Rotate Macbook Pro Screen via Software

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302291

I believe it works for 10.5, too.

 

No, it doesn't, they disabled the ability to rotate notebook screens (you can still rotate external monitors) in 10.5. axiotron confirms it

 

rotating macbook screen

You can rotate the macbook screen. I have my macbook pro 13" with the screen rotated 90° under 10.6.4

Open System Preferences and hold down OPTION+COMMAND and left click on the Display icon. You will see a drop down menu on the right that will allow you to rotate the screen 90°, 180°, 270° or Standard.

I'm using my macbook with 90° rotation right now.

It seems you have to close the system preferences and reopen to activate the rotation. If you have system preferences open and option command click on displays, it doesn't seem to work. NOTE: The touchpad doesn't seem to rotate so it may be hard to navigate.

Wizzao!

 

mpeg stream clip and quicktime pro will flip the image

 

This only works somewhat for my mid 2010 15" MBP. My screen is 1680 x 1050. The screen image is rotated to 1050 x 1680 after I followed this, but it still stays right side up. That is, it doesn't fill the screen when rotated, but keeps black bars around the image. Anyone know how to work around this?

 

http://www.magesw.com/displayrotation/
Try that. It works on my iMac but I never tried it on my MacBook Pro. On their website is says it isn't compatible on MacBooks but does not say anything about MacBook Pros. It's worth a shot.

 

Hey, thanks for the link. I just tried this software on my 11.6" MacBook Air that I applied my custom skin to, so that it will look like I'm holding a composition notebook. (see my Flickr set here)


But the mouse is not properly oriented, is there a way to rotate that as well?

 

Opt-Cmd left click requires MOUSE using a laptop!

YES! Opt-Cmd left click on the Display icon in System Preferences DOES work on my mid-2009 Macbook Pro running 10.6 when I use a MOUSE to left-click (using trackpad doesn't work). And you have to restart System Preferences each time. I'm going to flip the screen 180 degrees to use the Macbook in a homemade teleprompter, so I can still access the keyboard.

 

You DON'T need a mouse with a Macbook

I realized after I made the above post that you CAN use the Trackpad, by simply holding down the Control button at the same time as the Opt-Cmd buttons. However, if you use a mouse, it is easier to navigate the screen (upside down AND flipped); the Trackpad is backward/upside down regardless of which way you look at the screen.