Extended Desktop Help

[modestvolta]

Hi (first post!)

I have an external display for my MacBook Pro, and I'd like to run some short tutorial videos on the external display while I use my MacBook to take notes, recreate lessons, etc.

The problem is that every time I click a new video to watch it, it opens on the MacBook display, which means I have to then drag the video over to the secondary display. Is there any way to tell Quicktime to open the videos on the secondary display without resetting my monitor options? (I'd like my MacBook display to stay as the primary monitor.)

I know I could just take notes on the secondary display, but the MacBook screen is a) connected to my keyboard (not a big fan of my non-MacBook keyboard. I like to call it my Windows gaming keyboard because that's all it's there for) so it's easier to use and b) it just looks better.

Thanks! and sorry for the long post; hopefully this is in the right section (and hopefully I'm not asking a repeat question).

 

[spinnerlys]

That would make the external screen/display your main display though.

And the keyboard has nothing to do with how many displays you have connected.
I use two keyboards at work, with two displays, and both keyboards can be used with both displays.
But I think I get your meaning.

 

[mrbash]

Quicktime does not remember the last open position. This is a well known deficiency in QuickTime.

Your solution to this would be to write an AppleScript script:

tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
	open URL url_path
	play document 1
	tell window 1
		set position to {200, 200} -- # set window 1's position
	end tell
end tell

 

[modestvolta]

So it turns out the easiest solution was just playing the videos in iTunes (pretty obvious in hindsight).

thanks!

 

[xi mezmerize ix]

Hi (first post!)


The problem is that every time I click a new video to watch it, it opens on the MacBook display, which means I have to then drag the video over to the secondary display.

Ah man I hope that doesn't tire you out too much.