adamchamb

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Q: Macbook pro dual screens

Hi there have a MacBook Pro Late 2011 non retina can i run a dual screens off this where the screens are independent not mirrored ??. Cheers Adam

Posted on Jan 29, 2015 7:26 AM

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by Grant Bennet-Alder,

Grant Bennet-Alder Jan 29, 2015 7:36 AM in response to adamchamb
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Jan 29, 2015 7:36 AM in response to adamchamb

Up until about 10.9, Macs could run 2 screens as an Extended Desktop, sharing an edge that you specified. You can still use them that way. It looks like this:

Mission Control allows you to specify 'Displays have separate Spaces', and you can use them independently and tie them to different groups of Applications:

OS X: Using multiple displays in Mavericks - Apple Support

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by lllaass,

lllaass Jan 29, 2015 7:40 AM in response to adamchamb
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Jan 29, 2015 7:40 AM in response to adamchamb
Yes, that is dual display
Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) - Technical Specifications

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i5-2.4- 13-late-2011-unibody-thunderbolt-specs.html

BTW, this is the Mac Pro desktop forum
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