No option for display rotation in extended monitor from my Macbook Pro (OS : Lion 10.7.5) after update from 10.7.4

I also used SwitchResX 4 to turn my external display to "standard" rotation. It worked.

To my surprise, and as I was thinking I was stuck with an horizontal external monitor, when I went back to system preferences -> monitors, behold, the "rotation" menu was back in the external monitor preference window ! I was thus able to switch it back to a 90 degrees rotation angle.

Everything was back to normal and there was much rejoycing

So is the only way to fix this problem to pay $15 for the SwitchResX solution? Seems ridiculous.

You can recover the backup you made before installing 10.7.4, install 10.7.4 on a Flash drive and boot from it, put the monitor on its side, look at the monitor while lying down sideways, or go to work for Apple and hope to get a CIO programmer position and push for a 10.7.6 update. Somehow, if you didn't backup, I would think $15 is the easiest solution. In the future always backup before you update, in case some mission critical feature other people do not know about goes missing, or you suddenly trip up a hardware or software problem, which is always likely with an update.

Can't edit on iPad, the first part of the sentence should read, you can always restore the backup you made from before installing 10.7.5...

I hate to do disservice to the developer of SwitchResX but technically you can reset you resolution using the trial version and not pay $15. HAVING SAID THAT I think he DESERVES the $15 for fixing a bug Apple doesn't seem to care to address.

If you want rotation back permanently and like the feature then yes you need to spend the $15 - to me it's worth it though it makes me sad that Apple is visibly moving away from the mac/OSX as a professional graphics system.

Between their lackluster updates to Aperture & iPhoto, and seemingly shrinking support for multiple monitors, I am getting this feeling that they really want to get out of the ProGraphics space - which ***** for me since I loved MACs as a platform for that kind of work. On the upside if I am forced to go PC again, I will be saving a LOT of money and headaches and will have more upgrade opportunities.

Just got a software update from Apple that fixed the problem, though it wasn't listed as one of the things the update was going to fix. I have my rotation option back, and my monitor is working just as expected.

"In the future always backup before you update"

a brody, I did back up, as I always do. My question implied that the SwitchResX solution might be the only solution without going back to 10.7.4. Guess that wasn't clear.

liquidray, I did realize that it would technically be an option to not pay, but like you, I think the guy deserves the payment for his work, so I didn't want to take that route.

Same here. Update resolved the issue even thought it was not mentioned in the notes. I have rotation back.

Hi lucas which software update did you get from apple?

Was it one of the generic updates from the systems menu or something more specific?

Mac OS X 10.7.5 Supplemental Update, showed up in my Software Updates yesterday sometime between 3-5PM (Eastern). It was only like a 1.5MB download.

Oooooh. Ok

I check those weekly so I will check tonight.

I hope it remedies my issue was well.

Upon subsequent reboots, the rotation option is gone again, and my secondary screen is refusing to rotate. Anyone else "lose" the fixes from the supplemental update?

from what I read the supplemental update does not correct the rotation issue.

I am personally able the bring up the rotation menu using the trick outlined above but the rotation doesnt work on the second monitor. Is this an issue in mountain lion too?

Very happy with the speed the supplemental update was releases. My rotation issue is competely resolved. Cheers Apple! Hope everyone else's issue is resolved soon.

I'm having the same issue. I updated yesterday and after using my portrait-oriented ext. monitor all day with no problems after a restart I'm suddenly unable to rotate it.

I'm running 10.7.5 Build 11G63. I'm not sure if this is the phantom-supplemental 10.7.5 that the above posts are talking about or not. When I try to force a software update I'm not given the option of a supplemental 10.7.5 update.

Can anyone confirm which build this "supplemental" update is?