The best way to fix R2014+ for retina displays on Mac OS X

Sorry if this is already known, but I found that this was the best way to fix the blurry-text problems with new versions of MATLAB.

1. Find the matlab executable (it's inside MATLAB.app, usually in /bin/matlab)
2. Insert this line into that file: export MATLAB_JAVA="/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home"
3. Save it. You will be prompted for your admin password.

You can now open MATLAB from the dock, or from the icon in /Applications, and everything works fine. No messing around with the terminal.

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

I was thinking it was "Upgrade to R2014b" which is available now :)

Answer 2

[Jacob Bach]

Does this work for anyone? I had no luck with MATLAB_R2014a on macOS Sierra. Does it matter where in the executable the line is placed?