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Running application only on external display
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I've bought a Fujitsu-Siemens 17" LCD display and immediately noticed how much brighter it is than my 6-month old PowerBook screen.
What I'd like to know is if its possible to change an application's behaviour such that all the windows appear on the external display. I do not want to have to drag over every new window I open to the external display.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Illinois might be cold and flat, but at least it's ugly.
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Turn on Mirroring.... in Display preferences
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Function key and F5 or F6 i believe lests to change teh display properties when an external monitor is connected. It's the function key with the two boxes overlapping each other. By hitting that key you can have the external monitor off, external minitor mirror powerbook display, external monitor extend powerbook's desktop. and external monitor as the main display.
Not to offend you but since you were not aware of that you do realize that you can adjust the brightness of the powerbook's display?
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- TiBook 867mhz
- Rev. A Dual 2.0ghz PowerMac G5, 3 Gigs Ram, Dual Dell 24" displays.
- Imac G4 20" with 1 Gig of ram
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Eerr, yes. I'm aware of the 2 buttons to adjust brightness...no offence taken.  Before I wrote that, I turned the PB screen to its brightest; the external display is still brighter. Dragged over the same window that was on the external display and did a comparison...anyway, thanks for the F7 suggestion. What I was actually wondering was if I could change an individual application's behaviour...but I've noticed that after I initially drag over all the usual windows that I work with, any new similar ones open on the external display automatically.
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Yeah, it was F7. Being on a Tibook I wasn't sure if they were the same. One thing to note I have tried on my PowerMac since i dual displays on that. If you have applications and windows open on the second display then use one display, say you take your powerbook out of town, and open the same applications in one window. When you reconnect the second dispay (must be the same exact one) OSX remembers what applications and windows you were using there and goes back to using the second display that way. A very nice and cool feature.
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- TiBook 867mhz
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- Imac G4 20" with 1 Gig of ram
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The kind of thing that makes me drool with admiration... I also noted that when I connected the external display the first time, OSX almost immediately recognised the model of the display without me installing any drivers...
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