Air Display adds HiDPI support for Retina display devices


If you have Mac OS X Lion and a Retina iOS device, now you can turn on "HiDPI mode." HiDPI is a built-in Mac OS X feature that makes UI elements render at double resolution. It's absolutely stunning on a Retina display. By default, Mac OS X disables HiDPI because until now, there has been no Mac display with high enough resolution. Air Display on a new iPad, with its 2048x1536 264-dpi Retina display, finally brings HiDPI to life.


Air Display, which I reviewed back when it launched, extends the desktop of a Mac or PC to an iOS or Android device. It also works between Macs, but the key feature is allowing an iOS device, specifically an iPad, to function as a secondary computer monitor. This update is pretty cool to both pump out high-res Mac graphics and utilize the new iPad's Retina Display.

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