Make Live Retina-Ready (since Ableton won't)

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username652719
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Make Live Retina-Ready (since Ableton won't)

Post by username652719 » Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:44 pm

Open up Live 9's package contents. (right click on app)


Do "Show package contents" on the Live.app. Edit Contents/Info.plist using your favorite text editor. Just above

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</dict>
</plist>
Place this:

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<key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key>
<true/>
Then, make a copy of the app so that OSX will notice the change. Now, the info window will not show "Open in Low Resolution" as checked. Launch Live. Now your waveforms and midi data will be high resolution.
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Re: Make Live Retina-Ready (since Ableton won't)

Post by SuburbanThug » Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:31 am

username652719 wrote:Open up Live 9's package contents. (right click on app)


Do "Show package contents" on the Live.app. Edit Contents/Info.plist using your favorite text editor. Just above

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</dict>
</plist>
Place this:

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<key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key>
<true/>
Then, make a copy of the app so that OSX will notice the change. Now, the info window will not show "Open in Low Resolution" as checked. Launch Live. Now your waveforms and midi data will be high resolution.
Nice one!
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Re: Make Live Retina-Ready (since Ableton won't)

Post by Tarekith » Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:53 pm

Unfortunately all the text stays pixelated, which is the most annoying thing for most of us. Still, it's a start, thanks!
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username652719
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Re: Make Live Retina-Ready (since Ableton won't)

Post by username652719 » Wed Apr 24, 2013 2:27 pm

Tarekith wrote:Unfortunately all the text stays pixelated, which is the most annoying thing for most of us. Still, it's a start, thanks!
One nice thing is, if you use Max 6.1 (high-res-enabled Max), the max for live devices are all in high-res :)
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Re: Make Live Retina-Ready (since Ableton won't)

Post by dr.mysterium » Wed Aug 14, 2013 5:32 am

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Re: Make Live Retina-Ready (since Ableton won't)

Post by clowpro » Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:52 am

Firstly, Thank you for this! I've done this several times in OS X Mavericks and only the the menu bar has been in retina. However I just upgraded to OS X Yosemite and the new Ableton Live 9.1.5. This fix now makes ALL OF ABLETON retina compatible. This is incredible, I've been waiting over a year for this!
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Re: Make Live Retina-Ready (since Ableton won't)

Post by bullethedog » Sat Oct 18, 2014 9:38 pm

ooooo, wow, Live in Retina Look Thanks a lot!!! Its amazing
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Re: Make Live Retina-Ready (since Ableton won't)

Post by tricksandtrade » Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:44 pm

Has this been sorted out in Yosemite? Ableton looks hella sexy lately. :oops: :oops: :oops:
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Re: Make Live Retina-Ready (since Ableton won't)

Post by Stromkraft » Tue Nov 18, 2014 2:59 am

tricksandtrade wrote:Has this been sorted out in Yosemite? Ableton looks hella sexy lately. :oops: :oops: :oops:
Live 9.1.6 supports Retina. It was released October 30th.
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