Yes, Apple, I did it

Yes, I bought it and it is absolutely awesome. Thanks to Stieve for his awesome input to pleasent work!

Really lovely thing

Maximum resolution reachable through Xcode

//

//  main.cpp

//  Resolution

//

//  Created by Сергей Кривонос on 28.07.16.

//  Copyright © 2016 Сергей Кривонос. All rights reserved.

//

#include <iostream>

#include <CoreGraphics/CoreGraphics.h>

int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {

    // insert code here...

    auto mainDisplayId = CGMainDisplayID();

    

    std::cout << "Current resolution was "

    << CGDisplayPixelsWide(mainDisplayId) << 'x'

    << CGDisplayPixelsHigh(mainDisplayId) << std::endl

    << "Supported resolution modes:";

    

    auto modes = CGDisplayCopyAllDisplayModes(mainDisplayId, nullptr);

    auto count = CFArrayGetCount(modes);

    CGDisplayModeRef mode;

    for(auto c=count;c--;){

        mode = (CGDisplayModeRef)CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(modes, c);

        auto w = CGDisplayModeGetWidth(mode);

        auto h = CGDisplayModeGetHeight(mode);

        std::cout << std::endl << w << 'x' << h;

    }

    CGDisplaySetDisplayMode(mainDisplayId, mode, nullptr);

    std::cout << " is the selected top one." << std::endl;

    std::cin.get();

    return 0;

}

Do not forget to add CoreGriphics and CoreFoundation frameworks through project setting.

Enjoy!



You know what? Apple even supports higher resolution the was announced!

Current resolution was 1440x900

Supported resolution modes:

640x480

800x600

1024x768

1280x800

1440x900

2048x1280

1152x720

2304x1440 << this was announced

2560x1600 is the selected top one.

full size picture here:
http://d64i.imgup.net/2016-07-305b57.png