Spaces help! Second monitor.

I am about to purchase a second monitor. The way i have spaces set up now is that when i click itunes, it shoves it into space 2. Perfect.
Now, i would like to have my external monitor set up so that when i click itunes it loads up in the external monitor.
How would i go about this? Can it be done? Would i have space 2 dedicated to my external monitor? Cheers.

Unfortunately Spaces doesn't let you set up a separate space for each monitor. If you're running dual monitors, each one will have a Space 2. If you move iTunes onto the second monitor and then close it, it should reopen on the second monitor. This doesn't always work reliably with all applications. Spaces still needs some work. I'd love to be able to set a separate space for each monitor.

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I'm really surprised not more people are talking about this. Apple? You have a solution? Cause right now Spaces is un-usable. I use it on a machine at work and LOVE it! I only need 4 spaces, but with the dual monitor all of the sudden i have 8 spaces of different sizes and it *****.
by the way, that last word that i can't believe apple blanked out is " s-u-c-k-s"
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I have a 2013 Mac Pro with an Apple Thunderbolt Display as my main monitor and a Dell 4K monitor as my second monitor. I have created a workflow under the Window menu that puts the palettes where I want and the timeline is on the second, 4K monitor.
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So this happens in Flash too.
I've tried the solution I read about making sure the monitors in the Display preferences were arranged so that the bottom of both monitors is exactly in the same spot. No difference. I also made sure that the Spaces option was unchecked about separate spaces for second monitors.
Just seems like a bug with the way all Adobe apps are behaving on 4K secondary monitors.
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I have OS X 10.10.3.
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I've been a Mac since 2008, so I know my way around the system pretty well. This issue, however, has me stumped. I had an iMac until now and only now am I experiencing some difficulty with my new MacBook Pro. The model I have is the newest 13" Macbook Pro model and I'm trying to connect a Panasonic VIERA TC-L42U30 42" HDTV as a second monitor via the Thunderbolt port.
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Hi There,
I have had the exact same issue but with a projector.
The issue lies with Mountian Lion 10.8.2.
I tried many a combination with no luck to get HDMI working.
Took my mac into the apple store and came to the conclusion it was the software, so I asked them to install 10.8 onto it (this is destructive so a backup is a must)
Bought my macbook home and voila, now displaying through my projector.
There is a small graphics update after 10.8.1 which seems to be the cause.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.

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Using the Thunderbolt port attach a Mini-display to DVI so long as the Asus display is equipped and capable, otherwise Mini-display to VGA will also work. The Thunderbolt port is ahead devices which are not yet available to take advantage of the increased capacity in speed. Until the devices and connection cables are available, just use the port as a Mini-display port.

HT4293 i am trying to use dual monitors when editing with FCPX. I have a macbook pro and an apple cinema display monitor. I have connected them and opened Fcpx but the option to use second monitor is not active! what do i do ? please help going bonkers!

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<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5891>
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Lol, figured out the first part. Just for those who may be searching, when you click on the Display Preferences, and click on the arraingment tab... it not only shows where your two screens will be displayed, but the WHITE BAR at the top of one screen is the dock/toolbar. Click and hold to grab this and just slide it over to the screen you'd like it to be on.
You have to release it IN the screen box, not on top of it... and it should pop right over to the new (or old) screen. At any rate, you can put the dock on either (or any) screen that you prefer.
I am thinking of ordering more of these. Lol. 3 monitor setup seems like it would be crazy good.
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Paul H

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Help with a second monitor

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ATY,RV200:
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Slot: SLOT-1
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Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x5157
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-91701-222
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Depth: 32-bit Color
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ATY,BlueStone_B:
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2007 iMac, upgraded to Mavericks, second monitor now intermittently blinking

2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB Ram. ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro graphics.
Upgraded from Snow Leopard here at work, running dual monitors via DVI cable. Never a problem previously.
Upgraded to Mavericks. Enjoying it. Until the 2nd monitor (Acer v223w) started intermittently blinking.
Kinda befuddled. Can't find any answers. Any help?

Same issue here and its really killing me.
When I disconnect the second monitor from the iMac and plug it back in, the blinking stops for a little while. But then it starts up again.
It seems to blink more when I'm using Chrome (latest version 30.x) with multiple browser windows accross both displays.
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ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB
Mavericks 10.9
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I'm having the exact same issue... However, I do have the "Displays have separate spaces" option activated.
I can maximize a PDF on my larger primary monitor... But when I drag a PDF over to my smaller secondary screen and hit the maximize "+" button, it shoots the window back over to my other monitor.
Can someone help? This is driving me crazy. I also tried deactivating the "Displays have separate spaces" option to see if that worked... but that didn't.
Other apps work just fine. Chrome behaves exactly as I expect when hitting the maximize button.

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Hello!
In Snow leopard expose showed all the windows even if I used a second monitor I could see all windows in my first screen!
Now in Lion I only see the acual windows at the actual monitor...
There is a problem with that... if I don´t have the second monitor on and a software window is placed on that second monitor I can't see it... I have to start the second monitor or get into double screen!
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/ Jan

Hi Bansaku,
Sorry to hear you're in the same boat. At least we don't have to suffer in silence : )
I'm also the same with desktop pictures being messed up (I also wish they'd let us rename each Desktop e.g. Photoshop, Mail, Safari etc).
I don't tend to restart my Mac that often, but overtime I do, my spaces are all are of sync.
Is there any easy way to report this problem to Apple?
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Is it possible to use my ipad 4 as a second monitor through a USB connection.

Is it possible to use my ipad 4 as a second monitor through a USB connection.

perhaps, but my information was current. I had the same question and was looking for and answer and found it. So I responded in order to help others who found this question and were looking for an answer. This community is made more helpful and kept current by adding new answers with current information.
imobl... air display was a valid response for 2011 predating the question. Also using Monitor2go was valid in 2012. There were USB mirroring and as a 2nd display for an iPad options at the time the original question was asked.

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