I purchased a 2012 Mac Mini with an I7 CPU running at 2.3 GHZ. I am a iPhone user and iPad user and have been very happy with them so I decided to make the plunge to a Mac. This was my 3rd Sony laptop that died before its time. Last summer 2013, my 4th Sony Laptop which I paid over 1200 dollars for would not power on one morning. This is the same in all versions of MacOS and Mac OS X, be it MacOS Big Sur, MacOS Catalina, MacOS Mojave, Mac OS High Sierra, Sierra, Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, or whatever else is running on the Mac. If it’s recognized as an external display, it will work. You can do this with any external display, whether it’s an official LCD or LED monitor, an HDTV connected to a Mac through HDMI, or even something like a projector or a software-based solution like AirDisplay. Note this is different than operating a MacBook or MacBook Pro in clamshell mode, which also will set the external display as the primary screen, though clamshell is different in that it disables the builtin screen of a laptop in order to power the external monitor. Using this method you can effectively turn any external display into the main display for any Mac (MacBook, MacBook Pro, Air, iMac, whatever) which is a really nice way to maximize screen real estate in dual-display setups that feature a smaller screened Mac with a larger external monitor hooked up to it. Keep this in mind when adjusting screen priority, and do note that if the secondary display has become detached, the primary screen will revert back to a built-in display on any portable Mac model. Whatever monitor is set as the primary display will become the default display for applications launching, in addition to holding the system menubar, containing all the default desktop icons, and contain the Dock. This screenshot demonstrates the white bar actively being dragged from the built-in screen on the left to an external connected display on the right, notice the red border that indicates the secondary screen (right side) will become the new primary display. When satisfied with the new primary display setting, close out of System Preferences to keep the preferences set.
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