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Dual Monitor is great
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Im newbie in mac and not so long time ago i bought MBA 2013. Would like to ask if it is possible. If i would buy apple tv and connect it with samsung smart tv, will this feature work like that? 
or it will stream my mba screen and it wont be like second monitor?
Thanks
Edit: found that it is possible, so would like to ask if anyone tried with Apple tv?
or it will stream my mba screen and it wont be like second monitor?Thanks
Edit: found that it is possible, so would like to ask if anyone tried with Apple tv?
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With Mavericks you can use Airplay to an Apple TV to do two things: (1) "Mirror" your display or (2) "Extend" your display, using the Apple TV as a virtual monitor with its own desktop.Im newbie in mac and not so long time ago i bought MBA 2013. Would like to ask if it is possible. If i would buy apple tv and connect it with samsung smart tv, will this feature work like that?
I have two physical displays, and I occasionally use a TV connected to an Apple TV 3 as a third display. It works fairly well: video plays well, windows update seamlessly. But, there is a slight lag/latency that makes it awkward to interact with. I find working in Excel or Word or editing video or doing something very unpleasant on an Airplay-extended desktop. So it use it just for tossing up an ESPN Gamecast window or video or something similar that I don't need to interact with.
To move the Dock simply click on the Desktop and bounce the mouse Pointer off the bottom of the screen. You can also 1 finger swipe with the Pointer at the bottom starting "above" the top of the Trackpad.
Does Mavericks properly sync audio coming from applications that you drag to an Airplay desktop when that audio is played through your computer's internal speakers or speakers connected to the computer? Or does it only sync audio if you're also using Airplay speakers?
I haven't noticed any audio sync problems when dragging a video to an Airplay desktop. In fact, my most common use of the third desktop is for watching video. The Apple TV 3 is connected to a 26" Vizio TV on a stand in front of my treadmill. If I'm watching Netflix or Hulu or NBA TV, I can just watch through the Apple TV, but if I'm watching something from our collection, I watch it through the Mac+Airplay.
I have some decent desktop speakers that are plugged into my Mac mini directly, and I get my sound from those.
Try to spread a large window across two screens - that is not possible, only half of the window is displayed. The funny thing is, that the complete window is visible on both screens as long as you drag it.
You are correct. That has been true since the earliest betas. With separate spaces enabled, windows cannot span spaces. Finder windows will end up visible in the space in which the mouse cursor was when the window was released.
it won't be the same to do it wirelessly than wired, wirelessly the quality will decrease and it will freeze from time to time.
This is true. It is often less pleasing and reliable over wifi. My Apple TV 3 is (indirectly) connected via Ethernet to my Mac mini.
The other thing they haven't fixed is that you cannot disable the internal monitor completly. I have an iMac with a second monitor and as I don't like the iMac's glossy display I use the external monitor as my primary monitor.
With Windows 7 I can turn the internal display off, this keeps the Mac much cooler even when playing games and saves energy too.
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