Advanced Settings

Advanced settings are accessible via the General tab in the Settings window. Choose Settings from the RadarScope menu, then select the General tab in the Settings window.

Auto Radar Selection

When Auto Radar Selection is enabled, the nearest radar will be automatically selected whenever you enable location tracking and as your location changes. Most of time this is a good thing, since you’ll want to view the data from the nearest radar. In some cases, the nearest radar may be blocked by terrain or other ground clutter. In those cases, you may want to disable this feature.

Show Research Radars

When Show Research Radars is enabled, you’ll be able to view data from a handful of research radars in the U.S. These radars are designed for research, testing, and education purposes. They may have different characteristics than standard operational radars and may not operate consistently. Please use caution when interpreted data from these radars.

Use Default Share Text

When sharing images to social media, RadarScope provides boilerplate text that includes the radar ID, product, and time. Disable this feature if you don’t wish RadarScope to automatically fill in that text by default.

Show TDWRs

When enabled, you will be able to view data from Terminal Doppler Weather Radar sites in RadarScope. These radars are off by default because TDWRs require special considerations when interpreting their data. They’re optimized for specific applications in support of airports and aviation, and it’s important to understand their strengths and limitations. Please use caution when viewing TDWR data.

Metric Units

When Use Metric Units is enabled, RadarScope will display most products and distances in metric units.

Prefer Zooming on Trackpads

By default, RadarScope uses a two-finger panning gesture on trackpads to scroll the map. Enable this setting to zoom instead of scroll. This setting also applies to the scroll wheel of certain mice.

Use System Accent Color For Tools

By default, RadarScope uses light blue for the drawing, distance, and inspector tools. Enable this setting to use the system accent color instead.

International Products

RadarScope feeds include warnings, watches, and special weather statements for Canada, and warnings for Australia. Use these checkboxes to choose the desired countries to limit these products to the countries of interest.

Loop Speed

Control the speed of animated radar loops using this slider. Drag to the left for a slower frame rate, or to the right to make it faster.

Font Scale

Use the text size slider to increase or decrease the size of the text labels displayed on the map.

App Theme

RadarScope deafults to dark mode, but you can use this setting to choose between light mode, dark mode, and the current macOS system setting.