{"id":15821,"date":"2016-09-27T19:52:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T23:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=15821"},"modified":"2020-11-11T20:05:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T01:05:32","slug":"sierra-drops-hidpi-scaling-on-external-displays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/27\/sierra-drops-hidpi-scaling-on-external-displays\/","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Drops HiDPI Scaling on External Displays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/09\/23\/loss-of-resolution-scaling-macos-sierra-update\/\">Tim Hardwick<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flyosity\/status\/780424102129573889\">Mike Rundle<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/09\/23\/loss-of-resolution-scaling-macos-sierra-update\/\"><p>Several MacRumors readers using 4K displays have described the disappearance of scaled HiDPI resolutions beyond 1920x1080 since updating from OS X El Capitan, leaving their options reduced to 1080p or a non-scaled native resolution of 3840x2160. Monitors with native 1440p resolutions also seem to have had HiDPI scaling options removed.<\/p>\n<p>Owners of larger displays often use Apple's scaled HiDPI resolutions offered in Display preferences to enjoy increased desktop space without reducing the legibility of text.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/09\/23\/loss-of-resolution-scaling-macos-sierra-update\/?utm_source=designernews\">rpnmtb<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/09\/23\/loss-of-resolution-scaling-macos-sierra-update\/?utm_source=designernews\"><p>This command in Terminal and a reboot fixed it for me on Sierra.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/superuser.com\/questions\/1116866\/macos-sierra-doesnt-scale-for-4k-monitor\/1126490\">Super User<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Update (2016-09-27): <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iansu\/status\/780937292055613440\">Ian Sutherland<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iansu\/status\/780937292055613440\"><p>I was having this problem with my 4K display in Sierra. Plugged it in today and it worked perfectly at 2560x1440. No idea why.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Hardwick (via Mike Rundle): Several MacRumors readers using 4K displays have described the disappearance of scaled HiDPI resolutions beyond 1920x1080 since updating from OS X El Capitan, leaving their options reduced to 1080p or a non-scaled native resolution of 3840x2160. Monitors with native 1440p resolutions also seem to have had HiDPI scaling options removed. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2020-11-12T01:05:35Z","apple_news_api_id":"3a04ca90-6101-476b-b698-5bd46d726747","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2020-11-12T01:05:35Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AOgTKkGEBR2u2mFvUbXJnRw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[838,30,1381],"class_list":["post-15821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-display","tag-mac","tag-macos-10-12"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15821"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30668,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15821\/revisions\/30668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}