title: How to enable "use low resolution" on Retina display for an Application when shipping it?
body: <p>I have an application that breaks in HiDPI mode unless I chose "get Info" in finder and there tick the "open in low resolution" checkbox. Fixing the application is not an option as it was made using authoring software that is no longer really actively maintained by its vendor.</p>
  
  <p>Now here is the thing: When I take the application, put it on the desktop, zip it and afterwards set the "open in low resolution" checkbox to true, delete the application and unzip the original one the checkbox stays checked. 
  So wherever OS X stores the property "open in low resolution" it's not along with the file. That means that when distributing the application to other Retina Mac systems it'll be broken again until manually checking that checkbox on each system.</p>
  
  <p>I found that the <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/GraphicsAnimation/Conceptual/HighResolutionOSX/Explained/Explained.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>Info.plist</code> got a <code>NSHighResolutionCapable</code> property</a> and I added that <code>Boolean</code>to my app's <code>Info.plist</code> and set it to <code>false</code>but to no avail. That seems not to be equivalent to the "open in low resolution" option.</p>
  
  <p>The linked document sais that: <i><b>If the “Open in Low Resolution” checkbox is selected by default you can change the default by: Setting the NSHighResolutionCapable attribute to YES, in the Info.plist</b></i> Well, the reverse does not work... What I'd like is an out of the box solution. I'd like to avoid that customers need to configure this on their own. It should simply be set when unzipping the application.</p>
  
  <p>So two questions: </p>
  
  <p>a) Is it possible to configure what equals the "open in low resolution" checkbox being checked along with the file - e.g. in the <code>Info.plist</code>? </p>
  
  <p>b) Where does OS X store the choices I made for the "open in low resolution" checkboxes I get to via Finder's Info screen?</p>
  
  <p><b>EDIT December, 7 (added plist details)</b>:</p>
  
  <p>As seen in plist editor:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://oldendorf.net/stackoverflow/as_seen_in_plist_editor.png" /></p>
  
  <p>As seen in modern Xcode on Mavericks:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://oldendorf.net/stackoverflow/as_seen_in_modern_xcode.png" /></p>
  
  <p>The only difference is the name that's displayed. Xcode calls it "High Resolution Capable" while in the file it's still really "NSHighResolutionCapable"</p>
  
  <p>Here is the portion of the file info dialog we care for:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://oldendorf.net/stackoverflow/file_info.png" /></p>