Hacking the Preview Window

Harmony's Preview Window can be modified to give more flexibility than automatic scaling allows. NOTE: This is an advanced topic and requires familiarity with the Terminal application in Mac OS X.

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Commands used in the tutorial

Basic hacking
defaults write com.sweeterrhythm.HarmonyApp alwaysUsePreviewWindow -bool YES
defaults write com.sweeterrhythm.HarmonyApp previewWindowTitleless -bool YES

Double wide 4:3 (8:3) 1600x600
defaults write com.sweeterrhythm.HarmonyApp previewWindowRatio -int 3750
defaults write com.sweeterrhythm.HarmonyApp previewWindowHeight -int 600

16:9 on a 1024x768 display
defaults write com.sweeterrhythm.HarmonyApp previewWindowRatio -int 5625
defaults write com.sweeterrhythm.HarmonyApp previewWindowHeight -int 576

Restoring defaults
defaults delete com.sweeterrhythm.HarmonyApp alwaysUsePreviewWindow
defaults delete com.sweeterrhythm.HarmonyApp previewWindowTitleless
defaults delete com.sweeterrhythm.HarmonyApp previewWindowRatio
defaults delete com.sweeterrhythm.HarmonyApp previewWindowHeight

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