# Mac OS Catalina - give us back our Retina mode!

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/mac-os-catalina-give-us-back-our-retina-mode/197378>\
**Category:** Mac OS\
**Created:** [October 24, 2019, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/mac-os-catalina-give-us-back-our-retina-mode/197378 "2019-10-24T07:45:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Krikus\_Pikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/krikus_pikus/32/165405_2.png) [@Krikus\_Pikus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Krikus_Pikus)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/mac-os-catalina-give-us-back-our-retina-mode/197378/1 "2019-10-24T07:45:31Z")

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After upgrade to Catalina, client is not working in Retina mode.

Even with these settings:

 ![23](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/7/f/7f5ab139e5bb49869f440cfde3547045e7327b55.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Krikus\_Pikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/krikus_pikus/32/165405_2.png) [@Krikus\_Pikus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Krikus_Pikus)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/mac-os-catalina-give-us-back-our-retina-mode/197378/2 "2019-10-24T07:46:08Z")

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![05](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/a/6/a62c108ff83c66e8223e986c4a91a33bac2dc131.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Krikus\_Pikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/krikus_pikus/32/165405_2.png) [@Krikus\_Pikus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Krikus_Pikus)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/mac-os-catalina-give-us-back-our-retina-mode/197378/3 "2019-10-24T09:02:50Z")

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Aand all windows freezing from time to time ☹

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**Author:** ![Krikus\_Pikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/krikus_pikus/32/165405_2.png) [@Krikus\_Pikus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Krikus_Pikus)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/mac-os-catalina-give-us-back-our-retina-mode/197378/4 "2019-10-25T08:36:41Z")

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@CCP_Nocturne Please help

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**Author:** ![CCP\_Nocturne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_nocturne/32/245066_2.png) [@CCP\_Nocturne](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Nocturne)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/mac-os-catalina-give-us-back-our-retina-mode/197378/5 "2019-11-07T14:33:10Z")

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Hey there! It’d be very helpful if you could submit a bug report from within the client using F12, and I can investigate this closer 🙂

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**Author:** ![Akasun](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/akasun/32/260238_2.png) [@Akasun](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Akasun)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/mac-os-catalina-give-us-back-our-retina-mode/197378/6 "2019-11-08T02:12:36Z")

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I’ve also run into frozen windows, and I think I have an idea of what’s happening. If you run in windowed mode, it looks like the client can sometimes miss inputs as you move the pointer between the client and other apps. I’m guessing that it’s something menu bar related because just clicking on the menu bar when everything freezes will unstick the UI for me.

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**Author:** ![Krikus\_Pikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/krikus_pikus/32/165405_2.png) [@Krikus\_Pikus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Krikus_Pikus)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/mac-os-catalina-give-us-back-our-retina-mode/197378/7 "2019-11-12T14:47:22Z")

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Interesting, thanks.

And what do you think about retina? Do you also have lose retina resolution? I tried to jump by all wine versions, but no luck, it is still blurry old mode. Playing in Boot Camp’d Windows right now, significant increase of perfomance, 5 windows without any problem in Retina mode + EVE o-Preview

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**Author:** ![Krikus\_Pikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/krikus_pikus/32/165405_2.png) [@Krikus\_Pikus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Krikus_Pikus)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/mac-os-catalina-give-us-back-our-retina-mode/197378/8 "2019-11-18T14:41:08Z")

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Have reported a bug while ago, still no response ☹

EBR-184998

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/mac-os-catalina-give-us-back-our-retina-mode/197378/9 "2020-02-16T14:41:12Z")

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