Compare a legacy application like “Device Manager” vs Windows 10’s File Explorer you will notice the difference in text and icon.
However, not all UI in Windows 10 are refined with this support. If they aren’t, go to Settings > Display and check if the display settings are configured at 200%įor most of the new application in Windows 10 you will see all the texture are supporting High DPI (HiDPi) with clear text and icons. Now go and start Windows 10, you will notice your screen are display texture more crispy. Make sure have “ Enable Retina resolution” checked You can fix this by going to Parallels > Parallels Desktop Control Center > Settings (gear icon) Everything will look blurry, this is because those texts are essentially displaying at 2x zoom level, as if it is running Windows 10 by turning on a magnify zoom all the time. The result of not have the settings properly configured are the blurry text you will find all over the place in Windows 10. By default, your virtual machine app, Parallels, does not enable retina scaling.
One of the issues that is distinct for Mac owners are the high-resolution (retina) display sometimes doesn’t actually provide the best user experience when running Windows 10. The preview window and folder icon should change to reflect the non-blurred paste if you followed the above directions.ġ2) If you have multiple folders that require the same cropped image simply repeat steps 8-11 on the required folders one at a time as the original cropped image is retained on the clipboard until replaced by another or the computer is shut down.Running Windows 10 on a Mac has ever been easier, faster and better performing with Parallels for Mac. Any square crop with sides up to 1600 pixels have worked for me.ĥ) Release the index finger button on the mouse to stop the crop once the right square dimensions are reachedĦ) Hover back over the crop area (cursor will change to a hand) - index finger mouse click and hold to position the crop area to 'taste', then release the mouse buttonħ) With the Preview crop window still active - Use "CMD" "C" keys together to copy the cropped area to the clipboardĨ) Select/highlight the folder in Finder or Desktop that the picture icon is to be copied to clicking the index finger mouse buttonĩ) Use "CMD" "I" keys together to open up the 'Get Info' window for the selected folderġ0) At the very top of the selected folders' 'Get Info' window will be a tiny folder icon - index finger mouse button click on this folder and it will select it and highlight - do not click on the larger preview icon further down the window it will not do anythingġ1) With the "Get Info' window still active and the top folder icon highlighted, use "CMD" "V" keys together to paste the cropped area from the clipboard and replace the folder icon with it.
Still an issue after Mojave update #2 - After reading all the responses on this and other like postings, here's my simple work around to avoid the blurred folder icons - especially for those who never have done this before.ġ) Select potential icon picture & open it in the Preview app (JPG, PNG and TIF work well)Ģ) Hover mouse cursor over the open Preview window of the selected picģ) index finger mouse click and hold while moving the mouse in expanding the crop frameĤ) Crop the picture to a square frame having the same exact number of pixels on both sides - Preview will show a tiny "X by Y" pixel counter next to the crop frame - so no need to guess.
I honestly have no idea if it will work with the full resolution image, and at this point, I'm too afraid to try. PNG only because the file size for the original at 1024x1024 felt a little big to be tacked on to a folder just to be a custom icon. After using the marquee to select the whole image, and copying it from within Preview, (as opposed to Photoshop), I was then able to paste it with no blurriness, although the export did affect the colors a bit. I then opened the saved file with Apple's PREVIEW application. Next stop, Blurrysville.Īfter a little research, and the typical non-solutions offered by Apple, I exported the image file from PS as a. After finalizing the image in Photoshop, I copied it (single layer, still transparent background) directly from PS, and tried pasting it to the desired folder within the "Get Info" inspector.
PNG of their logo with a transparent background, followed the steps found in all the YouTube vids I watched to copy the existing folder's icon and import it into Photoshop. I wanted to add a client/company logo to the folder containing all their files.
I was having a similar issue, although I have only tried it on one folder.