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Just started to use an external monitor with my Macbook.
If I use Safari on the external monitor the pull down menus are still on the Macbook.
Its allright, and works ok, but having to go back and forth between monitors seems to defeat the purpose.
Is this the way it works?
Havent spent much time using it yet, set me straight....
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Mirroring puts menus on both monitors. Otherwise, open Display prefs and move the menu bar to the external.
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System Prefs >> Displays and drag the menu bar to the larger monitor
alternatively theres software like SecondBar.
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Thanks, I didnt see that menu bar in the pref / displays, drug it over to the big monitor, and a big thank you..
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Do you want to use both displays at the same time? If not, then the correct incantation is to connect the video cable, external keyboard, and external mouse, close the MacBook's lid, and then wake the MacBook from the keyboard or mouse. The external display should auto configure.
Little more info. There are three modes supported by an Apple portable. Extended desktop (internal and external display are used at the same time as a combined desktop), Mirroring (internal and external display are both used, but the external only mirrors the internal display, precluding a higher resolution on the external), and clamshell mode (the mode I initially described in this post).
Good luck.
