If you've ever connected your Mac to an HDTV (or used AirPlay through Apple TV and opened the Display preference on your HDTV), you'll now see a similar window: you'll be able to use scale resolution on your 4K display just as you can on most HDTVs.
With the new 10.9.3 beta out last week, many of the issues surrounding native 4K monitor support on the Mac seem to have been ironed out.įirst of all, the Display system preference will let you scale the resolution of your 4K display, pixel-doubling the graphics to provide much sharper, more legible text and clearer images. And even if you could, you might not get the results you were looking for, with a lower-than-expected refresh rate that might cause some flickering or ghosting. You could scale the resolution similar to how you can on a MacBook Pro's Retina Display, but only using unofficial methods - it wasn't as easy as opening your Displays preference and tweaking a setting.īottom line: you couldn't just hook up a 4K monitor and expect it to work, like we do when we connect most peripherals to the Mac. Windows would be spread out text was almost unreadable. What's more, using a 4K display on a Mac was an exercise in frustration - content on the display appeared tiny. (Apple has a tech note (opens in new tab) detailing the process.) Both of those displays come equipped with a DisplayPort interface that, when mated to one of the Mac Pro's Thunderbolt 2 ports, could work at 60 Hz, once you configured the display to support "DisplayPort Stream" mode.
The Mac Pro fared a little better, initially, as long as you paired it with one of a couple of 4K displays: The Sharp PN-K321 (which Apple offers as a configure-to-order option when you buy the Mac Pro) or the Asus PQ321Q (which is available from online vendors).
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