Display Resolution Question

New to iMac. Running 27in and monitor resolution set at "Best for Display 2560X1440". Having problem getting Web pages to display properly. At this resolution, page display is not good. Spacing is not correct to see all information. Changed resolution, but did not fix problem.
Is there a correct setting to have Web pages display so that all information is displayed properly in a font size that is readable? Appreciate any help.

Zoom works quite well in different ways throughout OS X. One handy place is in the web browser. Use Command and + or - on your keyboard to zoom in and out on a web page. Command 0 will put the Zoom back to the actual size. These options are also available in the View menu in the web browser. Once I showed these options to my sister she now also uses Safari in full screen mode for here aging eyes.
You can also zoom in and out on the whole display by holding the Control key on the keyboard and using the scrolling feature on the top of the Apple mouse.

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Just got a new Samsung XL2370 LED display. I've got it hooked up to my new MBP: minidisplay to HDMI. I've got the Samsung at it's highest resolution: 1600x900. The MBP has the hi-res display at 1680x1050. The picture on the Samsung is not as sharp as the MBP, is that because of the unequalness of the resolutions? Would using a minidisplay to DVI look any different? I was thinking not since both HDMI and DVI are digital signals, but I thought I'd ask. The only monitor that seems to look identical to the MBP resolution is Apple's cinema displays, but I didn't want to spend that much on the external monitor.
Thanks in advance!

The problem is in your choice of using the HDMI connection. Use a VGA connection and you will be able to get the monitor's full resolution. Caution: I've had two cheap VGA adapters go out, but the Apple one (mini-display to VGA) does fine. I use a Samsung 2333HD monitor with my MBP (mid-2010). If I connect to the monitor with an HDMI connection (using a mini-display to HDMI adapter), the highest res on the monitor is 1600 x 900 instead of the monitor's full 1920 x 1080 I get with a VGA connection. By the way, the "Moshi" adapter (mini-display to HDMI) Apple sells does not solve the resolution problem--with it the monitor still gives only 1600 x 900, though it does carry audio. I think the problem is on the Apple side, since Apple has SnycMaster (which is for Samsung) settings in its Display prefs, but in the settings pane's resolution choices the list just tops out at 1600 x 900 when the connection is HDMI.

How to change external display resolution WITHOUT clicking "CONFIRM"?

I have a somewhat unusual situation. My MacBook laptop is actually now a ModBook (a pen-tablet computer), and as such I no longer have a trackpad attached to it. All of my inputs are via the stylus, tapping directly on the built-in display.
This works perfectly fine, except when I need to give presentations on an LCD projector (which is quite often lately). I like to use the projector as an external monitor, so that I can run the Keynote presentation on it while using my laptop screen as the presenter's display, with the upcoming slide, etc. If the projector doesn't give me an ideal native display option (sometimes, the aspect ratio for the 3 or 4 resolutions available in the Displays drop-down in the menubar turn out to be stretched or squeezed), then I, naturally, have to open the Display System Preferences and try out different resolutions.
The problem is, since my stylus only interacts by clicking directly on the built-in-display, I have no way of moving the cursor over to the external display when the dialog box with the "Click here to confirm change/You have 15 seconds..." message appears. So I can never click it ... so I can never confirm the new settings.
The workarounds I've used so far are:
- Mirror displays (not ideal, as I need the presenter preview of the next slide)
- borrow a mouse from someone (usually from a Windows desktop, frankly) and plug that in to briefly mouse over and click the confirm button
I'd love to find a software workaround that allows me to NOT mirror displays and also doesn't require me to carry around a mouse all the time (my laptop bag is already overstuffed...).
Thanks.

Fateh wrote:
I hope that my question is clear ... Nope.
How to change the display resolution of APEX ??APEX doesn't have a display resolution. "Display resolution" is an attribute of the device and user agent software used to view the APEX page.
What do you mean by "the display resolution of APEX"?
In other word, if an end user sees large elements on a pageWhat "large elements"?
then he/she zooms it outHow?
"Zooms" what—the entire page or a single "large element"?
How can I set a proper ZOOM for my app by default ...Meaning what?
And as usual, we're missing:
<li>Full APEX version
<li>Full DB/version/edition/host OS
<li>Web server architecture (EPG, OHS or APEX listener/host OS)
<li>Browser(s) and version(s) used
<li>Theme
<li>Template(s)
<li>Region/item type(s)
You've been posting here for years. You know this basic information is necessary to understand and reproduce problems.
If you're looking for help it doesn't seem unreasonable that you make the effort to provide a full, clear but concise description of the problem or requirement.

Highest dual display resolution for mac mini mid 2011

I am currently running a mac mini mid 2011. As I've understood (according to the below statement). Am I only able to use 2 secreen with 1920x1200 or could I use one screen with 2560x1600 and one with 1920x1200. I do NOT want mirroring, only dual displays.
I am going to connect the screens in the following way:
1x mini-dvi - HDMI to one screen.
1x HDMI - HDMI to the other screen.
Display Support:
Dual Displays
Resolution Support:
1920x1200*
Details:
*This model simultaneously supports 1920x1200 on an HDMI display or a DVI display using the included HDMI-to-DVI adapterand 2560x1600 on a Thunderbolt or Mini DisplayPort display or even a VGA display (with an optional Mini DisplayPort-to-VGA adapter, which is compatible with the Thunderbolt port).
2nd Display Support:
Dual/Mirroring*
2nd Max. Resolution:
2560x1600*
Details:
*This model simultaneously supports 1920x1200 on an HDMI or a DVI display (using the included HDMI-to-DVI adapter) and2560x1600 on a Thunderbolt or Mini DisplayPort display or even a VGA display (with an optional Mini DisplayPort-to-VGA adapter, which is compatible with the Thunderbolt port).
Thanks in advance
Rich

According to the copy&paste from wikipedia, HDMI should support higher resolution than 1920x1200. So the question is, does it aupport that on the mid 2011 mac mini. It says in the specifications
"Mac mini is designed to work with HDMI devices that comply with versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2a, 1.3, 1.3a, and 1.4 of the HDMI specification."
That should mean it should be able to support it, but I don't know : <
HDMI version
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
2.0
Date initially released
December 9, 2002
May 20, 2004
August 8, 2005
June 22, 2006
May 28, 2009
September 12, 2013
Maximum clock rate (MHz)
165
165
165
340
340[109]
600
Maximum TMDS throughput per channel (Gbit/s) including 8b/10b overhead
1.65
1.65
1.65
3.40
3.40
6
Maximum total TMDS throughput (Gbit/s) including 8b/10b overhead
4.95
4.95
4.95
10.2
10.2
18
Maximum throughput (Gbit/s) with 8b/10b overhead removed
3.96
3.96
3.96
8.16
8.16
14.4
Maximum audio throughput (Mbit/s)
36.86
36.86
36.86
36.86
36.86
Maximum color depth (bit/px)
24
24
24
48[a]
48
Maximum resolution over single link at 24-bit/px[b]
1920×1200p60
1920×1200p60
1920×1200p60
2560×1600p75
4096×2160p24
4096×2160p60
Maximum resolution over single link at 30-bit/px[c]
N/A
N/A
N/A
2560×1600p60
4096×2160p24
Maximum resolution over single link at 36-bit/px[d]
N/A
N/A
N/A
1920×1200p75
4096×2160p24
Maximum resolution over single link at 48-bit/px[e]
N/A
N/A
N/A
1920×1200p60
1920×1200p60
Maximum 3D resolution (using a full resolution 3D format) over single link at 24-bit/px
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1920×1200p60

Display resolution for 2014 MBP?

How do you adjust the display resolution to the "native" 2880 x 1800 on a mid 2014, 15 inch rMBP with NVIDIA Graphics?
I can not obtain a resolution above 1920 x1200.

Hello there, pf2555.
When adjusting resolution for your MacBook Pro Retina, the following Knowledge Base article offers some information on that regard:
Frequently asked questions about using a Retina display - Apple Support
How do I adjust the resolution of my Retina display?
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012 and later) displays have a 2560-by-1600 native resolution at 227 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors.
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) and MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013 and later) displays have a 2880-by-1800 native resolution at 220 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors.
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) displays have a 5120-by-2880 native resolution with support for millions of colors.
If you need to adjust the display resolution, choose System Preferences from the Apple () menu. The Retina display offers scaled resolutions that allow you to have text and objects appear larger on screen, or to make them appear smaller which provides more space on screen. Note: Scaled resolutions do not offer the same visual quality as the Retina setting. Scaled resolutions may also impact graphics performance depending on which applications you are using.
MacBook Pro with Retina display (13-inch) scaled resolution choices
MacBook Pro with Retina display (15-inch) scaled resolution choices
iMac (Retina 5k, 27-inch, Late 2014) scaled resolution choices
Retina displays only use scaled resolutions rather than specific resolution settings like external displays. If you need to use a different resolution than those available on the built-in display, consider attaching an external display via HDMI or Thunderbolt.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

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Display resolution changes during sleep

This does not look quite like anything I've seen here already. Mid-2010 Mac Mini, OS X 10.9.2, Acer V173 monitor with 1280 x 1024 maximum resolution, connected via Apple Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter (because the monitor has only a VGA input). Resolution is set at 1280 x 1024. I have Display Menu installed and the icon sits at the top in the menu bar.
Display goes to sleep when there is no user activity for a few minutes (because although the display doesn't use much power it's still against my nature to waste any). I wake it up by hitting a non-printing key such as control, option, command, or all three together. Often as not, the display wakes up in a lower resolution. I can usually restore it to 1280 x 1024 by using Display Menu, but then I also have to resize some of the windows that have been shrunk by the lower resolution.
I don't want the display resolution to change. I tried resetting NVRAM and repairing file permissions, no help.
Why does the display resolution change without my knowledge and consent? More to the point, how can I keep it from doing that?

Another helpful hint, again I forget where on this discussion board I saw it, is that holding down the Option key while hitting the Scaled button in Display Preferences gives a wider choice of resolutions. Ordinarily the only resolution option is 1280x1024, but the Option key brings up others, including 1280x960.
On the theory that Apple doesn't like the 5:4 aspect ratio of the native 1280x1024 resolution of the monitor, I set the monitor resolution to 1280x960 yesterday (June 23). There's a little distortion from using a 4:3 aspect ratio on a physically 5:4 monitor, but if two weeks go by (July 7) without the resolution going bad, I will try a new (or used) monitor.
The next question is, would Apple dislike a wide screen aspect ratio? If it likes 16:9, would it dislike 16:10? With my hardware and OS, and a 1080p HDTV/monitor connected with an HDMI cable, would the resolution stay put?

Internal vs. External Display Resolution

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I just purchased a KVM switch by IO Gear Model GCS1782. Hooked up my Mac Book Pro 15 inch 2.16 Ghz with DVI Dual Link and Mac Mini Power PC with DVI single link.
The KVM is working perfectly. The Mac Mini Display resolution is 1680x1050 as normal. The MBP Color LCD is 1440x900 as normal.
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Okay everybody...something funny happened this morning.
Last night I put my MBP to sleep by using "Insomnia" and woke it up this morning and to my surprise, the resolution is matched. No more fuzziness. I have the display icon on the title bar which shows the only one display, only the ACD at 1680x1050. Yesterday it showed two displays because I was mirroring.
Yesterday morning I hooked up a new KVM (I/O Gear Model GCS1782) and discovered video display problems (not from the KVM). From 10:30 AM to 2:45 PM I called IO Gear support, Apple Sale Support (x2), Apple Technical Support (x2), and continuously scoured these forum reading and posting.
Yesterday:
1. Could not close lid of MBP because ACD would go black. (Solution: Insomnia)
2. Could not get MBP LCD display be crisp on the external ACD (Solution: Insomnia)
3. Mirrored the MBP causing the ACD to use a lower resolution (Solution: Insomnia)
Today, all is well.
I think it had to do with the MBP sleep mode or ????. I am not positive on what exactly happened to get the max resolution. I am just a wee bit concerned that it will happen again because I have to disconnect the MBP tomorrow and reconnect without the confidence I can get it to work. One thing for sure, I won't mirror any longer.
Lessons Learned:
1. No one person is proficient with using external displays on MBP. The pieces of information that I needed were either scattered and fragmented or just not available.
2. The people at Apple is nice, helpful, and well meaning. But this particular situation revealed a lack of technical cohesion in its communication.
I want to thank all the good people who help me along this journey.

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Hello!
My parents currently own an aging, first-generation white MacBook. I want to help them migrate to a newer laptop, possibly a MacBook Air aka MBA), within the next several months.
I used to own a 15-inch MacBook Pro (2007 vintage, IIRC) but it died on me in March. I was forced to buy a refurbished late-2012 iMac because money was too tight to procure a new laptop. I may also be looking at an MBA within a year, possibly an 11-incher.
I have a few questions about the video display resolution of late-model MBAs:
According to Apple's "tech specs" page for the MBA, the 11-inch is capable of multiple video resolutions:
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I am a little concerned that a laptop display of that size would be a bit hard to read at the standard resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels. Has anyone dialed the MBA's resolution back to lesser levels, like 1,280 x 720? Does anyone leave it at these lower resolutions? Also: how hard is it to use word processors or iPhoto on an MBA, particularly the 11-incher?

My parents...possibly an 11-incher.
Not to say your folks are old at all,... however Im likely much younger than them and having owned an 11" and now a 13",.... I cant go back to the 11" (though I loved it fine and sill can use it just fine)
Very likely their eyeballs would be more happy with a 13"
base model price on a 13" vs. an 11" isnt that much

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Hi Uwe
A friend of mine has tested the G30 PQG32 series and he has never noticed such issues.
He has set the G30 to standby mode and hibernation mode on different ways and everything looks ok! The display resolution stays on 1920x1200.
By the way; only the Qosmio G30 with HD-DVD drive supports this high resolution.
Now I would like to clarify the zooming utility questions;
The FN + Space combination does not enable the zooming utility but it changes between the display resolutions!!!
I have used the FN + Space and it changed to 1024x768 or 800 x 600. It depends how often you will use this combination.
The Toshiba zooming utility which can be enabled using the FN + 1 or 2 zoom in or zoom out the images of internet explorer, word, etc
So finally the FN + Space and FN + 1 or 2 are completely different functions!!! Please don't mix it!
> think, it has something to do with the Toshiba Zoom-Utility, because it is possible to switch back to 1920x1200 with the Zoom-Utility
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Odd Display Resolution

1280 x 800. Is this the default display resolution for the MacBook? Sorry for this trivial question, but I am in a hotel room using the WiFi here and one of the web-pages I customarily view looks different. Of course this is really rather minor, but on account of jet lag, I am wide awake and this is somewhat worrying me. Is it possible that a display resolution can fluctuate without me adjusting it manually? The news web-page I check daily, is never displayed with a scroll bar at the bottom. Now, however it's there, and I am wondering if the resolution setting somehow got changed. So what is the standard one, anyway?
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~ john

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I have a MacBook with a native display resolution of 1280x900 or whatever it is. This is the laptop is use for work. When at work, I connect it to an external 1920x1200 display and it works great.
When I bring it home, I'd like to plug it into my home network and then use a VNC viewer on my home machine to see that same 1920x1200 screen. However, once I disconnect the MacBook from the monitor at work, the display reverts to its native size.
Obviously, I could either work on the MacBook directly, connect the MacBook to a monitor at home, or I could leave the MacBook at work and connect via VNC from home to work. Each of these solutions will not work for me.
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Thinkpad Yoga - Insufficient external display resolution over the Onelink

My local Lenovo Partner just confirmed the data in "User Guide" of the TPYoga, that the external screen resolution will only be 1920x1200.
"User Guide" Page 10, http://www.lenovo.com/shop/americas/content/user_guides/tpyoga_ug_en.pdf
"Display resolution:
– LCD: 1366-by-768 or 1920-by-1080, depending on the model
– External monitor: up to 1920-by-1200, depending on the monitor model"
I mean what do I want the OneLink Dock / OneLink PRO Dock for??
Of cause to connect a large screen and this not with a worse ppi than the intern display. So I need at least 2560x1600
(we don’t even talk about all the disadvantages of a 16:9 screen, cause that’s off topic).
Idealy I expect of cause a 4k resolution possibility together with the OneLink Pro Dock and multi stream (daisy chain) possibility at the display port.
But 1920x1200 external graphic output can’t be meant serious for a 2000US$ device??

Ok, let’s accept that the new Thinkpad YOGA Manual includes misinformation.
Actually I’m sitting in front of my 2048x1152 Display which is connected to my 8 years old Asus Notebook via DVI. Does this old jalopy perform a higher resolution via DVI than the Thinkpad Yoga via “OneLink PRO Dock-DVI” does?
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/options/tp_onelink_pro_dock_ug_en.pdf
Page 13
(I’m guessing in the first line (behind "One monitor") it’s supposed to mean DVI instead of DP”
(1) Lenovo, are these technical details of the NEW OneLink Pro Dock also wrong like the Manual of the Yoga regarding the maximum resolution?
Would be very helpful for me to plan with correct information..
(2) And is it definitely true that I can't connect two displays at the OneLink PRO Dock with a higher resolution than 1920x1200??
That would mean I send the Thinkpad Yoga back and better stay with my 8 years old ASUS jalopy.. smileyfrustrated:

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Are you getting one to extend your desktop? I don't, I use my MacBook with the screen off using my external only with a keyboard and mouse plugged in. I run my Late 2008 2.1GHz MacBook with a GMA X3100 using a 23" Samsung wide ratio no problem in 1680x1050. It is high resolution. Make sure you click "mirror" in Display Prefs. Be certain that you don't simply boot to both because the external will appear grainy and only be putting out the native 1280 X 800 13" MacBook resolution on the new big LCD. There are many different ways to achieve this. With the LCD on and hooked to the MacBook, turn the MacBook on then quickly close lid after the chime. Give it some time. After it boots to the external, I open the lid to provide proper airflow, some may argue it's not needed.

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I have Dell up2414q monitor which is capable of displaying up to 3840 x 2160. But when I connect my 11-inch Macbook Air (the latest 2014 model), which is capable of 2560 x 1600, shows only 1920 x 1080. This is the highest resolution listed in display setting.
I'm using Display Port cable and enabled Display Port 1.2 setting on the monitor. I went to Apple Store and asked, but they had no idea what was wrong. My OS is 10.9.3.

Hi there gen2014,
You may find the information in the article below helpful.
OS X Mavericks: Adjust your display resolution
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14388
You can connect a second display and adjust its resolution. Once it’s connected, click Scaled, then select a resolution. Press the Option key while you click Scaled to see additional resolutions for the second display.
If you continue to experience issues, take a look at the troubleshooting steps in the article below.
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1573
-Griff W.

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