After knowing the technical characteristics of the Apple LED Cinema Displays in the post titled «More details of Apple LED Cinema Display»It is good to learn to deal with two monitors, to learn to connect them and to configure a work environment that adjusts to your requirements, thanks to the suggestions of our friends from FAQ-Mac.
To connect the monitor you must connect it to the power and then connect the cable of the mini DisplayPort for fire MacBook, if it is on, automatically the monitor will start to work and it will be enough to structure the workspace, the sound is placed through the USB port, so that if you do not connect the USB cable to the laptop, the audio will be subject to the speakers of the portable. The connection or disconnection of the monitor They can be done with the computer on, which will automatically adapt to the new circumstances.
After configuring a screen (with the Menu bar) as "main screen", follow the rest, but even having done this, you should not place one screen over another, because the However, reveals the force of gravity and falls safely down to the lower screen. It is a behavior of Mac OS X and it cannot be altered.
There is no brightness control, because when the monitor is connected to the computer, the keys that control the brightness of the screen only affect the screen the computer and not the monitor, then, there is no in the preferences screen an option to control the brightness of the monitor.
To control the sound, you must go to the volume keys of the computer and you may consider buying the remote control of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, that estimating the screen you have, it's well worth the investment, since the day you're watching a movie you don't have to get up to maneuver the controls.
Something that is not possible is to work with him portable closed, as the computer goes to sleep automatically, even if you have the external monitor connected if you do not have a keyboard I mouse external connected.
In the same way, it must match the priorities of QuickTime so that videos that require full screen play on that monitor. The alternative is in the preferences of quicktime, fullscreen.
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Hello! I would like to know if it is possible to see in full screen having two monitors? that is to say, that when putting the full screen it is seen 50% in each monitor and that between the 2 they make a single image ????