Indesign CS6 low resolution on Retina MacBookPro

I'm an extremely disappointed Adobe CS6 customer.
Indesign on Cs6 (not Creative Cloud) has a blurry interface that doesn't seem to be fixable. It makes me (as well as others I've read about) completely dizzy. This is unnacceptable Adobe.
Why can't I UNLOCK the 'open in low resolution' option in 'get info'?

CS6 is not compatible with High Resolutions Displays. If you need a compatible version, you have tu subscribe to the Creative Cloud. InDesign CC v9 is compatible with High Resolution Displays on the Mac, CC 2014 v10 also on WIndows.
CS6 will never be updated neither in the Box version nor in the cloud as development has finished before Retina Displays hit the market.

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Hi,
Is there a fix for this?
The UI is tiny on my Dell XPS 15 (retina display).
Is there no option such as in photoshop for 'experimental features' to enlarge the UI by 200%?
Currently it's unusable on a retina display.
Thanks.

InDesign CS6 looks fuzzy with retina display

I recently purchased a MacBook Pro with retina display and installed my CS6 software. Photoshop and Illustrator look fine, but InDesign looks pixelated. The menus and fonts look fuzzy. I can't work like this. I read there is a possibility to uncheck the "open in low resolution" box but haven't been able to actually uncheck it. Can someone help with this?

Unfortunately, you have to subscribe to CC to get retina InDesign & Acrobat.

I'm looking at the retina mbp, anyone heard anything regard indesign cs6 being updated for retina?

I have read many feeds regarding the resolution issues with the rmbp... I am curious if anyone has any updates now with adobe cs6? I mainly use indesign and photoshop... Can't your lower up the resolution to 1920x1200 and it looks on since the pixels are more spread out? I am trying to decide on the rmbp or just the 15in mbp. Thanks for your help!

There are two screen displays available - Retina and non-Retina - and there's a world of difference between them. The Retina has non-user replaceable RAM and flash storage (well, the latter without voiding your warranty) and the non-Retina has user replaceable RAM and HD/SSD. And then, of course, there's the difference in the resolution of the screen itself... and a difference between the 13" and 15" screens (available in both 'flavors').
How much storage you need will depend on your needs.
I don't recommend the Retina models at this time - too many issues with tinting (on Samsung displays) and image retention (on LG displays).
So take a look at what the non-Retina machines have to offer - you can customize to your heart's content but remember that you can always upgrade the RAM and the hard drive in the non-Retina machines yourself.
My 2¢...
Clinton

I installed CS6 on my new retina MacBook pro laptops. InDesign and Acrobat display document pixilated. I ran the updates and it fixed Illustrator and Photosho, but not InDesign and Acrobat. What can I do to make them display in high resolution? HELP!

I installed CS6 on my new retina MacBook pro laptops. InDesign and Acrobat display document pixilated. I ran the updates and it fixed Illustrator and Photosho, but not InDesign and Acrobat. What can I do to make them display in high resolution? HELP!

InDesign CS6 is not optimized for retina displays. You’ll need to move to Creative Cloud for retina compatibility.

How do I uncheck the "open in low resolution" box for Acrobat Pro 10.1.10 in a MBP with retina display?

I have the "open in low resolution" box checked by default and I can not uncheck it because it is shaded out. I already tried the "uninstall Acrobat, delete the 'com.adobe.PDFAdminSettings.plist' file, and reinstall" solution, but it did not work. I am using Adobe CS6, acrobat pro 10.1.10, macbook pro w/ retina display, and OS X 10.9.4.

I don't think Acrobat 10 is capable of that. Only the very latest Acrobat 11 update has some concessions for Retina displays.

Low resolution Indesign files on Mac Book Pro!

Why is my new mac book pro retina showing Indesign as low res text and images? Pdf's exported as hi-res print ready files are also low res to look at on screen!

I only have 5.5 - had read there were updates for Illustrator and Photoshop for retina - wasn't sure about Indesign. Will the upgrade to 6 solve this problem for all programs? (Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat?) Do I then need to go to the cloud for software updates? I really need to have hi-resolution display for magazine and photographic work. I also send hi-res pdfs direct to printers - this is impossible if I can't see clear images in final pdfs.

InDesign CS6 (Windows7) does not print a TIFF in full resolution to PDF

I have CS6 file with a TIFF (300dpi), this Indesign file is again linked to another CS6 file. When exporting the later file with Adobe PDF (print), everything is correct except that the TIFF is in low resolution.
With CS5.5 it works with the same workflow and files (XP machine)
When printed (Adobe Acrobat X Pro) everything is fine.
If exported using Adobe PDF (interactiv) it works also with CS6 (also using the distiller?)
Is this a bug in CS6 (8.0.2) ?

Hope this gives a better idea of the problem.
I didn't get the impression that there was a misunderstanding of your assertions; except perhaps your conclusion that it can only be an InDesign "bug."
Of course if it really was a bug, we'd all be able to reproduce it, and my attempts to do so have failed.
Similar/same test; Windows 7; InDesign CS6; 300ppi TIFF image; one instance placed directly, and another nested in a placed InDesign file...
Note: If I have missed something about your problem, I apologize. Please inform me of it and I'll adjust my approach accordingly.
Exported to PDF/X-4 (defaults)
I don't know that I think Willi's on the right track with his server speed theory, but I'd say there is something at your end causing the result you get.

InDesign CS6 Retina MBP Support

I'm currently running CS4 and have just upgraded to a retina display MBP. I predominantly use Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat and InDesign and believe the CS6 versions of these other programs have been issued with updates for retina display compatibility. I am happy to upgrade to CS6 but only if I know there will be an update for InDesign CS6. I do not want to purchase a creative cloud membership.

Grafisk, I think you are confused by the marketing designations here. That is not surprising because it is confusing:
ID CS and CC have so far been the same applications, only with different licenses. If ID CC has been through all the re-writing to support retina resolution, why can't the updates just be adopted into CS?
I have subscribed to CC myself, I just don't understand the logic. But maybe it's just a marketing trick from Adobe to make it more attractive to subscribe to CC?
Let's clarify. InDesign CS6 is the same as InDesign 8. You can purchase it via perpetual license or you can subscribe via the Creative Cloud. If you subscribe via the Creative Cloud, it is not "InDesign CC"; it is still "InDesign CS6" via-the-Creative Cloud. These are the names you'll seeon the splash screen, etc.
The next version of InDesign is InDesign 9.
Up until recently, we would have referred to that as "InDesign CS7."
For marketing reasons, Adobe has decided not to use the term "InDesign CS7" and is instead using the term "InDesign CC." When you hear "InDesign CC" that means "InDesign 9."
Retina support (and other things) are features of InDesign 9, not of InDesign 8.
That means they are avaialble with InDesign CC (f/k/a InDesign CS7), not InDesign CS6.
Adobe has also made a marketing decision not to sell InDesign CC in perpetual license form. This is a company-wide decision and has basically zero to do with the InDesign team. (Same deal with Photoshop CC formerly-known-as Photoshop CS7, etc., etc.,)
Does this help to make it more clear? I understand it still sucks for you.

Indesign CS6 looks unsharp, crappy and ugly on retina display

Indesgin CS6 is the only application in CS6 Design suite that doesn't support HiDpi (RETINA) displays correctly.
For Acorbat X I had to purchase Acrobat XI to get a Adobe premium (and expensive) product on par with the free PDF Reader or OSX Preview display qualities.
For Indesgin CS6 I don't see such an option, since the CC subscription is no option for me (I don't need Indesign on a regular basis and refuse to pay a monthly fee if I need it for a few days... therefore I am much better off with the purchase model... especially for corporate tax laws in Germany).
I hereby request an update for Indesign CS6 to support Retina. If this is not possible, I have to look for other options in my future purchases.
Thanks a lot!

Thanks for replying.
No I did not come just to rant. I came for a solution on how unexpectedly ugly (and here andthere unreadable, as in images) ID CS6 looked on my retina MBP.
And no, I do not feel better. I feel screwed. I have invested a large amount of time and effort in getting the book done in ID (I even thanked Peter Spier in my first edition for his help on this forum to solve a few serious issues I had).
And now I find out that if I want to continue with ID, I need to upgrade to a construct where I need to perpetually pay a fee or lose access to my own work. I feel Adobe is trying to get me ultimately locked in, and I do not like it. I like ID. I like how I could create a nice (some say beautiful) book. I hate having to say goodbye, but a perpetual lock in of this kind is a too high a price to pay.
And yes, as it is now, I can take a one-month subscription to get access. But I have to pay that every time this occurs (think of small editorial changes that happen once in a while). And no guarantuees that this kind of short time or affordable pricing stays. Yes, it can all turn out well. But I am completely at the mercy of Adobe and that gives a pretty unfree feel to it all. It is a type of blackmail: pay or you won't have access to your own stuff anymore.
This is not like my TV subscription (I can change provider without a hassle). This is like using a camera to record my family movies only to find out that the camera was cheap because I have to keep paying every time I want to access my own work for a future price that is uncertain. I will do it if I have to (if there is no reasonable alternative). And if I cannot find a reasonable alternative, that suggests from my perspective that Adobe is wielding monopoly power here. And I do not like that either.
For many the price may be reasonable and I can understand many of the advantages. But the fact that I become completely dependent on whatever Adobe decides in the future is for me an unacceptable risk. Many people ignore risks. If this risk does not turn into reality they will be vindicated. If it does, they are screwed too.
It would be OK if the subscription price was for regular updates and the version you have just keeps working. And if you do not subscribe, you need to pay the full amount if you need to update. But now it is, pay or be locked out.
BTW, subscribing to just ID costs >$30/month over here.

Why are images low resolution when I send packaged files from InDesign?

I am a new InDesign CS5 user. I packaged a file and sent it to a coworker but the illustrations that she received were low resolution. My original file had high-res images. Am I doing something wrong when packaging the links?
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Sharing Indesign on CC show low-resolution images and not the right font in preview

Dear Adobe,
I really want to make use of CC Files and the sharing ability with my clients. I have shared an Indesign file, whereas all the links in that indesign file are on CC Files too. The font is a regular Futura Std. But both the links in the files (background and logo) and the font used are not showing up correctly. I deleted the file and uploaded it again, but it is still showing a bad preview. This is not something I can share with my clients.
Am I doing something wrong? It appears that another Illustrator file is showing its preview in low-resolution and after 2 seconden it renders it at a higher resolution.
Regards,
Daniel

Fonts may not and links will not show up correctly in the image preview on the Files page. The preview being created on the server is not able to access the links, and only the default fonts are available.
You can export a PDF and share this with your clients (and you can always include a link to the InDesign files if the clients need to download them).

PDF created with InDesign CS6, Helvetica Neue font, causes lower-case "r's" to be bold

The pdf was created from InDesign CS6 using Windows 7. I cannot recreate the problem on my machine, but it is happening on a coworker's machine. The only character affected is the lower-case r. It appears bold when viewing the pdf of his machine. I am also running Windows 7 and it looks fine to me. My boss is using a Mac and it also looks fine to her. Does anyone know what might be causing this problem?

Hmm...until it's isolated to the 'r' it surely sounds like the typical effect often caused by the "Enhance Thin Lines" preference setting in Acrobat/Reader/browser-x-plugin, which most commonly affects l's and i's.
It's also true that various servings of Helvetica Neue are at the center of many such tales of woe.
I'd recommend some simple testing on the co-worker's computer with PDF's produced under the same conditions using different fonts; perhaps some varied weights of the same Helvetica Neue.

InDesign CS6 resolution for pixel documents not the same

I have just opened in InDesign CS6, a document made originaly in CS5.5. This document is in pixels. At 100%, the document should be pixel for pixel with my monitor (iMac 27" at about 104 ppi), but it seems it is more at 100% if you calculate at 72 ppi. So a document of 980 pixel wide measure 13 inches on my screen! This is different from the previous way of showing pixel documents. And I can't see any preference that could bring back the resolution to the old way of showing the scaling.
In Adobe Acrobat, you have preferences to control this.
This count as a bug for me.

This is truly, completely, insanely, incomprehensibly, and unfortunately, TYPICALLY Adobe. I wish with all my heart they didn't have a monopoly on creative tools the way they do. They are the Microsoft of Creative tools. Look at us, we have to do terminal style code changes to make a product look the way it should?! THIS IS CRAZY! Adobe is trying to enter the epublishing market with an app that give you the wrong pixel sizes on your screen? Ohhhhhhhhh/ Myyyyyyyyyyy. Woooooooooord! Adobe, ADOBE! Are you listening?! Stop it.
If you are still reading. Let me offer a word of advice: We want the power of In Designs grid and guide creation, BUT can we have the simple, pathetically-normal-to-expect ability to have new objects snap to pixels?!!? I know this looks like a teenager wrote it, with excalmation marks, un restrained exasperation and ALL CAPS, but i'm just finished. I draw a square, the edges are fuzzy. I have to go to the inspector and nudge the 0.5 px off the square. Even then, it soemtimes doesnt do it. Can you image the scenario that MAYBE UI AND UX designers would like to have, oh I dunno, WYSIWYG!? I'm trying to figure out what is going on through your heads when you're designing a program with UI UX designers i mind, technally, it's being made by, oh i dunno... UI/UX designers?!? But the funny thing is, the adobe interface is beautiful. How on earth did you design that with blurry lines all over the place?
Have you seen how type renders in Indesign at "Actual Pixels"?! Have you seen how the elegant forms of Helvetica Neue which we all know so well is output to look like it's done a bag of Ketamin? Shame on you. For reals, shame on you. These are things that your users NEEED. We need to see things as they will look. It's call attention to detail. It's like designing in the dark with you guys.
Please dont tell me what a true pixel is. That is the most retarded thing i have ever heard, you will lose users in droves. Oh wait, where will they go to?! Nowhere! You are all they have! Nice one Adobe! But watch out you have pixelmator nipping at your feet. Soon your super overpriced stinking business model and your dicatative havent-got-a-clue, disrespectful to common sense ways will get you.
ARE YOU LISTENING ADOBE? :-((((((((

The resolution of indesign is low (of the program itself)

1920x1080 is the resolution of my screen. It seems only indesign is in low resolution. Ilustrator just functions normally.
(the low reslution is not very clear on the screen-shot unfortunately)
Also when the program launches the loading icon of Indesign is very large in comparisment with for example the loading symbol of Illustrator....
Any help?

Is 1920x1080 the native resolution of the display. My iMac native resolution is 2560x1440. I can run it at a lower resolution that will enlarge the interface, but the UI blurs because of the resampling. Here's native on the left and 1344x1008 on the right:

Indesign CS6 low resolution on Retina MacBookPro

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