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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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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woodmeister50

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Feb 17, 2022 5:22 AM in response to musichw1946

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DonH49

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Feb 16, 2022 4:29 PM in response to musichw1946

it probably shows on the Air, correct? If so then open system preferences then the Mission Control pane and uncheck "displays have separate spaces". Then log user out and log back in...

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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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