Connecting new Macbook Air to a Mac Cinema Screen
HI everyone
Here is the set up I have:
- A brand new (yesterday) Macbook Air running the latest everything system 10.9.4
- A Mac Cinema screen from about 2008. (it was a hand-me-down so can't more accurate)
What I am trying to do:
- connect the two so that the external screen mirrors my Macbook Air exactly with every click I make
The problem:
- When I plug the screen in, I can only see a mirror of my desktop background image (I have one file on the desktop but it won't show)
- when i do things on my laptop (like load apple communities) it does NOT show on my external cinema screen.
Any ideas of how to fix this?
Thanks so much.
Sorry please ignore the part about me having a Macbook I do not but I forgot to change it. I have the latest Macbook Air.
Thanks
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