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MacBook Pro using apple Thunderbolt 3 mini display port-when connecting to cable/tv hdmi, only shows background screen. How do I get tv screen to mirror what the Mac is doing online?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 10.3.3, apple mini display port thunderbolt
>System Preferences...
to go Displays
go to Arrangement
tick off Mirror Displays
JimmyCMPIT is on the right track. Your Mac is operating as designed.
What is showing on the second display is the Extended portion of an Extended Desktop, not the mirrored portion.
when you create an Extended Desktop, the displays are concatenated along an edge, and once you have arranged them, the mouse will move freely across the 'boundary' between displays, and can drag a window with it.
The items in this presentation are Icons. the sizes of the blue boxes are proportional to the screen sizes, in pixels. The menuBar is also an Icon indication the "Primary" screen.
Drag and drop the rectangles representing displays into the order they are present on your bench, you could move the mouse between screens and use them all.
There are other ways you can use a second display as well. Some users like "Displays have separate spaces".
Use multiple displays with your Mac - Apple Support
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>System Preferences...
to go Displays
go to Arrangement
tick off Mirror Displays
JimmyCMPIT is on the right track. Your Mac is operating as designed.
What is showing on the second display is the Extended portion of an Extended Desktop, not the mirrored portion.
when you create an Extended Desktop, the displays are concatenated along an edge, and once you have arranged them, the mouse will move freely across the 'boundary' between displays, and can drag a window with it.
The items in this presentation are Icons. the sizes of the blue boxes are proportional to the screen sizes, in pixels. The menuBar is also an Icon indication the "Primary" screen.
Drag and drop the rectangles representing displays into the order they are present on your bench, you could move the mouse between screens and use them all.
There are other ways you can use a second display as well. Some users like "Displays have separate spaces".
Use multiple displays with your Mac - Apple Support
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It is fixed. Not sure if turning off the file vault, turning off antivirus software or making sure mirror box checked in both display and arrangement screens is what did it. But after doing this, MacBook Pro with Retina display connects to HDMI/TV and mirrors Mac. thanks
>System Preferences...
to go Displays
go to Arrangement
tick off Mirror Displays
do you have an Air-drop icon at the top right of your screen?
if so click it and select
if you don't see go back to the display control panel and select
Show mirroring options in the menu bar when available
If this does not change anything reboot with the extended monitor connected during the restart.
See also
Use multiple displays with your Mac - Apple Support
Use Mission Control on your Mac - Apple Support
Use your Mac notebook computer in closed-display mode with an external display - Apple Support
If what you desire is Mirroring, you can also drag the Icon of one display over another, so that they mostly coincide, which will cause exactly those two to be mirrored.
unfortunately no change even with mirror display checked
Unless the AV for the mac is demanded by an organization for Mac users there is no reason to run it and more reasons NOˇT to have it installed.
hdmi only shows desktop background mac
