Resolution on Secondary Monitor

Hi!
I have upgraded to Mavericks on my 27" late 2012 iMac and I have a secondary monitor hooked up to it...
However, when I upgraded to Mavericks, the resolution on my secondary monitor went very strange and had been blown out of proportion.
I have tried chaging the resolution size for it in system preferences, but none of the options suit the screen to what it was before I upgraded to Mavericks.
Is there anyway I can fix this? Perhaps with a third party application?

Go to system preferences, Displays, then under displays select Arrangment, click and drag on the white bar and put it over the monitor (there will be a red ring around the display). try setting the refresh rate at different numbers to see if that works.

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Thanks a lot!!

Thanks a lot for your help! You are probably right since I read somewhere else (at least for other MacBooks), that the max resolution that you can get over the VGA is 1600x1200 which is what I am getting. I have a 15 inch MacBook Pro with the high resolution screen but I don´t think this will change the max resolution that you can get over the VGA. Unfortunately, my monitor only has a VGA input so the solution might be to get another monitor with a DVI connection. Thanks again and any more advice is welcomed!!!

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Hi
I'm using Resolution xtra to change the resolution on my
monitor
My PC with windows XP has 2 monitors
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function
cSuccess =
gResXtra.set_resolution(cResWidth,cResheight,cResMode,gResXtra.get_primary_display())
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sure but it
can be that resolution on secondary monitor changes to some
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Depends ALOT...
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GE70 2PE secondary monitor resolution issue

So I bought a MSi GE70 2PE yesterday and today I tried connecting it with my tv with HDMI, which has worked fine both with my stationary computer as well as other computers, using the same cable.
Today however when i plugged it into this laptop I got a low 1024 resolution on my tv and the settings for resolution wont allow me to change it to any higher and can't duplicate the screen and extention of screen isn't working properly either as all of my screen apparently can't fit into the 1024 resoltuion, trying to bypass this by changing the resolution while plugging in the HDMI cable the TV just turned black and no sound was transmitted with the HDMI cable.
As far as I can understand for some unknown reason the secondary monitor uses the intel integrated graphics card, I've update the drivers both for this and for the nvidia card.
As for updated drivers, yes all is updated and have tried the general common solutions, the computer was bought yesterday so having a hard time understanding how this can't work properly.
Thanks in advance for any solution.

Quote from: Aelfaeth;111797
So I bought a MSi GE70 2PE yesterday and today I tried connecting it with my tv with HDMI, which has worked fine both with my stationary computer as well as other computers, using the same cable.
Today however when i plugged it into this laptop I got a low 1024 resolution on my tv and the settings for resolution wont allow me to change it to any higher and can't duplicate the screen and extention of screen isn't working properly either as all of my screen apparently can't fit into the 1024 resoltuion, trying to bypass this by changing the resolution while plugging in the HDMI cable the TV just turned black and no sound was transmitted with the HDMI cable.
As far as I can understand for some unknown reason the secondary monitor uses the intel integrated graphics card, I've update the drivers both for this and for the nvidia card.
As for updated drivers, yes all is updated and have tried the general common solutions, the computer was bought yesterday so having a hard time understanding how this can't work properly.
Thanks in advance for any solution.
Actually there is some more questions according to your post:
1. Does the notebook display normally when it's not connected to any external monitor?
2. Where did you change the resolution when you try to bypass the issue? In Intel's graphics properties? or on TV?
3. How did you set the duplicate mode? by using Fn+F2 or WIN+P?

Is it possible to force a fixed Application to open in a Secondary Monitor?

This is my first time actively using a forum, so forgive me if I'm unclear with my question or if I'm unaware of forum common sense or etiquette.
I've been running a Multi-Monitor system for awhile now at my office. I ran into a few problems when I first set it up, but was able to resolve many issues with many work-arounds. In truth, this is one of the same major problems I was having before.
As it says in my details, I have an iMac with a Wacom Cintiq 21UX via Mini DisplayPort to DVI, and an Apple Cinema Display via Arkview USB Display Adapter. I do a lot of graphical work amongst my many tasks, so the Cintiq is typically my main input device. I have it set in a Portrait position, which I prefer greatly over Landscape.
My problem is that to use many of the graphical applications, Adobe anything, I have to set it as the main monitor. Since Apple doesn't use application containers, at least, not in a way that allows you to drag the main toolbar. This solution, of course, I learned after a lot of struggle. It works and I'm fine with it now, but I've recently been called upon to use Final Cut and Motion for some projects and this problem has again reared its head, but in a different way.
I've programs set up all over my three screens; sized and set to where I like them and are most efficient, and across multiple Spaces. To properly run Final Cut, a resolution of 1280x800 is strongly recommended. Since I'm running Portrait, mine is set to 1200x1600. I didn't think much of Final Cut's initial warning at the time, since any windows caught outside the screen I was certain I could rescue with a trusty Applescript, written to collect all windows to the main screen. Which I discovered was a problem when running Final Cut from a laptop that was dual-monitored, but once you take away the secondary monitor the Final Cut windows remain floating aimlessly out of screen. They were floating off-screen, as I thought, and fixed it with the applescript. While I was working though, I was confused on where the **** the splice tool went. I looked everywhere in the application I could to find it, but it wasn't until I called a friend and he assured me that the tool actually did exist that I remember the teeny-tiny tool panel that would typically reside next to the timeline. The applescript can't pull it for some reason.
So my question, *is there a way in which you can change the display an application starts in?* (bolded for ease of discovery in this long post) what would fixedly open in the main display instead opening to a secondary monitor. Or, as consolation, possibly rescuing that tiny tool panel? Early on I tried keeping a shortcut key set to switch the main monitors back and forth, but found that applications will switch with them, applications I didn't want to switch. Plus, the Wacom Pen has to be re-calibrated when the Cintiq is switched to the secondary monitor, and then, of course, re-calibrated again when it's switched back to the main.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

All my Monitors are set to their native resolutions, 1280x800 is Final Cut's suggested optimal resolution. My Cintiq is a Tablet Monitor, one that allows you to write or draw upon the screen itself, as such, it's set upon an adjustable stand that will let you place the Tablet Monitor upright, semi-flat against the desk, or anywhere in-between, in addition to 360 degree rotation in its flat position. This means that the Tablet Monitor comes with two native resolutions, one for Landscape and one for Portrait. The Cintiq is purposely designed to allow it to be set in a Portrait position, for the comfort of the User. 1200x1600 is just as native for the Cintiq as 1600x1200. Also, my Office Desktop set-up is, God-willing, a permanent set-up; I don't disconnect Monitors, and they are set to Extended Desktop Mode.
My aim was to avoid switching back or forth between resolutions or Mirroring. This will work, yes, but having to do it every time I need to use Final Cut, or any other such program with odd monitor requirements, is a hassle. With all the various windows and applications I have running at any one time, I'll be wasting time moving and resizing windows across multiple Spaces back to where they were every time I need to run Final Cut, and re-calibrating the pen to the new resolution. Which is also a little embarrassing when I need to demo a clip for my bosses and co-workers and I have to spend time, in which I could be explaining things, tiding up my desktops. It would be ideal to have it prepared before they got there, (actually, ideal would be not having to prep it in the first place) but not all meetings are scheduled and planned.
As for windows that get lost in space, that's what the Applescript was for, but apparently that little tool panel, which is wholly more important than it's size suggests, doesn't register as a window and gets left behind.
So my hoped for solution is a way in which to force a Program that would normally load onto the Main Monitor to instead load on to a chosen Secondary Monitor, one that fills the necessary resolution requirements of said Program. I couldn't care less about the Applications need for the Main Toolbar since I run Secondbar anyhow.
This isn't a vital emergency though, I'm just trying to find a solution for an annoyance and to make the whole process more efficient. Oh well, C'est la vie.
Thank you for your reply Dennis.
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Detect displays seems to have quit working? The secondary monitor is bleeding into the MacBook Pro monitor. How can I fix this?

I am using a MacBook Pro 2009, Snow Leopard (OSX 10.6.8). All of a sudden last night after a long day of work, my monitor resolution changed without warning and the secondary monitor display started bleeding into my laptop monitor. When I go to detect displays, it doesn't fix the problem. It looks like I need to switch to a larger display setting and the largest setting has disappeared.(The display seems to default to this setting where my screen bleeds into the laptop monitor.) When this started happening last night, I immediately shutdown and restarted to see if this would fix the problem. So far, it's still not looking too good.
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http://danisco.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/monitors.png
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I did find a thread that suggested resetting the PRAM/NVRAM so I did this, restored the external monitor to factory settings and went into Disk Utility and repaired disk permissions and verified disk permissions.
Here is a link to reset the PRAM/NVRAM: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
These things may have helped resolve this issue. I can't tell what worked because it was hours after I did all these things that my monitor and computer decided they liked each other again. If you have a similar issue, maybe these steps will help you resolve your problem too.
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How to use a secondary monitor in Portrait mode

Finally discovered how to do this. Here is how to use a second monitor in portrait mode:
Open System Preferences from your iMac dock.
Click Displays - Click Arrangement - Click Gather Windows - the secondary monitor dialog box opens.
Click Rotation - Click 90 degrees rotation for PORTRAIT MODE.
Click CONFIRM on the secondary monitor to keep Portrait mode.
Select the desired resolution. I chose 1200 x 1920.
You'll see a dialog box that says, "About to change the display mode."
Click OKAY.
Click Confirm. (If it appears. For some resolutions, I did not have to click confirm, most likely because the monitor supports those resolutions.)
Then resize the windows of the software you're using.
Done!

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Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
PLEASE HELP! I Don't know what else to do!
This do not happend on MacOS, is happends only in Windows.
Thanks, Andres Rormoser.

The only solution that I found so far was to install Actual Window Manager, separate the secondary monitor in tiles, assign each window to each tile, add a shortcut to start/stop ActualWindowManager and every time the computer wakes up with the windows re-arranged I press the shoutcut and everything goes back to my predifined layout.
http://www.actualtools.com/?ref=aim814_prg

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I think you might enjoy reading this article:
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