I connected my MacBook pro to a TV by cable to HDMI. My desktop displays on the TV, but nothing else will display. How to I put photos, videos, etc on the TV display?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.4
<< My desktop displays on the TV, but nothing else >>
Then your Mac and your external display are working as designed. The default setup is usually "extended desktop":
You can drag the blue boxes to arrange the displays in space to correspond with the arrangement on youtr bench. The two displays are concatenated along an edge, and the mouse move across the invisible boundary between displays.
-OR- you can check the [√] Mirror Displays checkbox.
<< My desktop displays on the TV, but nothing else >>
Then your Mac and your external display are working as designed. The default setup is usually "extended desktop":
You can drag the blue boxes to arrange the displays in space to correspond with the arrangement on youtr bench. The two displays are concatenated along an edge, and the mouse move across the invisible boundary between displays.
-OR- you can check the [√] Mirror Displays checkbox.
If you mirror displays, you get blue boxes largely overlapping, like this:
you can drag one blue box away from the other to stop mirroring -OR-
uncheck the checkbox to stop mirroring -OR-
type Command-BrightnessDown to toggle Mirroring
I connected my 13" MacBook pro to ta TV via cable to HDMI. I get my desktop on the TV display, but nothing else.
