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iMac + external monitor. How does it look?
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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so I plan on hooking up my new iMac to my 32inch HDTV when I finally get it. I'm gonna get the adapter, and then get a cord from the adapter to my TV through HDMI. Just a few questions...
when I want to switch to my other screen, I just run the mouse to one side and it appears on the other screen?
is the dock divided between two screens, or is it just on one of them?
can I drag windows in between windows? like, have Final Cut running on one screen and the rest of my stuff running on the other?
I'm definitely a huge noob when it comes to this. All help appreciated, thanks 
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Well to start with, your TV has less resolution than your iMac display does, so keeping that in mind you wont have much joy extended your desktop (unless you run similar resolution on your iMac), but you could run it in mirror mode. (both displays showing the same thing)
Have a look in the Preferences > Displays once your TV is connected and you see the options to move the dock to either display (but not both) when your extending your desktop.
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Yes. One, with the menu bar. Yes.
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Originally Posted by Rab Mush 
when I want to switch to my other screen, I just run the mouse to one side and it appears on the other screen?
If you select spanning, yes. If you set the displays to mirror, no. You can select spanning (Apple refers to this as "Extended Desktop") from the screen menu bar icon or in System Prefs > Displays.
is the dock divided between two screens, or is it just on one of them?
In spanning mode you can arrange the two screens with respect to each other. You can also select which one of the screens displays your menu bar. The Dock will be on the same screen. Sys Prefs > Displays > Arrangement
can I drag windows in between windows? like, have Final Cut running on one screen and the rest of my stuff running on the other?
In spanning mode, yes.
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here is my dual setup with my 24' iMac and HP monitor set to spanning...
connected by mini-dvi to dvi from the mac to dvi-hdmi to the HP monitor
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here's mine
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