Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Quartz 2D Extreme in Tiger

To enable Quartz 2D Extreme, open Terminal and enter the following: 

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver Quartz2DExtremeEnabled -boolean YES

To disable Quartz 2D Extreme, enter the following into Terminal:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver Quartz2DExtremeEnabled -boolean NO

To check the status (enabled/disabled) of Quartz 2D Extreme, enter the following into Terminal (1 = enabled; 0 = disabled):

defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver Quartz2DExtremeEnabled

Be warned, this will lead to various kernel panics and lock-ups! There's a reason Quartz 2D Extreme was never enabled in Tiger.

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