How to hook up an external monitor to your Mac!

[86123maxxi]

@AJones413 depending on which MacBook Pro, you can. If you have a MBP with Thunderbolt, you can hook up to 6 Thunderbolt Displays or many more if you buy an external Thunderbolt Graphics Card. If you have a MBP with a Mini-DP port, you can hook up to only one display. Same if you have a MBP or PowerBook G4 with DVI.

[86123maxxi]

Why would you need to power down the laptop? I have a PowerBook G4 and all I need to do to plug it in to an external monitor is hook up the DVI cable or if I am using a VGA cabled monitor, a VGA-DVI adaptor. The rest is handled by Mac OS X itself. Come on this is the 21st century, everything now is hot pluggable.

[5koliny]

You have the exact same macbook i have. So would this mean i have a mini-display port or a mini dvi thing? Thankyou!

[PinnacleStudio12]

@5koliny It means you would have the right port. But the cable you have to buy off Amazon.

[YM725]

Can you post a link to the adapter you used? I've been looking around online and I can't find it anymore with the new macbooks out.

Also, you talked about being able to use your macbook with it being closed while connected to the external monitor. Could you expand on that? Thanks!

[walker5232]

can i have the link to the one you got

[walker5232]

will this work on a 07 macbook?

[jacobduffney11]

Thanks

[MrMetalfuckingmike]

thanks man :)

[PinnacleStudio12]

@MrMetalfuckingmike anytime bro!

[chrissy1812]

I will check that out. I'll let you know if it works.

[chrissy1812]

Right . The desktop to the computer shows way off on one side of the tv screen. I have to drag the video on my computer as far off to the right as I can. Then I can only see it on the tv bec 98% of the computer video is off the computer screen.

[PinnacleStudio12]

@chrissy1812 the only thing i'd say is go into your system preferences, go into displays, then adjust it until it fits your screen properly. that should fix it.

[chrissy1812]

Hey Nick, I was able to use your video to hook up my tv to my mac. However, the desktop of the Mac is way off to the left of the tv screen. I have to move the desktop as far right as I can in order to see it on the samsung tv display. When I have to do this of course, I can't watch it full screen. Do you know what I can do to fix this. Chrissy

[PinnacleStudio12]

@chrissy1812 what do you mean? is the display for the desktop not coming up correctly?

[manwhohowlsatmoon]

I'm having the same exact problem, help please!!

[hfilms4real]

SHould your monitor be powered off when u turn your laptop on?

[PinnacleStudio12]

@hfilms4real no..you wouldn't be able to see the the screen come up on the monitor

[macheads202]

Screamer, don't watch.

[PurePerceptionRecord]

gracious man

[PinnacleStudio12]

@PurePerceptionRecord thank you sir

[PinnacleStudio12]

@PurePerceptionRecord ugh what the fuck are are you talking about?

[PurePerceptionRecord]

@PinnacleStudio12

I said thanks you dip shit what the fuck are you talking about? do you not know that gracious means thank you in spanish? are you from the fucking moon you ass hole?

[PinnacleStudio12]

@PurePerceptionRecord oh shit. sent this comment to the wrong guy. i feel like a huge dick haha. the guy this was supposed to go to was macheads202. he keeps commenting random shit on my videos. i actually said thanks a while back. my bad dude!

[crabbysabby16]

THANK YOU

[jackthebassist13]

quick to the point great how to video

[jamesoncleus]

thanks man , really appreciate it

[ExelxMonster]

my monitor isn't connecting to my macbook im so pissed i have verything bought 130$ monitor and it does not work i need help.

[PinnacleStudio12]

@ExelxMonster Did you buy the mini VGA port?

[ExelxMonster]

@PinnacleStudio12 yea

[PinnacleStudio12]

@ExelxMonster What Macbook are you using?

[ExelxMonster]

@PinnacleStudio12 2009 macbook white unibody

[PinnacleStudio12]

@ExelxMonster Should work. I have the same one. Maybe it's just the monitor.

[ExelxMonster]

@PinnacleStudio12 it works now I went to the apple store and got the mini DVI port and it works now.

[AJones413]

can you hook up three monitors to a macbook pro?

[FIGUREitup]

@AJones413 yep as much as you want ever 100000 monitors.

[AJones413]

@FIGUREitup haha thanks!

[whatthasteph]

do you need an auxiliary cord ?

[georgieb53]

great, can i ask, i have an old ibook, i brought a mini adapter like yours and brought a mac monitor but the pins are different?? do u know wat i should do? is there another cable to connect the two? x

[PinnacleStudio12]

@georgieb53 I'm not sure. What iBook are you using? iBook G4, G3 or the Clamshell (colored iBooks)

[georgieb53]

@PinnacleStudio12 lol i actually dont know... its a few years old so im thinking g3 but im not sure (havent got it here to check sorry!) its not a coloured one tho! x

[PinnacleStudio12]

@georgieb53 It should say at the end of the screen near the keyboard. It would say iBook or iBook G4

[georgieb53]

@PinnacleStudio12 hi again, its actually a g4? would you know what cables i would need? i have been searching and searching but can not find any!

[Awsm0down]

Awesome :D

[shawnstar86]

does this also work if the macbook is closed? because i would like to use a external as my main display and have the laptop closed.do i need to set the mac for anything?

[PinnacleStudio12]

@shawnstar86 Yes it does. Just close the lid when you hear the boot up chime, and then close the lid and it it will open into your external monitor.

[shawnstar86]

@shawnstar86 thanks alots..............

[HardlyStupid]

haha nice tut

still dont have a mac =P

[g2g4m10]

@JOHNATHON8909 Dell studio 15

[daveofnhspeaks]

does this also work for pc

[PinnacleStudio12]

@daveofnhspeaks You can hook up external monitors, but it probably works different because the ports will be in different spots and the Apple Mini VGA port pins might not match up with the pins in the PC.

[AppChat]

great vid! now if only I had an extra monitor :P

[g2g4m10]

does this work on PC? <

btw, nice channel!

[PinnacleStudio12]

@g2g4m10 Thanks! I would imagine doing it for a PC would be very similar. If anything it would use a different type of a VGA adapter. I'm not sure how it work. Look for other tutorials regarding the PC.