Old desktop photo shows on projector!

I used to have photo #1 as my desktop photo. When I turned on my projector, the desktop photo would project onto the screen. I recently changed my desktop photo in system preferences. (Now I have photo #2 as my desktop)
Although my desktop is now photo #2, whenever i plug in a projector, my old desktop (photo #1) projects onto the screen! Where the heck does the projector go to find the desktop?
Susan Gross, Colorado Springs
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www.susangrosstprs.com

It sounds like you have your display preferences set to expand your desktop.
If that's the case the OS treats each display as separate and each can have its own background image. This is in contrast to mirroring where the same image (including desktop pattern) is show on both screens at the same time.
The solution is simple - just Ctrl-click on the desktop and choose 'Change Desktop Background' then choose the image you want on the second display.

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