Screen sharing versus screen mirroring. Sharing makes a giant desktop (also known as an "extended desktop") out of the two monitors, with the primary monitor having the dock and desktop icons on it.
Screen mirroring is just what it describes. You will have the same image (desktop) on each monitor, as the new one "mirrors" the main monitor. This is typical when you are using a projector, for example. MacDan Sent from my iPhone On Jun 21, 2011, at 1:35 PM, "Gerry Archer" <arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > <arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: >> Couldn't get it to work. Tried both Macbook mouse and usb mouse in all >> directions but data buttons wouldn't come up on the external monitor. > > Alex wrote: > That's a feature, not a bug. ;) The external monitor isn't supposed > to replace the laptop screen, it's supposed to supplement it. The > menus and Dock icons (buttons at the bottom of the screen) stay on the > first, and you can drag windows over to the second and use both at > once. You can change this behavior in the Display Preferences (so > that both screens show the same thing), but most people find that once > you get used to it, having a desktop spanning multiple screens is a > great productivity booster. > > G: Got it to work! > > Apologies in advance if I am telling you something you already know > and your problem is something else: I'm not intending to condescend > here, but have found that for a lot of new Mac owners the default > behavior of multiple monitors is a confusing surprise! > Alex > > No problem. I know little about Macs other than Mail and Safari, and > not a lot about them. Appreciate the info. > Gerry > > _______________________________________ > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
