Spam ([info]madbodger) wrote,
@ 2009-06-22 14:58:00
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Current location:Alexandria, VA
Current mood:geeky
Entry tags:tech

Mirroring monitors
For a demo today, some people wanted me to "mirror" their monitors, so the screen showed the same content as the projector connected to the other video output. I got a quick lesson in the difference between technologies.

How to mirror displays

Windows:

  1. Right click on the desktop, menu pops up
  2. Select "Properties", window opens
  3. Click on "Settings" tab
  4. Click on "Advanced" button (screen blanks temporarily)
  5. Click on "GeForce" tab
  6. Click on "run Nvidia configuration" button (screen blanks temporarily, new window opens)
  7. Select "Multiple Screen Configuration" in the left navigation bar
  8. Click on "Clone Displays" radio button (screen blanks temporarily, projector loses synch)
  9. Click on "Okay" (configuration window closes)
  10. Click on "Cancel" in Advanced properties window (window closes)
  11. Click on "Cancel" in Properties window (window closes)
  12. Right click on the desktop, menu pops up
  13. Select "Properties", window opens
  14. Click on "Settings" tab
  15. Reset screen resolution (projector regains synch, new window pops up)
  16. Click on "Yes" to accept new resolution and close window
  17. Click on "Okay" to close Properties window

Many steps and three programs later, screens are mirrored.

MacOS X:

Press F7

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[info]fuzzface00
2009-06-22 09:40 pm UTC (link)
"It depends" is probably a safer answer.

On some laptops, it would be as easy as pressing Function-F5 (or whatever).

On others, the hell you describe is accurate.

Unfortunately, I am losing my love for Apple. Apple does good things, but they are getting to the point where they dictate to the market. That will not bode well for them.

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[info]voltbang
2009-06-23 01:13 am UTC (link)
My latitude laptop does that switch with F8. My desktop takes 4 mouse clicks, to do a task that I do every time I buy an additional monitor, which is what, two or three years? Say, how much do those apple cinema monitors go for these days?

Why do Mac enthusiasts have so many problems with windows that I have never encountered? Do they just make that stuff up?

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