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Q: MacBook Air does not play nice with external monitor

I have an 27 inch external monitor connected to a MacBook Pro. It is set up for two displays—built-in and external. When I close the display on the MacBook Pro, everything moves to the external display—all the open windows, all the desktop icons, and the menu bar. I thought it might go to sleep, but it didn't. Cool! This is what I want—one giant display and the unused display closed.

 

I connected the same monitor to my MacBook Air, configured the displays the same way, but when I close the display on the MacBook Air, it just goes to sleep. That's not what I wanted. I want it to work like it does with the MacBook Pro.

 

Is there some secret trick to make the Air work like the Pro?

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Mar 16, 2015 4:53 PM

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