Why can't I have a taskbar on my second monitor?

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Why can't I have a taskbar on my second monitor?

Ok, I have a massive problem with my inability to put a second taskbar on my second monitor while keeping it my second monitor (in other words, I don't want my dock on that monitor at all, so I can't make it my primary monitor). I don't know why Mac makes this so so hard. Is there an easy solve I'm just not seeing? I use a Wacom Cintiq 13" and need a second taskbar on that display, otherwise every time I needed to use a Photoshop filter, or something like that, I'd have to put my pen down, and use the mouse to go over to my main monitor to open it up. Terrible for workflow.

I've been using Photoshop CS5 for a while, and the app SecondBar seemed to do a good job to solve this issue. However, I just updated to Adobe CC and Secondbar seems a bit incompatible with CC. It show up fine, but whenever I click an option from a taskbar menu on my 2nd display, nothing happens.

I'm on Mavericks still. Would I be able to solve this using El Capitan without an app?

iPhone 6, iOS 9.0.2

Posted on Nov 20, 2015 11:16 AM

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Duane

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Nov 20, 2015 12:02 PM in response to skigirl31

The Mac has a menu bar and a Dock. When you say "taskbar" I think of Dock. You state that you "...don't want my dock on that monitor at all...".

What is it exactly that you want on the second monitor?

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skigirl31 Author

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Nov 20, 2015 12:05 PM in response to Duane

Sorry for the confusion. When I say "taskbar" I mean the menu bar, the skinny bar that runs along the top of the screen with the little apple icon.

I use an iMac as my main monitor on the left, and a Cintiq as my 2nd display on the right. I want the dock on my main monitor (the iMac), but my Photoshop taskbar/menu bar on the 2nd monitor since that is the screen on which I use Photoshop. Does that help?

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