External Monitor Preferences

I bring my Macbook Pro to work every day and plug it into an external monitor on my desk. When I plug it in, I have to go through a routine that involves changing the resolution on the external monitor, then switching it back to mirror displays (because when you change the resolution, it goes back to one big display) and then sometimes I have to change the resolution again. Is there any way to get system preferences to remember to mirror displays whenever I plug in an external monitor? Also, I can see it ID's the monitor, can't it remember the preferences somehow?

I guess no one knows.

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