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How To Use Multiple Monitors To Your Advantage [Video How-To]

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Using multiple monitors with your Mac can greatly increase your productivity and workflow. There are many ways to boost the usefulness of secondary monitors, as I will show you in this video.

You can view my related GeekTool article here, as well as other related how-tos here and here.

 

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39 responses to “How To Use Multiple Monitors To Your Advantage [Video How-To]”

  1. R. says:

    Link doesn’t work for me.

  2. Will Mason says:

    What video? Saw geek tool…thats cool but not related..

  3. Techy8789 says:

    So, where’s the video?

  4. Luca Orio says:

    i really don’t understand the meaning of this article :S

  5. acondiff says:

    I dont see a video…

  6. Ian Ruaraidh Harrison says:

    huh? is this emirates spamming you?

  7. wilkerlucio says:

    where is the video??

  8. ThaWeaver says:

    … and here I will show you how its works in this non-existent video how-to.

  9. Jackson Atassi says:

    uh there is no video

    just sayin

  10. Kevin Servais says:

    “This author enjoys making videos, but clearly hasn’t learned how to share them over the web…”

  11. Eric Curtis says:

    Link here:  http://youtu.be/le5sjgsMJ9k – until it gets posted. 

  12. Michael Steeber says:

    Link has been fixed. Sorry about that. Problems with the embedded code. 

  13. Michael Steeber says:

    Fixed. 

  14. Michael Steeber says:

    The video was missing. It’s been fixed now. 

  15. Michael Steeber says:

    fixed. 

  16. Jeff Pinto says:

    how can you the old white imac as secondary display with a macbook pro?

  17. SicMX says:

    Still waiting for dual Thunderbolt ports in the MBP line. That is when I get a second monitor

  18. jayoen says:

    Why? Thunderbolt devices are connected via daisy chain.

  19. 34Skyline says:

    Thanks planning on buying a second 27-inch for my mac pro and this tip is very useful

  20. Ralphdavis says:

    Hey, how do you get your drive icons and folders onto the second screen whilst keeping the menu bar on the first?

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