Mirror display option in menu bar missing in Mountain Lion?

Since i updated from Lion to Mountain Lion, i noticed that i am missing the mirror display option is missing in the "screen display" option located at the menu bar. I used this option a lot in Lion, because i work on a MacBook Pro 13.3 inch and have two screens a Dell and a Samsung 24 inch connected depending on the location where i work.

The reason why i used this function a lot is that when i connect my macbook to a different screen that screen will become primary and the MacBook secondary. When i wanted to disconnect the screen i choose to mirror (through the menu bar) so that i immediately had the primary screen on my macbook back. Otherwise i was missing the menu bar on my MacBook. This worked great, because i often needed to take my MacBook away for a moment and connecting back to the display was easy this way.

The new OS got a great feature implemented and that is airplay, but with this feature i really miss the option of choosing mirror on/off. Right nog i need to take multiple steps to turn on/off mirroring. especially on a common day i have to do this like 10 times and with the former OS this was just one click. So my question is if there is a way to get this option back in the menu bar?

Ps. It is called "show displays in menu bar" option in Lion.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jul 30, 2012 1:12 AM

26 replies

Dec 1, 2012 8:39 PM in response to MiG_Tho

Thank you so much. This annoyance lamely created by apple has been expertly mitigated. Excellent work.

Jan 19, 2013 9:46 AM in response to hellacott

Hello.. I have a MBP retina display and I'm using an external monitor thru thunderbold.. on this monitor I have the dock and in the MBP display another desktop. Everything works ok. But Now I'm hooking thru HDMI a projector. This one I want it to be mirror with the dock desktop. Is that posible to mirror 2 together and live 1 separate?

Thanks

segalman

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Jan 20, 2013 5:59 AM in response to MiG_Tho

this is wonderful!!! thank you so much for creating this app. It works perfectly!

Zathrak

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Feb 19, 2013 6:18 PM in response to MiG_Tho

Thank you MiG! Exactly what I was looking for. Gave your app 5 stars. :-D

Oct 28, 2013 11:23 AM in response to MiG_Tho

Here we are, more than a year after your post, and people are still lovin' it. Thanks so much. You solved an irritating problem with my MBP.

MiG_Tho

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Oct 29, 2013 8:40 AM in response to jimTucson

Thank you! I am just happy to help 🙂

Still need to fix the problem with Retina displays, though. Apple is not helping by making their APIs private and therefore AppStore-banned.

Im_sonic

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Oct 30, 2013 6:11 AM in response to drpiso

Hi. You are a genius!!! 😮May the force be with you!! 😎Now come on apple??👿

Worked a treat with my Macbook Pro Early 2008 on Mavericks.🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

Mar 12, 2014 8:27 AM in response to MiG_Tho

Another big DANKE to MiG_Tho for the "Display Menu" App. SO AWESOME!

Mar 16, 2015 4:36 PM in response to Roberto Enrique

Brilliant! This worked for me.

Apr 19, 2017 9:22 PM in response to MiG_Tho

Brilliant! Works great. Dont know why the old options went away with the Sierra upgrade. Thanks

Jun 23, 2017 6:29 AM in response to MiG_Tho

This app has saved my sanity. Thank you very much!

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