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  • Closed (moved) Issue created by Daniel Kulp

    Description

    The latest KiCad 5.99 nightlies seem to run OK on the latest OSX 12 "Monterey" beta, but they are blurry and not using the HiDPI/Retina resolution.

    This is an easy fix. The problem is in the Info.plist for the app. The key "NSHighResolutionCapable" is currently specified as a type "string" with value "True". However, according to Apples documentation, that key is supposed to be a "boolean" type. Thus, it should look like:

    <key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key><true/>

    If I make that change, it starts up using the full resolution.

    Steps to reproduce

    Start KiCad, note how blurry

    KiCad Version

    Application: KiCad
    
    Version: (5.99.0-10950-gfad5f9881a), release build
    
    Libraries:
    	wxWidgets 3.1.5
    	libcurl/7.76.0 SecureTransport (LibreSSL/2.8.3) zlib/1.2.11 nghttp2/1.42.0
    
    Platform: macOS Version 10.16 (Build 21A5248p), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac
    
    Build Info:
    	Date: Jun  8 2021 23:56:59
    	wxWidgets: 3.1.5 (wchar_t,STL containers)
    	Boost: 1.76.0
    	OCC: 7.5.1
    	Curl: 7.54.0
    	ngspice: 31
    	Compiler: Clang 10.0.1 with C++ ABI 1002
    
    Build settings:
    	KICAD_USE_OCC=ON
    	KICAD_SPICE=ON
    

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