 at 7:50
Dio Phung
4641623
edited Dec 3 '18 at 19:33
Hennes
58.8k792141
edited Dec 3 '18 at 19:33
Hennes
58.8k792141
edited Dec 3 '18 at 19:33
Hennes
58.8k792141
58.8k792141
asked Nov 16 '16 at 7:50
Dio Phung
4641623
asked Nov 16 '16 at 7:50
Dio Phung
4641623
asked Nov 16 '16 at 7:50
Dio Phung
4641623
4641623
i believe display settings can also be changed in the preferences menu of VMWare itself?
– pieter-jan goeman
Nov 16 '16 at 13:50
@pieter-jangoeman : no, at least for OSX. However found this Retina Display Manager tool which works well: github.com/avibrazil/RDM
– Dio Phung
Apr 27 '17 at 5:17
add a comment |
i believe display settings can also be changed in the preferences menu of VMWare itself?
– pieter-jan goeman
Nov 16 '16 at 13:50
@pieter-jangoeman : no, at least for OSX. However found this Retina Display Manager tool which works well: github.com/avibrazil/RDM
– Dio Phung
Apr 27 '17 at 5:17
i believe display settings can also be changed in the preferences menu of VMWare itself?
– pieter-jan goeman
Nov 16 '16 at 13:50
i believe display settings can also be changed in the preferences menu of VMWare itself?
– pieter-jan goeman
Nov 16 '16 at 13:50
@pieter-jangoeman : no, at least for OSX. However found this Retina Display Manager tool which works well: github.com/avibrazil/RDM
– Dio Phung
Apr 27 '17 at 5:17
@pieter-jangoeman : no, at least for OSX. However found this Retina Display Manager tool which works well: github.com/avibrazil/RDM
– Dio Phung
Apr 27 '17 at 5:17
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There are multiple tools for this problem:
- Retina Display Manager (https://github.com/avibrazil/RDM): Free, with GUI.
- SwitchResX (http://www.madrau.com/) : not free, 15-day trial, lots of options
- cscreen: free, no GUI - install
homebrewthen runbrew cask install cscreen
So far, I found RDM it's the best: it's free and offer a nice GUI to choose the resolution.
answered Sep 11 '17 at 2:54
Dio Phung
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Display Menu / Display Menu Pro works for me, at least under OSX El.CAP 10.11
Display Menu's menu ...
You can also use System Preferences > Accessibility
and under 'Zoom' enable either keyboard shortcuts or mouse.
I find( under [ options... ] )
ticking 'Only when the pointer reaches an edge' makes zoomed screens
much more usable.
the only corner-case issue I've noticed with this is that some X11 apps running under XQuartz seem to pick up the 'real', physical display resolution, rather than the dynamic, virtual 'zoomed' display resolution. Consequently fonts etc in these apps appear huge when zoomed with accessibility. I've not found any Xdefaults or otherwise way to affect this.
answered Aug 21 '18 at 17:08
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There are multiple tools for this problem:
- Retina Display Manager (https://github.com/avibrazil/RDM): Free, with GUI.
- SwitchResX (http://www.madrau.com/) : not free, 15-day trial, lots of options
- cscreen: free, no GUI - install
homebrewthen runbrew cask install cscreen
So far, I found RDM it's the best: it's free and offer a nice GUI to choose the resolution.
answered Sep 11 '17 at 2:54
Dio Phung
4641623
add a comment |
There are multiple tools for this problem:
- Retina Display Manager (https://github.com/avibrazil/RDM): Free, with GUI.
- SwitchResX (http://www.madrau.com/) : not free, 15-day trial, lots of options
- cscreen: free, no GUI - install
homebrewthen runbrew cask install cscreen
So far, I found RDM it's the best: it's free and offer a nice GUI to choose the resolution.
answered Sep 11 '17 at 2:54
Dio Phung
4641623
add a comment |
There are multiple tools for this problem:
- Retina Display Manager (https://github.com/avibrazil/RDM): Free, with GUI.
- SwitchResX (http://www.madrau.com/) : not free, 15-day trial, lots of options
- cscreen: free, no GUI - install
homebrewthen runbrew cask install cscreen
So far, I found RDM it's the best: it's free and offer a nice GUI to choose the resolution.
answered Sep 11 '17 at 2:54
Dio Phung
4641623
There are multiple tools for this problem:
- Retina Display Manager (https://github.com/avibrazil/RDM): Free, with GUI.
- SwitchResX (http://www.madrau.com/) : not free, 15-day trial, lots of options
- cscreen: free, no GUI - install
homebrewthen runbrew cask install cscreen
So far, I found RDM it's the best: it's free and offer a nice GUI to choose the resolution.
answered Sep 11 '17 at 2:54
Dio Phung
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answered Sep 11 '17 at 2:54
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Display Menu / Display Menu Pro works for me, at least under OSX El.CAP 10.11
Display Menu's menu ...
You can also use System Preferences > Accessibility
and under 'Zoom' enable either keyboard shortcuts or mouse.
I find( under [ options... ] )
ticking 'Only when the pointer reaches an edge' makes zoomed screens
much more usable.
the only corner-case issue I've noticed with this is that some X11 apps running under XQuartz seem to pick up the 'real', physical display resolution, rather than the dynamic, virtual 'zoomed' display resolution. Consequently fonts etc in these apps appear huge when zoomed with accessibility. I've not found any Xdefaults or otherwise way to affect this.
answered Aug 21 '18 at 17:08
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Display Menu / Display Menu Pro works for me, at least under OSX El.CAP 10.11
Display Menu's menu ...
You can also use System Preferences > Accessibility
and under 'Zoom' enable either keyboard shortcuts or mouse.
I find( under [ options... ] )
ticking 'Only when the pointer reaches an edge' makes zoomed screens
much more usable.
the only corner-case issue I've noticed with this is that some X11 apps running under XQuartz seem to pick up the 'real', physical display resolution, rather than the dynamic, virtual 'zoomed' display resolution. Consequently fonts etc in these apps appear huge when zoomed with accessibility. I've not found any Xdefaults or otherwise way to affect this.
answered Aug 21 '18 at 17:08
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Display Menu / Display Menu Pro works for me, at least under OSX El.CAP 10.11
Display Menu's menu ...
You can also use System Preferences > Accessibility
and under 'Zoom' enable either keyboard shortcuts or mouse.
I find( under [ options... ] )
ticking 'Only when the pointer reaches an edge' makes zoomed screens
much more usable.
the only corner-case issue I've noticed with this is that some X11 apps running under XQuartz seem to pick up the 'real', physical display resolution, rather than the dynamic, virtual 'zoomed' display resolution. Consequently fonts etc in these apps appear huge when zoomed with accessibility. I've not found any Xdefaults or otherwise way to affect this.
answered Aug 21 '18 at 17:08
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Display Menu / Display Menu Pro works for me, at least under OSX El.CAP 10.11
Display Menu's menu ...
You can also use System Preferences > Accessibility
and under 'Zoom' enable either keyboard shortcuts or mouse.
I find( under [ options... ] )
ticking 'Only when the pointer reaches an edge' makes zoomed screens
much more usable.
the only corner-case issue I've noticed with this is that some X11 apps running under XQuartz seem to pick up the 'real', physical display resolution, rather than the dynamic, virtual 'zoomed' display resolution. Consequently fonts etc in these apps appear huge when zoomed with accessibility. I've not found any Xdefaults or otherwise way to affect this.
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i believe display settings can also be changed in the preferences menu of VMWare itself?
– pieter-jan goeman
Nov 16 '16 at 13:50
@pieter-jangoeman : no, at least for OSX. However found this Retina Display Manager tool which works well: github.com/avibrazil/RDM
– Dio Phung
Apr 27 '17 at 5:17