Where does Parallels get this weird full screen resolution on Mac's retina display 3360 x 2100? Windows tells me that this is a "Recommended" resolution and keeps changing to it every time my Mac wakes up from a sleep. How can I specify actual resolution 2880 x 1800 and make it permanent?
Why do I get this weird full screen resolution?
- Thread starter AlekseyM2
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We suggest you refer to the article and resolve the issue.
Surely I googled the problem before posting my question and this article is the first one that appears in search. Unfortunately it does not work. Any other suggestions?
Maria@Parallels
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Did you try something from this KB article?
Yes, I did.
Pretty bad support from Parallels. I found an answer on VMWare Fusion forum. It appears that 3360 x 2100 is a virtual resolution that macOS uses on its displays. Then the OS hardware layer scales this down to 2880 x 1800, which should in theory improve viewing experience. It is called "scaled resolution". So now I am not sure if Parallels and other applications have access to hardware layer in macOS, because Fusion also seems to jump to 3360 x 2100 as default. So maybe 3360 x 2100 should be default.