Scaling tool for Netbook / Hackintosh users

[gnubeard]

Hello everyone.. some of you netbook users might find this handy, so I'm posting it.

 

It is a little tool to help you manage the scale factor set in your prefs files for different applications.

 

I use a netbook (Acer AAO) and the 1024x600 screen isn't big enough for some applications. Guitar Rig, for example, creates a window bigger than my screen which is annoying. So I can just select the Guitar Rig prefs file, set the scale factor to .8 and now it all fits fine and everything fits on my screen.

 

Be aware, though that there ARE some glitches with some programs when using the scale factor. This is not my fault, and there is nothing I can do about it. Blame the application developers for not supporting the AppleDisplayScaleFactor property correctly.

 

This won't work for apps that actually check the display resolution, though. For that, you need to find and edit a plist in the installer or program, or both. I'd like to write a little app to help with that too, but I need help. I only have one program that makes this check (MainStage). I know how to fix that one to enable it to install, but I really don't have any idea if other apps are the same, or slightly different. So if you have an app that won't run or install at 1024x600 and you'd like to help me write a tool to patch it so that it does, please contact me so that you can supply some details. You should be reasonably proficient on the command line, I don't want to have to walk you through cd commands and such.

Skalor.zip