Oh, right. F7 is probably easier to get to then navigating the
preferences :) Of course if you want to play with resolutions and such
you'll still need to hit the preferences panel. There is also a checkbox
somewhere in that panel which will allow you to add a monitors pull-down
menu to the finder's menu bar. That can be handy.
CB
Marshall F. Scott wrote:
On my Mac Book Pro F7 says Mirror Display. Is this what you're
looking for?
Marshall
On Sep 19, 2007, at 2:58 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
Do you know what model? Dell makes several. If it's one of the
higher-end ones it should be able to handle just about anything your
Mac can throw at it.
Since you have a MacBook Pro then you can run the internal and
external displays as separate ones or turn on mirroring. As separate
displays you can move a window from your laptop to your big screen.
This is handy for video playback where you want the video on the big
screen but the controls on your little screen. I think Keynote will
take advantage of that, showing your preso on one screen but putting
your notes on the other.
CB
VaShaun Jones wrote:
I have a Dell HD TV. What do you think I should be able to set it
to? I also have a Mac Book Pro.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Blouch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Assuming you just want to mirror what's on your mac to the external
display. You need to go to System Preferences and then Displays
under the Hardware section. The Mac detects what screens are
connected at startup so if you add a screen later you'll need to
tell the Mac to look for it. In the Displays preference panel
you'll find a button that says "Detect Displays". Clicking this
should get the mac to notice you have two screens instead of just
one. On some Macs this screen adds more space but on lower-end macs
it just goes into mirroring automagically. If you have a higher end
mac you should now see another tab in the Display preferences
called Arrangement. If you select that tab you should find a
checkbox that says Mirror displays. Once mirrored you might have to
set the resolution to whatever your two displays can handle.
Regular TVs are a very low 640x480 safe area and fuzzy at that. If
you have something nicer it should be able to handle higher
resolutions.
Hope this helps.
CB
Darcy Burnard wrote:
Hmmm, that I can't help you with. Perhapse there's something in
the displays section of system preferences.
Darcy
On 19-Sep-07, at 2:06 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote:
Yes it has a VGA connection on the TV and their is one on the
computer. What I need to know is the keystroke to transfer the
video from the computer directly to the TV. Basically using the
TV as a monitor.
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Subject: Re: Mac to TV
Hi. I believe this will work. The thing is to get the DVI port
in to something your tv will accept. Does your tv have a vga
port on it, is that how you were doing it before?
Darcy
On 19-Sep-07, at 1:42 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote:
Listers my broken window can connect to my TV using a VGA cord
and by pressing function F8 to display the video. I was
wondering if the Mac has the same setup? I want the video
output to go to my TV so if I need to demonstrate something to
a sighted person I can do so using the TV.
Marshall F. scott
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