Dell Monitor to MacBook Pro

Hey guys,

I have a new MacBook Pro, and I just bought a Dell 3008WFP 30" Monitor. I bought the Dual Link DVI adapter from Mac and hooked up the monitor to the comp as the directions from Dell showed.

However, the only thing that happens when I turn my Mac on is the monitor displays the background pic that my Mac has. It doesn't show any icons, mouse, or anything else - only the background image.

There's a disc that came with the dell that says it contains drivers, user guide, etc - but it says it's only for windows xp and windows vista.

What do I do!? I bought XP and haven't installed it on a virtual drive yet on the mac but I'm assuming I could install the drivers that way but when I switch to and from the OS's, I'm not sure if it won't work while I'm using Mac's OS...

Ok if you want mirrored screens then look in system preferences then display. Then check mirrored. Done.

If you want just the monitor, close the MacBook pro and wake it with an external keyboard or mouse and done.

Hit the F7 key

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RezDuane said:

Hit the F7 key

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That depends on the version of hit macbook pro. F3 for me.

When it is just the background, that is your desktop across both screens. You can adjust which side of your MBP the monitor is on in the Prefs. Then you can drag you mouse across both and drag programs and so on...