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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1908092" data-attributes="member: 396914">First, the desktop location. Easy fix. Open System Preferences, then Displays. You should see two displays shown, one for each of the external monitors. You can drag/drop each to whichever side it is on in real life and the mouse movement will be &quot;natural&quot; the way you seem to want it. You can also move the external icon up and down if the monitors are not the same size. In my home setup, for example, the external monitor is significantly larger than my MBP screen, so when I move from the external to the internal, I need to get the mouse into the area where the two monitors &quot;touch&quot; in the System Preferences.Second, for the Internet. You didn't give a lot of information on what you may have tried already, so I'll start with the most likely. Are you sure your new Mac is actually connecting to your router? You can check that by going to System Preferences/Network and looking at what is in &quot;Network Name&quot; for each connected interface. If you aren't actually connected to the router, you didn't get an IP from the router and the system self-assigned on just to be able to continue to work. Another way to select your own home network in WiFi is to click on the &quot;fan&quot; icon on the top bar of the screen, then select your home network from the list that should appear. You may well see other networks if you have neighbors close enough.Hope that gets you back going again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1908092, member: 396914"] First, the desktop location. Easy fix. Open System Preferences, then Displays. You should see two displays shown, one for each of the external monitors. You can drag/drop each to whichever side it is on in real life and the mouse movement will be "natural" the way you seem to want it. You can also move the external icon up and down if the monitors are not the same size. In my home setup, for example, the external monitor is significantly larger than my MBP screen, so when I move from the external to the internal, I need to get the mouse into the area where the two monitors "touch" in the System Preferences. Second, for the Internet. You didn't give a lot of information on what you may have tried already, so I'll start with the most likely. Are you sure your new Mac is actually connecting to your router? You can check that by going to System Preferences/Network and looking at what is in "Network Name" for each connected interface. If you aren't actually connected to the router, you didn't get an IP from the router and the system self-assigned on just to be able to continue to work. Another way to select your own home network in WiFi is to click on the "fan" icon on the top bar of the screen, then select your home network from the list that should appear. You may well see other networks if you have neighbors close enough. Hope that gets you back going again. [/QUOTE]

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