Mac os high sierra custom icon for alias

#Mac os high sierra custom icon for alias password#

This works on high-resolution Retina displays because macOS has millions of additional pixels to work with. YouвЂ™ll instantly see everything appear much sharper, but here comes the caveat: your effective resolution is much lower. This trick reveals additional resolutions for all displays and should list the HiDPI resolutions if they werenвЂ™t already visible. Note: If youвЂ™re not seeing the HiDPI resolutions listed in System Preferences after using the Terminal command above, try clicking on the вЂњScaledвЂќ radio button while holding the Alt/Option key on your keyboard. Click on one of the HiDPI modes to enable it on your desired display. Click Scaled to reveal additional resolutions and youвЂ™ll see one or more options at the bottom of the list with вЂњ(HiDPI)вЂќ appended to their resolutions. Most users will likely have the вЂњDefault for DisplayвЂќ option checked, which is typically your displayвЂ™s native resolution. Here youвЂ™ll see the familiar preference window where you can set your resolution and refresh rate.

Next, reboot your Mac and, upon logging back in, head to System Preferences and click on Displays.

#Mac os high sierra custom icon for alias password#

Then press Return to execute the command and, because this is a вЂњsudoвЂќ command, enter your admin password when prompted.

$ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/ DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool true

Fire up a new Terminal window and then copy and paste the following command:.