New to Macs here, so forgive me if this is beyond obviousbut all of the answers Ive found so far talk about dual external monitors.
Short version: A Powerbook G4 1 GHz with OSX Tiger has an external display attached via the DVI port. How do we cycle through i) external display only, ii) Powerbook display only, and iii) display on both screens simultaneously?
Pedantic version:
Setup: Home office, editorial and graphic design. At my desk, the keyboard and mouse run through a USB switch box (switch, not hub) and connect to my machine, a Linux file server, and the Powerbook. All video is connected to a Dell display with multiple inputs. The Powerbook sits on the side of my wifes desk. It is a Powerbook G4 1 GHz, running OSX Tiger.
Issue: The issue is twofold. First, we occasionally need to look at the same screen. Its not necessarily problematic for her to walk over to my desk, but its a larger interruption than if she could just look at the Powerbook screen. Second, she occasionally needs to use that Mac herself. With the DVI plugged in, her screen is blank until we either unplug it or go through some mysterious sequence of keystrokes to return the display to the Powerbook.
From what weve been able to figure out, there are three states: external display only, Powerbook display only, and both displays simultaneously. We havent been able to figure out what combination of keys switch between the three (Fn+F7? Shift>Fn+F7? ...). The Mac sleeps a lot (its something of a spare machine), so could restarting or putting it to sleep in a particular state be key?
In addition, those few times where the display was shared (howd we do that?), it was in the lower resolution native to the G4. That is understandable, but Im left with a severely cropped screen on the display. Is this more likely a display issue that I should take up with Dell, or is there something else that can be done on the Mac to reset/size?
Again, I hope this isnt a too-simple question to be worth answering.
Thanks,
Rhythm
Short version: A Powerbook G4 1 GHz with OSX Tiger has an external display attached via the DVI port. How do we cycle through i) external display only, ii) Powerbook display only, and iii) display on both screens simultaneously?
Pedantic version:
Setup: Home office, editorial and graphic design. At my desk, the keyboard and mouse run through a USB switch box (switch, not hub) and connect to my machine, a Linux file server, and the Powerbook. All video is connected to a Dell display with multiple inputs. The Powerbook sits on the side of my wifes desk. It is a Powerbook G4 1 GHz, running OSX Tiger.
Issue: The issue is twofold. First, we occasionally need to look at the same screen. Its not necessarily problematic for her to walk over to my desk, but its a larger interruption than if she could just look at the Powerbook screen. Second, she occasionally needs to use that Mac herself. With the DVI plugged in, her screen is blank until we either unplug it or go through some mysterious sequence of keystrokes to return the display to the Powerbook.
From what weve been able to figure out, there are three states: external display only, Powerbook display only, and both displays simultaneously. We havent been able to figure out what combination of keys switch between the three (Fn+F7? Shift>Fn+F7? ...). The Mac sleeps a lot (its something of a spare machine), so could restarting or putting it to sleep in a particular state be key?
In addition, those few times where the display was shared (howd we do that?), it was in the lower resolution native to the G4. That is understandable, but Im left with a severely cropped screen on the display. Is this more likely a display issue that I should take up with Dell, or is there something else that can be done on the Mac to reset/size?
Again, I hope this isnt a too-simple question to be worth answering.
Thanks,
Rhythm
