4 Ways to Run a Retina MacBook Pro at 2880×1800 Native Resolution4 Ways to Run a Retina MacBook Pro at 2880×1800 Native Resolution The Retina MacBook Pro 15″ screen resolution is 2880×1800, but because of how a retina display works the effective resolution is 1440×900 and the onscreen elements are just running in HIDPI mode. Apple provides an option to run at 1920×1200 through System Preferences, but as of now there is no built-in approach to running the retina
