[Solved] How Do I Set Monitor Display Screen Native Resolution in Windows and macOS

Monitors’ LCD panel is made up of tiny cells (pixels) in matrix / grid (native resolution). If native resolution of monitor is listed as 1680 × 1050, this mean 1680 pixels across and 1050 pixels down the screen. So, if the native resolution is set to 1024 × 768, then image / picture / text is being “stretched” over multiple pixels which is the causes of image quality to degrade and why text is unclear. Follow below steps for directions on how to set monitor screen’s native resolution.

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Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows XP, 2000, ME, 98
macOS

Windows 7

Step 1: Click Start > Control Panel.

Step 2: Click Adjust screen resolution under Appearance and Personalization.

Step 3: Under Resolution, move the slider up until slider displays the monitor’s native resolution or Recommended Resolution.

Step 4: Click the Apply button. A confirmation window appears.

Step 5: Click Yes button to save the resolution setting.
Note: You have 15 seconds to click Yes. If the time limit is reached, the resolution reverts to its original setting.

Step 6: Click OK to close the Display Settings window.

Windows Vista

Step 1: Click Start > Control Panel.

Step 2: Click Display or Adjust screen resolution under Appearance and Personalization.

Step 3: Move the slider to the right until the slider displays the monitor’s native resolution.

Step 4: Click Apply button. A confirmation window appears.

Step 5: Click Yes button to save the resolution setting.
Note: You have 15 seconds to click Yes. If the time limit is reached, the resolution reverts to its original setting.

Step 6: Click OK to close the Display Settings window.

Windows XP, 2000, ME, 98

Step 1: Click Start > Control Panel.

Step 2: Double-click Display icon.

Step 3: Click Settings tab, drag the screen area slider to the desired resolution.

Step 4: Click Apply then OK button.

Step 5: Click Yes button to Keep the monitors current display settings.

macOS

Step 1: Hover over the dock and click System Preferences icon.

Step 2: Click Displays icon.

Step 3: Select native resolution for monitor.

Step 4: Click on Red Dot to exit.