Q: how do i configure external monitor to display laptop with lid closed?
Hello,
I want to configure my two new external monitors to function as an extended desktop with the MPB lid closed, but am unclear how to do so. What I see as I type this now is the MBP display as usual, the external monitor to the right has the desktop image from my laptop but nothing else, and the monitor to the left has the stock Yosemite at sunset image and nothing else. They are hooked up through a Targus docking station, I assume correctly since both are alive and well.
What I'd like to see with lid closed is the MBP display on the monitor to the left and see right monitor as the extension from the left. I tried closing the laptop to see it it would automatically migrate to the left monitor but it does nothing.
Your help is appreciated in advance.
Paul
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), 10.11.4 beta
Posted on Feb 26, 2016 8:50 AM
The tiny Icon of the MenuBar icon can be dragged to the display you wish, with limitations. This display then become the Primary display.
The dock has more unusual limitations. It will appear along the specified edge (left, bottom, or right) of the Primary display, unless the edge of the Extended Desktop has been extended further in that direction by a different display.
¿ did you make certain to turn off "Displays have separate Spaces" ?
Posted on Feb 26, 2016 11:07 AM