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Emulate higher resolution on macbook pro

When I hook up my 13" macbook pro to an external monitor, set the external monitor as the primary and then mirror displays, the 13" display emulates the 2560 x 1600 monitor.

Is there any way to get the 13" display to scale up the resolution without it being hooked to another monitor?

I understand that it won?t really be a higher resolution but I could use the extra room, even if it?s fake.

Thanks!