Connecting you Macbook to an HD Ready TV

I've just received a Mini VGA to VGA adapter and have finally been able to connect my Macbook to my HD Ready TV, having done so I get a great picture on the TV. But, for some reason the screen won't stretch to the edges of the TV, how do I get the picture to fill the TV screen?
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When i hook my macbook up to the plasma screen my desktop appears but there is nothing on the desktop. Just the background image. When I move my cursor all the way to the right of the screen and go out of the screen it appears back on the actual computer where the desktop is normal. do you know how to move the computer desktop to the tv. or is there a resolution converter i need? anything will help thanks

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I am trying to connect my 13 inch macbook pro to my Polaroid HDTV but I am not getting any signals. Any solutions?

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Well, I have connected my mbpr directly to a Sony Bravia using an hdmi cable, then set the tv to use the corresponding input port, and it works just fine. Have also connected via airplay -> appletv -> tv (with the last connection via an hdmi cable), which also works fine.

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System Preferences > Network > WiFi
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13797

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Can you WIRELESSLY connect a macbook pro to a monitor to have extra work space on a separate screen from your macbook? (not mirror, extra monitor/workspace)
It needs to be wireless.
I am not asking about mirroring, but as a second screen.
Apple tv communties said the Apple tv cannot do this, but maybe another type device can?

My thunderbolt port stopped working on my late 2011 MacBook Pro rendering my external monitor useless--or so I thought.
Mac Genius suggested using the Apple TV via AirPlay Display as a $100 solution. Took me all of 6 minutes to figure this out as there are no directions in the Apple TV box supporting this. But, it does work and I am now back in business.
PS. Don't set up with bluetooth--seems logical but you want to use AirPlay Display under Settings > Displays.
Also, I originally thought my external monitor stopped working because I upgraded the OS. This time, it was definitely a hardware issue and not software. It also fixed a known sound issue my monitor had with Macs. First time in my 15 years I've ever had a ViewSonic have issues with an Apple product, too. Thanfully, it is now fixed.
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You use audio cables to the TV if you use VGA, DVI, or Composite using a 3.5mm stereo headphone jack to RCA sound plugs or a 3.5mm stereo input plug for audio. You attach it from the headphone jack of your MacBook to the appropriate audio input plugs on your TV.
When you connect the MacBook using a Mini-DVI to HDMI adapter you will probably need to use external speakers or a 3.5mm stereo headphone jack to RCA sound plugs connected to a stereo system for audio if your TV doesn't have separate RCA input plugs or a 3.5mm stereo input plug for audio with the HDMI plug. You attach it from the headphone jack of your MacBook to the appropriate audio input plugs.
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- Opened the MacBook
- Turned it on
The MacBook boots up, the MacBook resolution changes and the video on the TV is distorted, showing essentially three images of the MacBook display. Any attempt to adjust the resolution using system preferences just makes it worse.
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My TV does not have hdmi port but have vga and AV ports.
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surjya1 wrote:
Macbook<-->thunderbolt-to-hdmi-cable<-->hdmi-to-vga-cable<-->Television
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Hi, after reading a lot of post, I still do not know if I could connect my Macbook into a 42' plasma TV, I mean, how can I connect my macbook into my 42' plasma tv? I do not care if I have to used 2 different cables and/or adapters
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Hi Kappy,
Thanks for your response. I followed your instructions (for Mac OS 10.6.7). It seemed to set up OK, but when I tried to print I kept getting the following Failure Message "Session Setup failed : NT_Status_Invalid_Parameter".
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When I print via my Home Network from another Windows 7 Computer to the same PC, it works fine. I just can't get it to Print from my MacBook Air.
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I just bought a new HD TV. I bought a mini display port to HDMI cable and connected the MacBook into HDMI port 3 on the TV.
My Macbook "Purple Sky" screen appears but no other icons, menus, trays etc. The Screen Setting dialog box appears but it is different to the one on my macbook. I cannot get anything on my macbook to show on the screen other than the default "purple sky" screen. Does anyone know if there is something i need to be setting on the TV (Samsung D55 8000) or my MacBook Pro in order to make this work? Thanks so much.

Sorry, Mike, part 2 follows:
However, the ColorSync Utility had become activated and I believe it helped me later one. When I clicked on this utility I got a window called “profile first aid” and I clicked on the “verify” button. I think this is what led me to the 800 x 600 stretched resolution. Result: the DVD movie now covered both TV and laptop screen.
Also under the display tab (probably of the TV display at this point in time) is a check box for “show displays in menu bar”. Checking it will result in a shortcut to your display settings from the desktop.
Finally, under the display tab (within both TV and laptop display) is a useful button called “gather windows”.
(At this point, I had not yet chosen under the arrangement tab “mirror displays” and was getting “lost” for the following reasons.) Curiously the TV display was shown on the Macbook screen while the laptop display appeared on the TV screen. Confused? So was I. Sometimes I did not see the cursor on the screen I was looking at. So I would chase the cursor by using the trackpad to continuously move to one side or the other, depending on which side I was allowed to move towards…and the cursor would eventually end up on the screen I was looking at. This is a phenomenon of “extended desktop” where each screen represents one side of the desktop.
Pressing the “gather windows” button moves the two displays together, one “cascaded” behind the other. You will be able to easily click each display in turn to switch between them.
ARRANGEMENT
Within the TV display is the arrangement tab. Here you can find the “mirror displays” check box. The default is called “extended desktop” where each screen represents one side of the desktop.
Under “extended desktop” mode, you can choose which display will be your main control screen. In the arrangement tab you will see two images representing the displays. Under extended desktop, the location of the menu bar determines which display you will use to control everything. One of them has a white border at the top that represents the menu bar. You can click and drag the menu bar to the other display to make it your main control screen.
If you check the “mirror displays” box, identical images appear on both the TV and the laptop screen.
The tabs will also be automatically reorganized as a result.
Within the laptop display, there will be four tabs: display, arrangement, color, options.
Within the TV display, there will be two tabs: display, options.
DARKENING LAPTOP SCREEN
When watching the HDTV you likely will not want to be distracted by an active laptop screen. To put it to sleep you need to connect an auxiliary keyboard or a mouse. The alternative is to hit the F1 button to reduce the backlighting.

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Trouble with connection between Macbook Pro and Hp Deskjet 1510. (Nothing Prints).
I have a Macbook Pro and am having difficulty printing documents from ‘Pages' from my Hp Deskjet 1510. I have installed the necessary software for the printer and it is connected via USB. Every time I try to print the printer icon comes up as it should, 'printing' and then 'job completed' and then the icon disappears. (Nothing is printed.) I thought it might be something to do with Pages compatibility with the printer but exporting the document to Word or making it a PDF doesn’t change anything. I don’t have Microsoft Word on my computer. The scanner does work and when I printed a ‘Test Page’ that worked too.
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With these settings the network now works flawlessly, however, when i have my ethernet cable plugged in, my internet access via my airport card(on the macbook pro) is no longer available. Hoping you can tell me why this would be with this info i've provided.
Educated guess. The networking devices have priorities as to which are used. The standard order is that Ethernet has a higher priority than Airport.
While your Ethernet is unplugged it is inactive and the Mac ignores it. Once you plug it in, the Mac sees that it is active and switches traffic to that interface.
I actually take advantage of this feature at home, but configuring my Airport and Ethernet with identical fixed IP addresses. Normally I'll use Airport, but if I'm copying a huge file and I want faster performance, I'll just walk my MacBook (previously iBook, previously Powerbook) over to my Ethernet switch and plug in my MacBook. Magically, the Mac detects that the Ethernet is active and continues the file transfer uninterrupted over the faster 100baseT Ethernet connection. When the transfer is finished, or if I really need to move back to the Comfy Chair, I unplug the Ethernet cable, and all activity reverts back to the Airport, all without disrupting any existing networking connections.
You on the other hand have totally different settings for your Ethernet and your Airport, so when you switch to Ethernet, you basically loose your Airport connections.
Something you can try:
System Preferences -> Network
Gear icon on the bottom left, next to the [+] [-] icons.
Select *Set Service Order...*
Now Drag the network interfaces into the perfer priority order you want. In this case put Airport above Ethernet.
NOTE: You may want to create a new Network Location for this, instead of messing with your normal home Location (which is most likely the default Automatic. That way you have your original you can always fall back to.

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