External Monitor

[brandon2886]

So i have an external monitor i've been using it since i got my new macbook pro in January and its it works fine. When I'm using the monitor i want to make it my main monitor with the menu bar at the top and what not, and keep the macbook's screen as a secondary display for video playback while I'm editing. Is this possible with a program or a setting on the mac.

Thanks
Brandon

 

[MacDawg]

System Preferences -> Displays -> Arrangement

Follow the directions 🙂

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

[DoFoT9]

yes its very possible, everything is supported by mac os natively.

when the monitor is plugged in and detected go to system prefs ->display -> then hit the monitors setup (i dont have my external monitor connected so i dont really remember 😛).

here you can reposition the monitor and move the menu bar to a different monitor. click on the white menu bar and simply drag it to the other monitor.

 

[brandon2886]

that way to easy, yet hard at the same time. no clue you could drag the menu bar at the top. Thanks

 

[DoFoT9]

that way to easy, yet hard at the same time. no clue you could drag the menu bar at the top. Thanks

thats how OSX works, easy for beginners - yet its quite complex once you start learing how to use it 🙂 gotta love it.

 

[brandon2886]

they make things really easy, but not very obvious sometimes. I searched for this for a while before i posted here and nothing came up that specific.

 

[DoFoT9]

they make things really easy, but not very obvious sometimes. I searched for this for a while before i posted here and nothing came up that specific.

i guess it would be hard if you've never used it and have no idea what your doing. ive grown up on it since Finder 4 so its all i know.. there should be a website for "advanced things for beginners" or something.

 

[brandon2886]

Yea, i knew about the arrangement section, just moving the menu bar but oh well its done now.