The first command unlocks all possible display resolutions for virtual machines. VBoxManage controlvm "Machine Name" setvideomodehint Width Height Bpp VBoxManage setextradata "Machine Name" "CustomVideoMode1" "Width x Height x Bpp" You need to execute the following commands: VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/MaxGuestResolution any Our readers might be familiar with this tool from the article How to resize a VirtualBox HDD image (VDI). To bypass this limitation, you need to use the VBoxManage tool, which is a console application to tweak virtual machines on the fly and offline. As you can see, it is not listed in available display modes in my setup: Run OneNote in a VirtualBox, change the Windows resolution, and for the love of all that is holy, increase the font size.Let's say I want to set the display resolution in my Windows 10 VM to 1366x768.
Recap: Use a Change Resolution utility to switch to 2880×1800. You can then enlarge the font in Windows’ Display Preferences to a comfortable size, and OneNote 2010 will run in full Retina glory.
This post contains some utilities that will run the Mac at full resolution without scaling, and in turn allow VirtualBox to run Windows at 2880×1800. Now that we have a 2880×1800 laptop display from Apple, Microsoft’s great work with font scaling really comes in handy. That’s surprising considering the Mac’s historical font-loving legacy, but it’s true. That’s fine for the displays of mere mortals, but not for the bleeding-edge Retina display.įortunately, one thing Windows does better than OS X is system font scaling. The problem is, with default settings it runs at a blocky, pixelated 1440×900. OneNote remains Microsoft’s killer app, and I run a virtual Windows box just to keep it around. It will be a great day when Microsoft finally releases OneNote for the Mac - that is unless OneNote is completely outmoded by then. Here’s hoping that Office 2016 for Mac will finally offer a true equivalent. VMware Fusion 7 now does a great job of scaling the only full version of OneNote - the Windows version - using every available pixel.
Update 2015: Things have changed since this post was written.
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