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HDMI

I have a Macbook Pro. I'm connecting it to my TV. When I use the HDMI cord, everything get small on the macscreen and when I unplug it, everything returns to normal on my screen. How do I keep my screen the same when I connect my HDMI cord?

Posted on Mar 10, 2022 5:50 AM

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Posted on Mar 10, 2022 9:11 AM

You may have accidentally selected "mirror Displays". when you do, BOTH displays are set to exactly the same 'compromise" resolution, and you get this:



if you uncheck the Mirror Displays checkbox, or drag the overlapping displays apart, or use command-BrightnessDown to toggle, you get this instead:



Your displays are concatenated along an edge of your choosing, and the mouse moves freely across the "extended desktop" and can drag a window to the "other" display, or leave it half on each display and it will still scroll "the right way".



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Mar 10, 2022 9:11 AM in response to kenrobol01

You may have accidentally selected "mirror Displays". when you do, BOTH displays are set to exactly the same 'compromise" resolution, and you get this:



if you uncheck the Mirror Displays checkbox, or drag the overlapping displays apart, or use command-BrightnessDown to toggle, you get this instead:



Your displays are concatenated along an edge of your choosing, and the mouse moves freely across the "extended desktop" and can drag a window to the "other" display, or leave it half on each display and it will still scroll "the right way".



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