onizuka Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Hi, I've got a MacBook with a 13,3' widescreen monitor. I was impressed when I boot it for the first time to see that the boot screen (grey Apple logo with spinner) was not stretched but really fit the ratio of the monitor. On my osx86 machine, I've got a widescreen but the Leopard boot screen seems to be unappropriate and therefore looks awfully stretched... Is there a more or less easy way to set the boot screen to its wide version? I know it's just a stupid detail but that's the kind of things we all like with Macs, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminaire Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 have you tried editing the com.apple.Boot.plist file? If you enter your resolution there, it might work for the boot screen as well. <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>*x*x*</string> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle_Pinny Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 have you tried editing the com.apple.Boot.plist file? If you enter your resolution there, it might work for the boot screen as well. <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>*x*x*</string> I tried that - doesn't seem to work. I too want to get an unstretched 1920x1200 boot screen on my 24" widescreen...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melino Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 I tried that - doesn't seem to work. I too want to get an unstretched 1920x1200 boot screen on my 24" widescreen......Same here. Doesn't work. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idividebyzero Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 impossible, its been like that forever with everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audio01 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Hi, Yet any fix for that? For changing the resolution of the grey Apple boot screen... Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quackit Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Odd. I can't say that I've actually even noticed if it was stretched. I'll have to go home and check late tonight, but from what I can vaguely remember it boots-up fine on my 19in widescreen at 1440x900. Is this only a problem with resolutions above a certain size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audio01 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Actually I think that it always boots at 1024x768 VESA resolution (but maybe I'm wrong). What it never detects if the default display is wide or "normal" 4:3. Be it a notebook or a desktop with an external monitor. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tman26 Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 I noticed this when i got my mac pro. The boot up apple is normal size and on every hack i've ever seen its stretched. it actually makes it look bootleg lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludacrisvp Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Any other progress with this? I have set 1680x1050x32 in my boot flags, however my monitor reports a resolution of 1280x1024 in 4:3 mode during startup. Inside OSX I have the proper resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insomnimac Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Setting boot flags fixes this for me easily. Even the text in verbose mode is a different size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antaholics Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 setting bootflag works for my 1440x900x32 screen... maybe you can set it to a widescreen ratio and it won't look so "wide", but might still look slightly stretched. Try 1440x900x32 for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quackit Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 ahh.. boot flags. Thanks much for that. .. and yeah, mine was stretched. Had no 'real' Mac at home to compare it to. Now that I notice it though I have to fix it so I won't go crazy ... thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberEclipse Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 can someone help me out really quickly with this? whats a boot flag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00diabolic Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 can someone help me out really quickly with this? whats a boot flag? See here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFx Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I've got 1680x1050 monitor and boot flag "Graphics Mode"="1680x1050x32@60" doesnt helps... Somebody have any updates with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Try setting just the res, without bitdepth and refresh rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFx Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Doesnt works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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