On Dec 28, 2019, at 8:23 PM, Macs R We wrote:
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> Launch PiXel Check. Choose black. It will black out all your monitors. Now
> sideswipe to your extra desktop and start your video.
>
Wow, this is a cool approach! It works!
Many thanks!
-Carl
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Here's another avenue:
http://macguitar.me/apps/pixelcheck/
Create an extra desktop on the screen you want to watch your video on.
Launch PiXel Check. Choose black. It will black out all your monitors. Now
sideswipe to your extra desktop and start your video.
Sweet.
> On Dec 28, 2019,
You're not going to have any desktop icons on sidecar screens unless you place
some there. You will have a menu bar, but semitransparent over a black
background, which should be well within tolerable standards if all you are
tying to do is avoid distraction.
I'm assuming here you're not
Use mission control to create a desktop or the other screens, and make its
wallpaper black. If you want to darken the screens, just mouse to them and
scroll sideways to the black desktop.
> On Dec 28, 2019, at 2:34 PM, Carl Hoefs
> wrote:
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> I have a MacPro ("ashcan") that supports up to
I have a MacPro ("ashcan") that supports up to 6 monitors. I have multiple
large-screen monitors running right now, but I'd like to be able to have all
but one go dark (black), such as when I'm watching a full-screen video on one
monitor. The others being on are quite a distraction so I'd like
