Full-screen view -- how to switch back to main monitor

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Full-screen view -- how to switch back to main monitor

I'm sure I'm missing something very obvious here... but somehow I accidentally switched which screen the full-screen view is on (I think by hitting option-s while in full-screen?) - and now I cannot get it back to my external monitor from my small laptop screen.

I've tried switching settings in Viewer Mode, Toggle Primary, view options, etc. -- and notghint will get it back to the large monitor...

Help!!

Thanks

Mac Book Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Feb 20, 2007 7:27 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 20, 2007 9:04 PM in response to JeepersCreepers

You press 'F' to get to full screen mode. Press 'F' again to return to the normal program view. 'Esc' works too.

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Answer 2

Feb 20, 2007 9:18 PM in response to JeepersCreepers

You want the second monitor's view mode to be Mirror. I don't have a two monitor system here at home (just at the studio) but I think the shortcut is alt + M.

Check the view mode button. It's the last one on the left of the bottom control bar.

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Answer 3

Feb 20, 2007 9:09 PM in response to thomas80205

Sorry, I probably wasn't clear. I can enter & exit Fullscreen mode without a problem. The problem is that the fullscreen image is now displayed on my laptop screen, whereas it used to be on my large external monitor. I'm trying to get it back to display on the external monitor.
I was in fullscreen mode when it switched -- I believe I had pressed option-s or command-s, and it switched -- but won't switch back...
Ideas?

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Answer 4

Feb 20, 2007 9:49 PM in response to thomas80205

Unfortunately that doesn't do it either. Setting the laptop screen to mirror does display the selected photo in the browser full screen on the laptop -- but there is still no way to see a photo fullscreen on the main (external) monitor.
The display settings are (and were, before it mysteriously switched):
Main: Multi
Secondary: Desktop

Everything is fine on both monitors when browsing, etc. -- it's just that the full-screen mode goes to the wrong monitor...

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Answer 5

Feb 20, 2007 11:02 PM in response to JeepersCreepers

Sorry, I really wasn't understanding your problem. In normal use the fullscreen will appear on the monitor that has the menu bar and the dock. Have you moved those to your external monitor?

Try monitor preferences and see if you can relocate the menu-bar and dock a get things working the way you want.

What you are describing sounds like a feature enhancement that other users have requested. Somehow you have done this without knowing how you got there.

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Answer 6

Feb 21, 2007 7:27 AM in response to thomas80205

Thanks for getting back. It's not the system monitor prefs either -- the menu bar has always been on the external monitor. (Just to make sure, I did switch the menu bar back & forth in system prefs, just to see if it fixed it -- it didn't) Literally, nothing changed in aperture or in my system --- fullscreen has always been on the external monitor for months -- then while viewing in full-screen, the fullscreen image suddenly popped over to the laptop screen. Now fullscreen images only show on the laptop. It's quite frustrating -- I think I might have stumbled on a bug.
** Apple, HELP!! **

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Answer 7

Feb 21, 2007 9:25 AM in response to JeepersCreepers

I think this is a bug, and I can't find a solution. How do I get a response from Apple on this? I'm kind of screwed without being able to view photos on my external large screen...
Thanks for the help!

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Answer 8

Feb 21, 2007 10:10 AM in response to JeepersCreepers

Nevermind, I found it. You have to change the monitor settings while in fullscreen mode, at the bottom of the floating bar -- I had been changing the monitor settings while in the browser interface, which has no effect in this particular situation.
Thanks!

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