Re: [PipingDesign] Increased Productivity Via Multiple Monitors

From: <Christopher>
Date: Tue May 13 2008 - 22:39:00 EDT

On May 13, 2008, at 8:57 PM, Paul Bowers wrote:

> I hate to think of the video card setup required to drive this monster
> array:
>
> http://www.pipingdesign.com/images/many_monitors.jpg
>
> Not to mention the cost.

Here's how you do it on your Mac (see the Help menu topic 'display'-- Mac Help
Index

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Connecting multiple displays or a projector You can connect more than one display to your computer. To do so, you'll need a video cable for each display. You may also need an adapter. See the manual that came with your computer or graphics card to find out which video cable and/or adapter you need.

Turn off the displays and the computer.
For each display you want to use, connect a video cable (and adapter, if necessary) from the video output port on your computer or graphics card to the video input port on the display. Make sure the cables are securely connected or you may not be able to see an image on the display.
Turn on the displays and computer.
When you connect multiple displays, they show the same image (called "mirroring"). With some computers, you can also set your displays to extend the desktop, so a different section of your desktop is shown on each display. You can change this setting in the Arrangement pane of Displays preferences.

See also

Displays preferences

Open this for me

Displays preferences

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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Received on Tue May 13 22:39:00 2008