HDMI Problems - Please Help

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  1. Hopper717, Dec 23, 2011

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    I just got an HDMI cable and a rocketfish mini display port. I hooked it up to the tv, an LCD and a plasma, and all that appears is my wallpaper. None of the icons appear and when I open different applications, such as the internet, it does not appear on the tv screen but it does appear on my laptop screen. Does anyone know what I can do to fix this?
     
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  2. Nameci, Dec 23, 2011

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    Go to system preference, click for display and enable "Mirror"...
     
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  3. simsaladimbamba, Dec 23, 2011

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    You have set the Mac to extend the display and not mirror it.
    Thus all is fine and you can just drag whatever you want to the extended desktop to see it on the TV.
    System Preferences > Displays >> Arrangement >>> Mirror Displays (but know, that the display with the lowest resolution determines the maximum resolution used on both, thus one display will have a lower than native resolution, except when both displays have the same native resolution)
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  4. Hopper717, Dec 23, 2011

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    Thanks

    Thanks for all the help, that worked perfectly.
     
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  5. dag223, Dec 29, 2011

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    no sound

    I just got an HDMI cable and a rocketfish mini display port. I hooked it up to the tv, an LED Samsung, and can't get sound to go from my MBP to TV speakers..can anyone help??
     
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  6. Intell, Dec 29, 2011

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    What model Macbook do you have?
     
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  7. simsaladimbamba, Dec 29, 2011

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    You need a 2010 or 2011 MacBook Pro to actually transfer sound via a compatible MDP to HDMI adapter.

     
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