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Jakesem06

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Jun 10, 2020
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Hi everyone, sorry if this is already in forums somewhere but I can’t find this anywhere else. I have a mcp 16in connected to an external display, I use the monitor as the primary and MacBook screen as the secondary on the side, my question is, when you drag the mouse onto the secondary display why does it not “activate” that display automatically, I have to click so that Mac knows I want to use that desktop now, then I can click again to do whatever (you need to click twice to pause a video for example). I’m not too sure if this is just built in for everyone to avoid mis clicks or something or if there is a setting/app I could use to make it change desktops whenever the mouse goes onto the other display. Sorry for the long post but just wanted to explain a bit more as I appreciate any help I can get. Thanks everyone :)
 
This is the normal behaviour. You will need an app to force the focus to follow your mouse, but I don’t know of any these days.
 
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