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zekej56168664
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April 16, 2015
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Photoshop CS6 looks pixelated on Mac Retina screen

  • April 16, 2015
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I have Photoshop CS6 running on a MacBook Pro with a 15" retina screen. By default it runs in low-resolution, which makes everything pixelated. When I right-click on the app and go to "Get Info" I see an option to "Open in Low Resolution". When I uncheck it Photoshop opens in high-resolution and it looks beautiful, but it's unusable: I can't click on any of the tools, the sidebars, or anything. So I bring it back to low-resolution and everything works well, except that it looks pixelated again.

I have the 13.0 update (the latest one) and there aren't any additional updates according to Photoshop.

Is there any way to have Photoshop CS6 run in high-resolution?

Thank you very much!

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    Correct answer Jeff Arola

    Thank you for your screens. If the pasted screenprint is genuine, this explains that v10.0.6 already supports high definition monitors.
    The problem, however, is that this version is not available to me. I can't update from 13.0 to 13.0.6 anymore. In mid-October 2022, after replacing the SSD, it was no longer even possible to activate Ps CS6 online. Only the complicated procedure of activating version 13.0 in offline mode remained.
    And it is not due to the lack of a proper internet connection or exceeding the allowed number of activations. Adobe simply blocks these possibilities and then tricks you into purchasing new software on a subscription basis. It's not fair, as my CS6 license is perpetual.

     

     


    Did you download the 13.0.6 update from the adobe ftp server like i described above?

     

    Even when photoshop cs6 was the current photoshop. lots of users including myself had to download the 13.0.6 update, since for whatever reason sometimes on a certain computer it just wouldn't show in updates.

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    gener7
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    gener7Community Expert
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    November 5, 2022

    Glad you got CS6 going, but keep in mind MacOS 10.15 going forward will not allow CS6 to be installed.

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      Robert26515915t4pl
      Known Participant
      November 7, 2022

      Haha, I made this mistake 3 years ago, and had to go back to Mojave.

       

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      mirod3024058
      Participant
      May 30, 2020

      Hey there,

       

      I just found your thread because I recently upgraded to a newer retina macbook pro and was shocked by the low resolution as well.

      I wanted to try and follow your instructions, but somehow I can't uncheck the "open in low resolution" option because it's greyed out. Any ideas why?

       

      Thanks so much in advance,

      Miro

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        defaulte74bqcdoxp25
        Participant
        August 24, 2020

        Did you update to 13.0.6?

        Kevin Stohlmeyer
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        Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 3, 2022

        Adobe cannot cut you off from using what it offered you in the price of a perpetual CS6 license. No further support means no new updates. The ones that were created must still be available. Adobe should advise that it will cease providing available updates after a certain date, but in such a situation they should give notice and prepare the installation file for the highest version as it currently exists. They didn't. It's not fair.


        The link above provides the details you want about end of service.

        gener7
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        gener7Community Expert
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        April 16, 2015

        Look at Help > System Info    The first line should read 13.0.6 if you have a permanent license, which does take in Reina screens.

        If that checks out, go into the Photoshop CS6 folder under the Application folder.

        Choose (but don't double-click) Photoshop.app

        Uncheck "Open in Low Resolution" if it happens to be check marked.

        Reboot your Mac, Restart Photoshop.

        Gene

        zekej56168664
        zekej56168664Author
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        April 17, 2015

        Thank you, Gene, but that's exactly what I was trying before and it doesn't work. In my OP I explained what happens when I try that:

        When I uncheck it Photoshop opens in high-resolution and it looks beautiful, but it's unusable: I can't click on any of the tools, the sidebars, or anything. So I bring it back to low-resolution and everything works well, except that it looks pixelated again.

        When I open Photoshop and go to Help > System Info this is what I see:

        Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00) x64

        Operating System: Mac OS 10.10.3

        It's not 13.0.6. However, when I go to Help > Updates it tells me that all my applications are already up-to-date.

        Any other ideas?

          gener7
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          gener7Community Expert
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          April 17, 2015

          Yes, you can manually download and update CS6. 13.01 13.04 and 13.06 here Adobe - Photoshop : For Macintosh

          You may want to download and install those in order.

          There are other updates there as well for CS6. I don't know why the updater is not functioning.

          Anyway, I hope this clears up the retina bugs. (Don't know why I missed what you posted before, but sometimes I do rush things.)

          Gene

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