Dual Display question

When I got my Mac Mini i got home to discover that it came with a Mini DVI to DVI adapter, lucky me that all my displays are VGA. I had to spend about $50 (cmon apple, its a 3" cable) to get the correct one.
I have this question since I dont feel like going out to buy a Mini Display port to VGA adapter so that I can run dual displays....If I got a simple VGA splitter dongle will it work?

It must not have been an Apple Store because mini-DVI to VGA is C$25.00 and mini-DisplayPort to VGA is C$34.00 from Apple. They are also more than just cables they are actually electronic devices. The adapter tells the Mac mini whether to output a digital or an analog signal. Anyone who buys the mini-DisplayPort to VGA adapter needs to go to the Apple Downloads site and get the firmware update for that adapter, which resolves some issues with various VGA displays.
There are also a number of third party manufacturers who make these adapters and sell them for less than Apple. Adapters for both ports are also now available from 3rd parties for HDMI. Unfortunately they are video only, neither port currently outputs the audio for HDMI.

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Highest dual display resolution for mac mini mid 2011

I am currently running a mac mini mid 2011. As I've understood (according to the below statement). Am I only able to use 2 secreen with 1920x1200 or could I use one screen with 2560x1600 and one with 1920x1200. I do NOT want mirroring, only dual displays.
I am going to connect the screens in the following way:
1x mini-dvi - HDMI to one screen.
1x HDMI - HDMI to the other screen.
Display Support:
Dual Displays
Resolution Support:
1920x1200*
Details:
*This model simultaneously supports 1920x1200 on an HDMI display or a DVI display using the included HDMI-to-DVI adapterand 2560x1600 on a Thunderbolt or Mini DisplayPort display or even a VGA display (with an optional Mini DisplayPort-to-VGA adapter, which is compatible with the Thunderbolt port).
2nd Display Support:
Dual/Mirroring*
2nd Max. Resolution:
2560x1600*
Details:
*This model simultaneously supports 1920x1200 on an HDMI or a DVI display (using the included HDMI-to-DVI adapter) and2560x1600 on a Thunderbolt or Mini DisplayPort display or even a VGA display (with an optional Mini DisplayPort-to-VGA adapter, which is compatible with the Thunderbolt port).
Thanks in advance
Rich

According to the copy&paste from wikipedia, HDMI should support higher resolution than 1920x1200. So the question is, does it aupport that on the mid 2011 mac mini. It says in the specifications
"Mac mini is designed to work with HDMI devices that comply with versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2a, 1.3, 1.3a, and 1.4 of the HDMI specification."
That should mean it should be able to support it, but I don't know : <
HDMI version
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
2.0
Date initially released
December 9, 2002
May 20, 2004
August 8, 2005
June 22, 2006
May 28, 2009
September 12, 2013
Maximum clock rate (MHz)
165
165
165
340
340[109]
600
Maximum TMDS throughput per channel (Gbit/s) including 8b/10b overhead
1.65
1.65
1.65
3.40
3.40
6
Maximum total TMDS throughput (Gbit/s) including 8b/10b overhead
4.95
4.95
4.95
10.2
10.2
18
Maximum throughput (Gbit/s) with 8b/10b overhead removed
3.96
3.96
3.96
8.16
8.16
14.4
Maximum audio throughput (Mbit/s)
36.86
36.86
36.86
36.86
36.86
Maximum color depth (bit/px)
24
24
24
48[a]
48
Maximum resolution over single link at 24-bit/px[b]
1920×1200p60
1920×1200p60
1920×1200p60
2560×1600p75
4096×2160p24
4096×2160p60
Maximum resolution over single link at 30-bit/px[c]
N/A
N/A
N/A
2560×1600p60
4096×2160p24
Maximum resolution over single link at 36-bit/px[d]
N/A
N/A
N/A
1920×1200p75
4096×2160p24
Maximum resolution over single link at 48-bit/px[e]
N/A
N/A
N/A
1920×1200p60
1920×1200p60
Maximum 3D resolution (using a full resolution 3D format) over single link at 24-bit/px
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1920×1200p60

Dual Display, 2 Monitors - Extended Desktop

Hello Everyone:
There isn't a clear cut answer or solution in connected a Macbook Air to 2 external monitors in an attempt to create an extended desktop. I have read older posts that it's either doable or not doable. My questions are the following:
-Is it possible to connect a new Macbook Air to 2 external monitors for extended desktop purposes?
-Some users have reported lag issues (mouse dragging , delays, etc.). Will this happen for sure with a Macbook Air or is it a monitor issue?
-What's the best non-Apple monitor brand that would work best with a Macbook Air for dual display purposes? I've read that Dells have a problem in this regard.
-What would be the advantage or disadvantage of using a dock station in setting up a dual display environment? Would this add to the lag, latency factor?
I'm thinking of investing in a new Macbook Air, but I want to make sure I dont end up with silly issues - such as latency, monitors, etc.
Thank you for all your help and advise.
Best,
G.

Yes, extended desktop works with monitors set to differant resoultions. the Monitors pref pane allows you to select relative arrangements and rez of all monitors composing the extended desktop.
personally I run a dell CRT at 2304 X 1728 @ 60Hz along with an NEC 6FG a 2048 X 1280 @ 60Hz off a radeon 9800pro on an MDD.

Dual-Display Tools for Mac OS X ???

I think this question is more appropriate in some software section of the discussions but I couldn't find an appropriate place to put it.
Anyway, the questions is, in Windows XP and Windows Vista there are some tools, (either provided within the software in the graphics drivers, or available through external 3rd party software such as UltraMon) that facilitate working in a dual display environment.
I have Mac OS X now running on 2 x 20" displays and I am looking for some tool that offers similar quick tools and options like "Jump window to next screen" or "Maximize on second monitor", and a tool which might extend the dock to the second monitor. So that whatever is minimized in one monitor appears in the dock of that monitor rather than appearing in one dock.
Also something that remembers which monitor the application was running on when it was opened before, so that the next time it opens up, it opens in that one rather than opening up in the primary monitor.
This was all offered by a software called UltraMon in Windows XP, and I found it extremely handy when working on a dual display set up. Especially since I could assign keyboard shortcuts to all the tools and just by pressing some keys on the desktop I could jump windows to the next screen, or maximize, minimize on each screen.
Does anyone know of an equivalent in Mac OS X?

Unfortunately, there does not seem to be any Mac equivalent for UltraMon.
Fortunately, MacOS has always been much better at managing multiple display setups than windoze ever was. You might take a look at "Desktop Manager"
http://desktopmanager.berlios.de/
which provides a lot of the virtual desktop features UltraMon offers.
The biggest drawback in using multi display configurations in OSX has to do with the way applications are displayed. In windoze, every open app has its own "menu bar" that is part of the application window and, therefore, can "travel" with the window. On the Mac, the menu bar is always at the top of one display or the other and changes for the active application. Not nearly as convenient and one of the very few ways that windoze (IMMHO) is "better".
There is a good utility that will aid greatly in overcoming this limitation. It's called DejaMenu
http://homepage.mac.com/khsu/DejaMenu/DejaMenu.html
and it will give you a popup contextual menu for the active application by "right clicking" anywhere in any of the app's windows.

Dual Display Setup Macbook Pro to Mac Desktop

i have a a mac book pro 2012 and a Desktop that is also mac. i was wondering if i could have a Dual Display Setup or would i have to use a different monetor? if yes than what cables will i need?

Hello, Casella15.
If I understand the question correctly, you are wanting to use your desktop iMac as a secondary display. If so, this is something you can do. I have included the article below that tells you how.
iMac: How to use your iMac as a Target Display Mode display
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3924
Cheers,
Jason H.

Another dual display problem - GeForce FX 5200

I've seen lots of questions about dual display problem, situation when trying to connect two non-apple vga displays to your graphic card.
I have GeForce FX 5200 graphic card, with 2 display output's. And two DELL 17" vga LCD displays.
I manage to connect 1 display regulary with dvi to vga converter, but for other display I tried several difrent converters ADC to DVI to VGA, and it just did NOT work.
G5 could see other display in display settings, in arrange option I coud see two identical displays, but I don't get anu picture (desktop) on other display???
Is it problem with output's on my graphic card (Gforce FX 5200), could it be soloved with some ADC to VGA converter?
P.S. Dr. Bott ADC VGA Extractor is not compatible with GeForce FX 5200????
G5 dual 2.1Ghz Mac OS X (10.3.4)

I've seen lots of questions about dual display
problem, situation when trying to connect two
non-apple vga displays to your graphic card.
I have GeForce FX 5200 graphic card, with 2 display
output's. And two DELL 17" vga LCD displays.
I manage to connect 1 display regulary with dvi to
vga converter, but for other display I tried several
difrent converters ADC to DVI to VGA, and it just did
NOT work.
This won't work if the ADC to DVI adapter is not passing through the analog signals needed for VGA.
G5 could see other display in display settings, in
arrange option I coud see two identical displays, but
I don't get anu picture (desktop) on other
display???
Is it problem with output's on my graphic card
(Gforce FX 5200), could it be soloved with some ADC
to VGA converter?
Yes.
P.S. Dr. Bott ADC VGA Extractor is not compatible
with GeForce FX 5200????
It should work. On Dr. Botts web-site it says:
"VGA Extractor is compatible with any video card with an ADC port in a PowerMac G5"

Is it possible to run dual display monitors on a KVM switch between my mac mini and a PC desktop?

I have two 23" monitors utilizing DVI that I currently have plugged into my PC desktop. I'd like to purchase the mac mini and utilize the same monitors for both systems and switch back and forth between the two. So, I'm wondering if it's possible. The only two hangups I can anticipate is dual display capability on the mini (I expect that some adapter will be necessary), keyboard compatibility between the two systems, and finding a switch that will handle all the above. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

I think this video could help you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYoC2teAbmE
Other question is the switch box, You will have eight income cables (4 video, 4 usb) and four output cables
http://www.showmecables.com/viewItem.asp?idProduct=10778
http://www.networktechinc.com/pdf/cat-kvmsplit-usb-hdmi.pdf

Colour management warning for dual display users

For those of you who require a colour managed workflow and have more than one display, be very careful in Mountain Lion. It appears to have a bizarre bug where images loaded and shown on the primary display (e.g. in Preview) are initially rendered with the colour profile from the secondary display, or something along those lines. Dragging the display window to the secondary display and back again sorts things out. I've filed a bug report.
If your two (or more) monitors have the same colour profile, you won't have a problem. The only workaround I can see is to set your least important display(s) to all have the same profile as your (probably calibrated, if these things matter to you) primary display, at least until (if?) the bug gets fixed.
If you want to see it for yourself, set your two displays to differing profiles - e.g. NTSC (1953) on the primary and Wide Gamut RGB on the secondary. Then load an image into Preview - something with lots of shades of red "works" well for the colour profiles mentioned. Take a screenshot of the Preview window as a reference. Move the window to the secondary display; note the colour shift as it gets re-rendered. Now drag it back to the primary display. It'll look quite different compared to the screenshot you took earlier, despite the fact it's the same image being shown by the same application on the same display in the same window... All you did was drag the window between two monitors and back again.
It doesn't seem to matter if the image in question has a colour profile embedded in it or not. When comparing with your screenshot, feel free to drag the screenshot between the monitors too - after all, it'll be suffering the same rendering bug! You'll still see a different result; in fact it may even be magnified by the accumulated rendering errors.
Preview isn't the only application affected; I've seen identical issues under harder to replicate circumstances in Safari, for example.
Given this fault and others I've seen with colour rendering in Lion, plus several new bugs found in Mountain Lion, I'm afraid that if a colour managed workflow is important to you - well - Snow Leopard or Windows...?! Ugh, what a mess

I've encountered many of the same woes with color management being a graphic designer, but here's my issue:
Have a 15" (Early 2011) Macbook Pro. It is turned on with me hooked up to my Dell U2410 and display open for a dual display configuration. The Dell is my primary monitor.
I then unplug my MBP to use it around the house. I go to plug it back into the Dell for my dual monitor. I notice that the color on the Dell looks good, but now the MBP has a very blue color temperature. Like moving from the preconfigured 'Color LCD' profile to 'sRGB' which definitely shifts to a blue color on the MBP.
I check the color profiles in System Settings and the Color profiles are correct. 'Dell U2410' for my Dell and 'Color LCD' for my MBP. But as I said, it's much bluer than standard. I try to change the color profiles around on the MBP and no matter which I select it's always the same color with no shifts I would expect to see.
Only solution I have found is to restart my computer. Upon restarting all is well again in the world.
It's pretty annoying having to restart my computer everytime I plug it back into my workstation with Dell and keyboard.
Related note: USB does not work when I plug things back and again have to restart to fix this.

Dual displays ("extended desktop") on the iBook

This is in response to a previous query that was strangely archived despite the original poster receiving no definitive answer.
The iBook G4 (and various other iBooks) does not support "spanning" dual displays (I believe Apple calls this feature "extended desktop") with Leopard. Evidence of this is the missing "Arrangement" tab in the Display system preference pane.
The Tiger version of Spanning Screen Doctor (http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html) does, indeed, work correctly on an iBook G4 running 10.5.4. After rebooting, the "Arrangement" tab will now appear in the Display pane.
Hopefully this saves some iBook users some time and effort in resolving this issue.
--Brian

Thank you for yor help.
I have one more question to ask? If I use the LCD TV like Sony or Samsung with the New i-Mac will I loose deskspace on the LCD TV due to the low resolution on the LCD TV? I thought the LCD TV was a good idea since it has all the input for all my DVD player, TV box?, Nintendo, and the VHS?, but I was told that LCD TV might not be too compatible for use with a computer.
How do I put all my stuff on a Apple 23" LCD display I only can find adapters that can only take one peripheral at a time, and I don't want to re plug a TV box each time I want to watch TV. It looks like I need a box for use with Apple display with 3~4 input and S video, and HDMI input for the HD stuff?
Again thank you for all your help.
12" PowerBook G4 1.5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

IMac G5 (iSight) wont do dual display? Are you kidding me!

Why in the world did Apple even make a computer that won't do dual display. This is probably one of the first let downs I have experienced with Apple. I just purchased the iMac G5 to use primarily for presentation and need dual screen capabilities. I should be more clear on the specs page that the "all new" iMac DOES NOT DO DUAL DISPLAY. I am thinking of returning the iMac and going another direction (pc) and don't want to, but may not have a choice, unless someone has a fix for my problem.

I understand the risks of hacker-ware, and certainly don't want to void my warranty. But this begs the question: If a hacker can figure out something that usually works, can't Apple fairly easily come up with an official iMac G5 expansion that will always work and that won't void the warranty? Please, Cupertino, Please! I've subscribed to this topic string in hopes of hearing a happy ending.

PSE8 & Dual Monitor Question

I just connected an external display to my MacBook Pro & have a couple of very remedial questions.
I have the displays set up in the "extended desktop" mode. But when I open an image in ACR, I cannot drag the ACR window to my external display. Can you please help me here?
Also, for those of you using dual displays, I assume a desirable way to set up the 2 screens is to keep the PSE tools on one screen & the image to be edited in the other. I'm curious about how you set up your workspace.
Thank you very much.

Well, you're using dual monitors the way I've always heard it was to be done.
First unless the monitors are identical, it does seem like quite a logistics issue to have both screens color balanced and calibrated. So, obviously keep the image on the one that "prints best".
For the sake of disucssion, if both displays were very close to identical, I suppose you could use the "clone display" mode as a constant before and after.
My own slightly eccentric self would like to have one monitor vertical, and the other horizontal. This would present both horizontal and vertical images full frame simultaneously. As it stands now, I can get this, but I need two computers to do it.
I seem to be in a minority, as none of the current graphics drivers permit this, without one of the images being sideways that is. Is this too eccentric?

H520s Dual Display

Hello,
I'm sorry if I ask a similar question again.
I would like to add a 2nd display to the H520s 2561-1SU to extend the desktop.
Is it possible to use the onboard vga and hdmi at the same time? What do I have to do for it?? Just plug n play?
If not, what ist simple grafik addapter supporting dual displays? (office use only, no gaming ...)
If possible without changing the PSU.
Should I use the Lenovo "add2 DVI - card" or a simple grafic addapter?
Thanks so far.
Mathias
Solved!
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hi MathiasAbraham,
Welcome to the Lenovo Community.
The Lenovo H520s 2561-1SU has an Intel® H61 Express Chipset which capable of multi-monitor support and so is the Intel HD 2000.
If you'll be using a flat panel monitor (that usualy has a VGA connector and a single link DVI D digital interface), you will need to connect 1 monitor to the VGA out and use a HDMI to single link DVI-D converter on the other monitor. You might need to scan for hardware changes under the device manager to identify the monitor that's connected to the HDMI to DVI-D converter.
Using the Lenovo ADD2 DVI-D Monitor Connection Adapter will not work as it only supports these chipsets.
Hope this helps.
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Dual Display Problems - No Signal After Sleep

So, I just set up my hexacore Mac Pro with stock ram and the ATi 5870. To go along with it, I purchased two Dell U2311H monitors from Dell so that I could finally have dual displays. I then purchased two 6' minidisplayport to displayport cables from Monoprice. Also went with the Apple wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse.
Upon initial start-up, everything worked fine. The monitors needed to be calibrated, but dual display mode worked perfectly without any extra steps. I had some fun messing around for a little bit and then decided to take a break. I put the computer to sleep.
I came back 15 minutes later (couldn't stay away for long), and clicked the mouse to wake the computer back up. I heard the tower humming, but the monitors stayed black. I tapped the keyboard. Still black. Assuming it was some issue I wasn't prepared for with the wireless peripherals, I futzed around with them for a while and had no luck. Still not image on the monitors. I turned the monitors off and then back on only to get an error message explaining that the monitor was in Power Save mode. Some further exploration revealed that the monitors were allegedly getting NO SIGNAL from the computer.
Restarting didn't help any. The only thing that has "worked" is shutting down the computer and connecting a single monitor through the DVI-D cable that came with it. I can then reconnect the displayport cable and switch the input to re-establish dual displays, but this is obviously pretty annoying. It seems like I can eliminate questions with the monitors themselves or the cables. In doing some research, I've found some threads on different sites about people having similar dual display issues attributed to faulty graphics cards. I certainly hope this isn't the case, but I'm at a loss for what the problem might be. It seems odd that dual displays would work briefly only to fail after going to sleep for 15 minutes.
Sorry if this is the dumbest question ever. Is there something stupid that I'm doing wrong? Anyone have any insight?
Any guidance you guys can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I have the exact same issue. Here's the forum I've got going: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2686085&tstart=90
I called AppleCare because this issue was out of the box. Engineering wanted to capture some logger information so I ran the logger and sent it off to them.
I am running a Dell 27" via a DisplayPort to Mini-DisplayPort cable (also purchased through Monoprice) and a Dell 22" via DVI to DVI (have also tried with the DVI to DVI cable connected to an Apple DVI-MiniDisplayPort adapter and the same issue arrises). When I boot the computer with any of these cables, I get no video. Only when I boot with a Dual-Link DVI (DVI-D) cable from the 27" monitor do I get any video on screen. At this point, I can then plug in the DisplayPort to Mini-DisplayPort cable and the regular DVI (not Dual-Link) after unplugging the DVI-D cable and I get video. If I restart the computer, no problem. However, if the computer goes to sleep or if I power down and then power back up, I am back to square one with no video and have to resort to using the Dual-Link DVI cable.
Because this was DOA out of the box, they ended up just RMA'ing the machine and re-ordering my CTO Mac Pro 6-core. Still waiting for it to be built, I'll let you know how it goes on the second machine when it arrives.

G4 Extended Desktop via 'dual display'

My G4 has two outputs from the Nvidia Card, a standard vga and the
'rounded edge' style AppleDisplay output. Two part question here:
1) may I simply use an appledisplay connector-to-vga converter dongle,
in order to send through that second output to a standard vga (non apple)
monitor?
2) Would using these outputs simultaniously render the 'extended desktop',
or are they just a duplicate of the same output?
Thank you kindly for any info on this.

It depends on which NVIDIA card you have. Anything older then the GeForce4 MX won't run two VGA displays. The GeForce2 MX TwinView can run two displays, but the ADC to VGA adapter won't work with this card, so only one can be VGA.
If your card does support dual displays, you can choose mirrored or extended desktop in the "Arrangement" tab of "Displays" system preference.

Dual Display with MSI Nfroce 420D ?

I once read a message that Nview is now funktioning with the MSI board. Now my question would be if you are able to use the integrated graphics core and it's vga out together with an AGP card. Or are you only able to use Nview with the AGP raiser card ? (TV out on on screen and VGA on the other ?)
Thanks

well you can use dual display. but more on that l8r.
you CANT use onboard and AGP at the same time.
you can use onboard and its AGP riser card to get TV out.. but the TV out is the same image that would be displayed on your main montor... not exented. and at defalt you cant have both on at the same time.. but with" TVtool" that is fixed
now you can get dual diplay from some of the newer AGP cards like gefroce 4 or new ATI cards.
or you get a PCI video card and it will exent your montor.
for more info on dual monitor's go to http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/db.asp

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