Quake IV resolution on MacBook Pro

I cannot seem to get the resolution settings right in Quake IV on a MacBook Pro. Could someone who has gotten it to run, post the instructions.
Thanks!

Hi, you need to set them manually in the config file if you want full screen without bands. Go to /Users/yourname/Library/Application Support/Quake4/q4base/
There open the file Quake4Config.cfg with TextEdit. Change the following values:
seta r_customHeight "640"
seta r_customWidth "1024"
seta r_mode "-1" (The -1 tells Q4 to use the custom resolution which you entered above)
After that you should not change any ingame video settings because this will overwrite what you did. To see your available resolutions (1024x640 was just an example) check your display prefs in system preferences...
Have fun
Björn

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