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Using 2 monitors
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At this time i am mirrored. What I want to do is some photo retouching. I would like to read the tutorial from the laptop and follow the instructions on the external monitor. How can I do this. By being mirrored I can't do this.  Thanks
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You want different things on each screen, so you should be using spanning instead of mirroring.
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What computer are you using? IIRC Macs automatically span when two monitors are plugged in.
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press F7. It'll switch between mirrored and spanned.
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we don't have time to stop for gas
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thanks, I will give this a try. I am usig a G5 desktop and and a 13" mac book laptop. What is a IIRC ? Peeb, I solved my disc reading problem. The disc would not come up on the desk top but it did show up in finder. I clicked on it and was able to read the manual for my acer monitor. Hopefully, the two monitor thing will go as well. I am enjoying this site, it is so helpful and very enlighting.
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Originally Posted by peeb 
IIRC Macs...
Originally Posted by delm
What is a IIRC ?
IIRC is short for "If I Recall Correctly", not a type of Mac 
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MBP 2.4/160/2/256
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You can also change the display settings in System Prefs, go to arrangement, and drag the monitors into place so that they're beside each other instead of ontop of each other. Obviously the monitor has to be plugged in for you to get to that menu.
(Last edited by Trin; May 28, 2007 at 03:06 PM.
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I have been doing this since i got my 'Book. I wouldn't want to live with out screen spanning.
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Originally Posted by Trin
You can also change the display settings in System Prefs, go to arrangement, and drag the monitors into place so that they're beside each other instead of ontop of each other. Obviously the monitor has to be plugged in for you to get to that menu.
That is not how you switch between mirroring and spanning.
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okay.., maybe i read it wrong. can someone delete that post for me?
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is there any way to connect an HDTV as well as an external monitor and use my macbook in clamshell mode?
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You can only use the Mini-DVI output for one display at a time.
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Matrox DualHead2Go if both the HDTV and monitor have VGA inputs.
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