I have a projector I use daily for watching stuff. It requires the room to be dark, the darker the better. My desktop computer is placed in the same room, and I would really prefer that its monitor be off when I use the projector.
For VLC I can just "black out" the monitor while something is viewed on the projector, but it's not good enough -- too much light emanating from the monitor, still.
If I simply turn off the screen, OS will automatically make the projector the "main" display -- menu bar, all open apps are moved to the projector and upon turning on the monitor again I have to manually select it as the main display AND drag all the apps to the monitor.
Anyone with a great workaround/app for this?
Running 10.8.5 on an i5 Mac mini (2011)
Monitor: Dell U2711
Projector: Epson EH TW3200
Note: I don't mirror displays in order to maintain each device's natural resolution
For VLC I can just "black out" the monitor while something is viewed on the projector, but it's not good enough -- too much light emanating from the monitor, still.
If I simply turn off the screen, OS will automatically make the projector the "main" display -- menu bar, all open apps are moved to the projector and upon turning on the monitor again I have to manually select it as the main display AND drag all the apps to the monitor.
Anyone with a great workaround/app for this?
Running 10.8.5 on an i5 Mac mini (2011)
Monitor: Dell U2711
Projector: Epson EH TW3200
Note: I don't mirror displays in order to maintain each device's natural resolution
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