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I bot an external to use with my MacBook air. I connected it to the MacBook air. the screen on the new monitor lights up and displays my desktop background but it does not show my desktop icons and does not have a mouse function. What else must I do?

I bot an external monitor

to use with my MacBook air. I connected it to the MacBook air. the screen on the new monitor lights up and displays my desktop background but it does not show my desktop icons and does not have a mouse function. What else must I do?

Posted on Feb 16, 2022 4:12 PM

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Posted on Feb 17, 2022 5:22 AM

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I bot an external to use with my MacBook air. I connected it to the MacBook air. the screen on the new monitor lights up and displays my desktop background but it does not show my desktop icons and does not have a mouse function. What else must I do?

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