multiple displays popup
Hello all,
Just migrated my trusty Mac Pro from OS X 10.6 to 10.9 and it hasn't been smooth. The first thing that occurred right off the bat was that my displays are now hosed up.
In 10.6, I had no problem. An Apple Cinema Display was my primary display, and I had a plasma HDTV in a viewing room hooked up as an extended monitor for previewing video productions. One can't see both screens simultaneously, but it's easy enough to drag a video window to the HDTV display and use the keyboard shortcut to size it full screen. All my work is always done on the Apple display.
In 10.9, the first thing that occurred is that all the popups appeared on the second screen (HDTV), which left me puzzled until I discovered what was going on. Then the joy of attempting to drag items from the HDTV to my primary display took forever. I tried turning off the extended displays, switching to mirroring, but that apparently forces the Apple display to use the lower resolution of the HDTV, which is completely unacceptable. I thought i had it all set back the way it always used to work, and then ....
several times I have been screening edits in full screen mode, watching only the HDTV, and a Mac popup dialog would appear in the middle of the screen. First, I don't ever want to see a popup dialog while i'm in full screen mode, and second, I don't ever want dialog boxes to ever appear on the second monitor -- only on the primary Apple display, which is the only screen i have enabled the toolbar.
What am I doing wrong !?!?
Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9), multiple extended displays