# Scaling problems with multiple windows using different resolutions

**URL:** <https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/scaling-problems-with-multiple-windows-using-different-resolutions/7476>\
**Category:** Coding\
**Created:** [April 20, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/scaling-problems-with-multiple-windows-using-different-resolutions/7476 "2019-04-20T12:17:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonathan.kominsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@jonathan.kominsky](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jonathan.kominsky)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/scaling-problems-with-multiple-windows-using-different-resolutions/7476/3 "2019-04-23T16:18:40Z")

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Are you on a Mac? This sounds similar to an issue I encountered. I developed a fairly kludgy work-around.

> [@Mac multi-display bug (on non-retina Macs) with Pyglet on PsychoPy3 (but not 2)](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/mac-multi-display-bug-on-non-retina-macs-with-pyglet-on-psychopy3-but-not-2/6424):
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> Aside from my [previous struggles with retina displays](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/strange-behavior-with-retina-displays-external-monitors-in-1-90-2-py2/5485/6), I’ve discovered a novel bug in PsychoPy3 that is not present in 1.90.2 or 3 involving windows and multiple monitors. This is for a setup where we have an iMac which does not have a retina display, connected to a second monitor that’s a relatively old Apple cinema display. The iMac built-in display has a resolution of 1920x1080 and the secondary monitor is 1280x800. Basically, the bug is very reliable, relatively minor, but very strange: If …

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