Has anybody been able to find the correct display settings to view the Delphi XE7 IDE correctly on a MacBook Pro with retina display? I'm using 2880x1800 with font size set to 200% but the XE7 IDE displays the fonts at half size making them almost unreadable. All other applications look fine.

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Has anybody been able to find the correct display settings to view the Delphi XE7 IDE correctly on a MacBook Pro with retina display? I'm using 2880x1800 with font size set to 200% but the XE7 IDE displays the fonts at half size making them almost unreadable. All other applications look fine.

Any ideas?

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  1. Dalija PrasnikarJuly 17, 2015 at 3:59 AM

    AFAIK the only thing you can do is vote for 

    Delphi IDE is not dpi aware
    https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-9678

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  2. Fabio VITALEJuly 17, 2015 at 5:55 AM

    I've just sold my MacBook Pro with retina display for the very same issue of windows applications not working correctly with high DPI.
    Also I think that for developing purposes having this high screen resolution is the road to nowhere or, better, the road to an optician :-)

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  3. Phillip WoonJuly 17, 2015 at 6:50 AM

    I was considering buying a Macbook Pro , but since i have an iMac, I decided to just buy a Lenovo laptop.   I think great decision, as I got a really powerful I7 machine for $799.  I figure, if I need to do any Mac stuff, I use my iMac.  I mostly use Delphi and Visual Studio for development.

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  4. Kyle MillerJuly 17, 2015 at 7:32 AM

    Phillip Woon What's the model of the Lenovo?

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  5. David SchwartzJuly 17, 2015 at 10:09 AM

    What are you using to host Windows? VMWare, Parallels, etc? VMWare has a setting under Displays you need to select to get it to work. (I'm using VMWare 7.) If you're using Bootcamp, all bets are off b/c of the aforementioned IDE issue.

    That said, I find the MBP display too small for normal use with the IDE when it's scaled so it's readable; so I run the VM in a 24" HD monitor instead. It's far easier to read. I imagine younger eyes could read the tiny fonts in the retina display just fine, but not any more.

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  6. Paul ThorntonJuly 17, 2015 at 10:33 AM

    I've found a pretty decent resolution/DPI setting in which the IDE looks great and other applications are OK - 1680 x 1050 @ 125% DPI

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  7. Phillip WoonJuly 17, 2015 at 12:04 PM

    Kyle Miller Z70.  It's also got discrete graphics, as my son wants to play his video games when we travel

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