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The MacBook Pro Retina is a new line of laptops from Apple Inc that combines features of the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and the iPad's Retina Display.

The MacBook Pro Retina is a new line of laptops from Apple Inc that combines features of the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and the iPad's Retina Display.

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Is it possible to have git gui / gitk look good on a retina Macbook Pro?

I really love git gui and gitk. They work very well for me and I know exactly how to use them. Sadly, they look really pixelated and ugly on my retina macbook. Since it's just text and chrome it would seem on the outset a fairly simple thing to fix.…
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Retina MacBook Pro 13 inch screenshot resolution is higher than built-in display

My MacBook Pro 13 inch retina has a screen resolution of 2560 × 1600. How come when I take a screenshot (Command+Shift+3 for full screen), the resolution is much higher: 3360 × 2100?
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Chrome browser rendering is slightly fuzzy

I'm running Windows 8 on a Retina MacBook through Parallels. When I open the "Metro" Chrome application (i.e. click on the chrome tile to launch) the browser renders beautiful crisp content, but when I run Chrome from the desktop (i.e. run the…
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Why isn't rEFInd shell loading?

Because of a two-steps deep problem, I need to boot into an EFI shell and run gptsync. I downloaded the flashdrive binaries of rEFInd 0.7.4, used dd to write the image to a thumbdrive, and it seems to boot fine. However, when I select the little…
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Games on windows 8 in bootcamp lag even on lowest graphics

I've been playing Crysis 2 and Skyrim on my Retina MacBookPro (10,1) for months now. The two games used to run super smoothly even on nearly maxed out settings. This laptop has an Nvidia GeForce GT 650M graphics card inside, it runs great. But I…
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Fancy colored rendering issue on osx 10.8 retina with iTerm

I use iTerm2, with oh-my-zsh and zsh and in my .zshrc file I set a couple of my prompts to the unicode bolt symbol as follows. ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY="%{$fg[yellow]%}⚡%{$reset_color%}" RPROMPT="%(?..%{$fg[white]%}%?%{$fg[red]%}⚡)%{$reset_color%}…
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Windows 7 [virtualized] resolutions in Macbook Pro Retina

So, I was considering picking up a Macbook Pro Retina, but then I realized that Apple forces you to scale the resolution, so you don't actually see the true benefits of the 2880x1800 display. Instead, you see upscaled, pixelated icons -- I saw this…
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Windows 10 randomly hibernates while being used

Since Jan 3, 2017, I have been encountering a very strange and frustrating problem with my Windows 10 Laptop (2013 Macbook Pro Retina). My laptop will hibernate seemingly at random without any prior warning or notification. Here is what I…
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Turn off the MacBook Pro’s display with the lid open while using an external monitor on OS X 10.10 Yosemite

How do you turn off the MacBook Pro’s display with the lid open while using an external monitor on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite? All the previous methods—such as the one’s listed here—that have worked on Mavericks no longer work on Yosemite. Does anyone…
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AutoHotKey - Swapping CTRL and Command/Windows keys

I'm using a macbook pro running Windows 7. I've tried a few different scripts and none of them get me what I need. I need them to act exactly like their counterpart, i.e. Ctrl key acting as Windows key needs to have all the modifiers/system hotkeys…
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New battery installation in the Macbook Pro

I get a new battery from a repair shop yesterday for the MacBook Pro and the configuration is provided below, I read that the battery life for the new installation should be about 7+ hours while I get only about 2+ hours now. The battery…
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Windows 10 resolution in Parallels on retina Macbook

I've seen several posts about Windows 10 (and 8/8.1) scaling up on retina Macbooks, but none really outlining everything or answering my question directly. I've got a 13" retina Macbook Pro, running Windows 10 on Parallels. When I first installed,…
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vbox windows 8 guest on a Mac book retina resolution

I'm using a retina Mac book pro, and using virtual box. How can I use the high resolution(2560*1600) in a windows 8.1 guest OS ? Thanks. EDIT: Be more clearly, I have already installed the guest addons, and set the video memory 128MB, but in the…
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How do I mute the startup chime on a modern Mac?

How can I get my Macbook Pro Retina to not make that annoying 'bong' chime sound when booting up? You can always hold "mute" during boot up, but that gets annoying fast if you always want the sound muted. Older systems (OS X 10.6 and below) can use…
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Why does my Macbook Retina + Dual Link not allow my monitor to go over 60hz?

I got an Asus VG248 (refresh rate 144hz) monitor . I also have a dual link adapter. On my Retina Macbook 15", I cannot set my monitor refresh rate to higher than 60 hz. Why is this? I have mountain lion. It is the only option that is available.
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