MacBook and external video
RonTheGuy
projector, even with the adapter from Apple that connects to the
external video connector. What other methods for driving external video
are available?
Gregory Weston
What other methods for driving external video, other than connecting
something to the external video port?
Um.
I think what I'd be pursuing is: *Why* (or in what way) does it fail to
drive a projector?
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RonTheGuy
> In article <g6ae66$42n$1...@aioe.org>, RonTheGuy <no...@null.net> wrote:
>
>> Have a friend with a MacBook that can't get the thing to drive a
>> projector, even with the adapter from Apple that connects to the
>> external video connector. What other methods for driving external video
>> are available?
>
> What other methods for driving external video, other than connecting
> something to the external video port?
>
> Um.
>
> I think what I'd be pursuing is: *Why* (or in what way) does it fail to
> drive a projector?
>
best troubleshooting arrangement. The owner bought the requisite
external video adapter from Apple and connected it to a projector via
VGA. It didn't work. Know of any reasons why this wouldn't work on a
MacBook?
Kurt Ullman
> Gregory Weston wrote:
> > In article <g6ae66$42n$1...@aioe.org>, RonTheGuy <no...@null.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Have a friend with a MacBook that can't get the thing to drive a
> >> projector, even with the adapter from Apple that connects to the
> >> external video connector. What other methods for driving external video
> >> are available?
> >
> > What other methods for driving external video, other than connecting
> > something to the external video port?
> >
> > Um.
> >
> > I think what I'd be pursuing is: *Why* (or in what way) does it fail to
> > drive a projector?
> >
>
FWIW: The one time I was SURE that Apple hadn't included the driver
to let me use the extrenal video connector, I finally noted it was (yet
again) operator error (OE).
When I went into system preferences->displays->arrangement-> mirror
displays. All was revealed. Don't have enough information to know if
this might be problem, but sure worked for me (g).
Bill
Has worked fine for me for several different types of projectors.
Some points:
Follow this sequence:
1. Start with the projector and the Macbook both turned off.
2. Hook everything up.
3. Turn on the projector.
4. Then turn on the MacBook.
You may need to use a control on the projector that tells it to search
for input after the computer is up.
You may need to use System Preferences on the MacBook to make some
adjustments. The Preference panel to use is Displays.
Maybe your friend has the MacBook set to the Extended Desktop mode for
use of multiple displays. In that mode, part of the desktop appears on
the computer's own screen, and an adjacent part appears on the external
display or projector. This is quite different from the mode in which the
external display simply "mirrors" whatever is on the computer's display.
I did not think MacBook could do that, but I discovered mine can. I was
surprised to discover this when I first used my MacBook with a
projector, and it took me a few minutes to figure out what was
happening. The projector was showing the MacBook screen background
pattern, but nothing else, none of the icons, etc.! I discovered the
situation when I dragged a window to one side and the part of the window
that was off the computer screen showed up in the projector display!
Once I discovered that, I knew what was going on.
Usually I prefer to have the projector show the same desktop area that
is on the main MacBook screen, to mirror the main display. That
selection can be made in the Displays preference panel.
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Gregory Weston
Most likely is user error. But we'd need a more detailed description of
"didn't work" to move past that.