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macOS - Notebook Hardware
play a game on my mbp display and look at other things on the external
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 916973" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>Of the few things I've tried in extended desktop, it seems that pretty much anything running in full screen mode blacks out the second display.</p><p></p><p>First thing is to check is if the game settings allow for windowed mode instead of full screen. Then you can drag it to the other desktop and enlarge it to fill the screen similar to other apps.</p><p></p><p>The second option is to make the external the primary display. To do this, go to System Preferences - Displays - I think it's the appearance tab you need. You're looking for the picture of the two monitors. You'll notice one of them has a white bar at the top. This represents the menu bar. Drag and drop that bar to the other monitor - this will cause your external to become the primary display while it is attached. Now when you launch that game that only runs in full screen mode, it will be on the external display.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 916973, member: 24160"] Of the few things I've tried in extended desktop, it seems that pretty much anything running in full screen mode blacks out the second display. First thing is to check is if the game settings allow for windowed mode instead of full screen. Then you can drag it to the other desktop and enlarge it to fill the screen similar to other apps. The second option is to make the external the primary display. To do this, go to System Preferences - Displays - I think it's the appearance tab you need. You're looking for the picture of the two monitors. You'll notice one of them has a white bar at the top. This represents the menu bar. Drag and drop that bar to the other monitor - this will cause your external to become the primary display while it is attached. Now when you launch that game that only runs in full screen mode, it will be on the external display. [/QUOTE]
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