I recently purchased a new late 2013 15" Retina Macbook Pro. I have installed Storyline in Parallels 9, running Windows 8.1.
Everything seems to be working alright except for the fact that everything is extremely tiny due to the retina resolution. I did some searching and found some solutions for Windows 8 and Parallels 8, but not 8.1 under Parallels 9. Does anyone know have a solution to make the buttons and texts and general user interface of running Storyline in these conditions user friendly at all?
Hi, thanks for the responses. There's a compatibility problem when using Parallels 9 and Windows 8.1, but I figured out what steps to do in case anyone else is having this problem:
Shut down your Virtual Machine
Go to your Virtual Machine's Configuration pane > General
Change the type of your Virtual machine to "Windows 8"
Switch to Hardware tab > Video and adjust Retina settings to 'Scaled' rather than 'Best for Retina'
I don't know enough about Parallels to know why you may only have Windows 8.1, but looking at Microsoft site it looks as if you can still download Windows 8. Have you checked to see if you can access a version for your Mac?
This thread is a bit dated Wade. Glad to see that it is still assisting users and thanks for popping in to share. Just let us know if you need any further assistance.
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You need to set your DPI to 100% in windows 8.1
Hi Mitchell and welcome to Heroes!
Phil is correct, that Storyline will function as expected when your DPI is set to 100% (or 96 DPI) as described here.
Hi, thanks for the responses. There's a compatibility problem when using Parallels 9 and Windows 8.1, but I figured out what steps to do in case anyone else is having this problem:
Change the type of your Virtual machine to "Windows 8"
Switch to Hardware tab > Video and adjust Retina settings to 'Scaled' rather than 'Best for Retina'
Thanks for sharing that additional information here Mitchell and glad you found a workaround.
Mitchell,
Thanks for your post--saved me this morning,
Carrie
Glad that Mitchell was able to assist you here Carrie!
This workaround does not work for me. I don't have a drop-down menu to select Windows 8. My only choice is Windows 8.1.
Hi Jim and welcome to Heroes!
I don't know enough about Parallels to know why you may only have Windows 8.1, but looking at Microsoft site it looks as if you can still download Windows 8. Have you checked to see if you can access a version for your Mac?
Thanks for the fix Mitchell! I had tried the DPI change without any luck. Changing to 'Scaled' under hardware fixed it!
Many thanks!
This thread is a bit dated Wade. Glad to see that it is still assisting users and thanks for popping in to share. Just let us know if you need any further assistance.
Welcome to E-Learning Heroes by the way :)
Just cross-posting a more recent article and video tutorial series on installing, customizing, and running Parallels and Storyline on your Mac:
https://community.articulate.com/articles/articulate-storyline-for-mac
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