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Fonts looking blurry on new mac install
So I'm new to mac and recently purchased a 2012 macbook pro. The computer came with el capitan installed so I've already went through the downgrade process to 10.8.5 so the computer will play nice with Pro tools 10 and my mbox2. Installed lion by way of creating a USB boot drive. Anyway, I've noticed the fonts are bit blurry within Pro tools on things such as the splash screen and such. I've read a little bit about font smoothing and it is turned on in my mac preferences. Is this a known issue with Mountain lion and is there a fix? Its not the end of the world but is slightly annoying.
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Re: Fonts looking blurry on new mac install
Check System Preferences >> Displays to be sure "best for built-in display" or whatever it was for "native" is selected.
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Re: Fonts looking blurry on new mac install
the best for retina display option is selected. Any other ideas? I noticed when I was installing plugins the text on the installers was blurry as well. So its definitely not program specific.
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Re: Fonts looking blurry on new mac install
Check "Resolution: Default for Display" in Display Preferences.
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Re: Fonts looking blurry on new mac install
Thought of one more, but unlikely thing... if you plug a lower resolution monitor into your MBP and it is "mirroring", your main screen will default to the other display's resolution. System Prefs >> Displays >> shut off mirroring, and you choose different resolutions for each display.
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Re: Fonts looking blurry on new mac install
Try turning Font Smoothing off as well.
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