Mavericks upgrade...lost my 2nd monitor
Need help. Just upgraded to Mavericks. I've been using a 2nd 23" Cinema Display w/o problems with my MacBookPro. After the upgrade, the 2nd display only shows the background and tool bar at the top. No desktop icons, no Dock, and the cursor is also gone. Is this a common problem? What can I do to get the 2nd display to behave as the Principal display? Thanks
Duh...had to enable "Mirror displays".....all is well. Sorry to have bothered you folks.
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