On Sep 20, 2010, at 5:42 PM, Midnight rider wrote: > Ok then, what's the purpose of the built in mini display adapter? Unless you > need it for presentations, I see no use for it in terms of productivity. > Unless I get a program which can modify the display adapter, (which i do know > of, i am not sure if it'll damage the display internals or not.).... What a > shame. I have no use for my mini display adapters..... =(
Screen Spanning Doctor will allow the use of a second display for extended desktop instead of just mirroring. It doesn't modify the adapter and it won't hurt the display. It simply disables the block in Open Firmware that Apple put in, probably to restrict low end machines. I used it with my iBook. iBooks could only do mirroring while the same era Powerbooks did either mirroring or extended desktop. That is because Powerbooks were the high end machine and Apple wanted you to pay for those features. The software's documentation will tell you if it runs on a particular machine. One nice thing is that you just run the software once, it doesn't install any software, it just modifies a setting in OF. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
