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<blockquote data-quote="TonyEastwood" data-source="post: 1460389" data-attributes="member: 278498"><p><strong>Why do I need to connect twice</strong></p><p></p><p>I am using a LG W2452TX external monitor which has both digital and VGA input.</p><p></p><p>If I connect only the digital input - taking the HDMI signal from my shinny new mac book pro via a HDMI monitor and using a adapter plug then the MAC knowsI have an external screen and tells me it's a W2452 but this screen will refuse to switch into digital mode.</p><p></p><p>If I connect an Apple proprietary thunderbolt to VGA connector then I get a noticeably poor ( almost unusable) VGA picture.</p><p></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>But wait for it...</em></strong><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/mac_images/images/smilies/Grinning-Wink.png" target="_blank">http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/mac_images/images/smilies/Grinning-Wink.png</a></p><p></p><p>If I connect both at once then my monitor will allow me to switch into digital input mode and they get a beautiful clear signal. By opening and closing the laptop lid one can get a series of randomly arranged desktops. Most of these are quite useless (one monitors displaying a beautiful picture which is quite inaccessible to the mouse ) but one of these actually shows independent desktops on both displays (Mac and external) monitor - although dragging the mouse between the two displays is ' interesting' because there is an un-displayed desktop between the two. </p><p></p><p>Now I dare not turn my machine off, because I've no idea how long it will take to get back to this usable state. </p><p></p><p>I'd really like to know why I have to work like this? Is there nothing I can do that would get me the right monitor arrangement every time?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TonyEastwood, post: 1460389, member: 278498"] [b]Why do I need to connect twice[/b] I am using a LG W2452TX external monitor which has both digital and VGA input. If I connect only the digital input - taking the HDMI signal from my shinny new mac book pro via a HDMI monitor and using a adapter plug then the MAC knowsI have an external screen and tells me it's a W2452 but this screen will refuse to switch into digital mode. If I connect an Apple proprietary thunderbolt to VGA connector then I get a noticeably poor ( almost unusable) VGA picture. [B][I] But wait for it...[/I][/B][url]http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/mac_images/images/smilies/Grinning-Wink.png[/url] If I connect both at once then my monitor will allow me to switch into digital input mode and they get a beautiful clear signal. By opening and closing the laptop lid one can get a series of randomly arranged desktops. Most of these are quite useless (one monitors displaying a beautiful picture which is quite inaccessible to the mouse ) but one of these actually shows independent desktops on both displays (Mac and external) monitor - although dragging the mouse between the two displays is ' interesting' because there is an un-displayed desktop between the two. Now I dare not turn my machine off, because I've no idea how long it will take to get back to this usable state. I'd really like to know why I have to work like this? Is there nothing I can do that would get me the right monitor arrangement every time? [/QUOTE]
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