How to Make a Dual Monitor Setup on a Mac

[CAnthony77]

Thanks!

[NewDTBHvids]

U my man yu deserve a sub!!!!!!!!!!

[KITSABAMF]

I PLAYE SAVAGE 2 !!!!!!!!!!



[mikepriori1]

Thanks a lot for this vid. I just got back from best buy, they had the VGA cable there! Hooked it up and everything works great! Thanks again!

[richghost15]

Does adding a second monitor increase the load on the GPU?

[gadgetguy134]

what is the song in your intro called?

[CallyD92]

@gadgetguy134 Ratatat - loud pipes ;)

[2010CHUMBO]

I have two Imacs, a 21.5" and a 27". They both have mini display ports. i have a cable to connect hte both. i do this and nothing happens on the screens. Whats wrong?!:(

[ihatecivicssomuch]

lol wow its that hard with a mac?

[GlenDeanII]

Thanks for the helpful video.

[singerboi214]

Really appreciate that man super helpful and easy to go along with, going to make my pro tools that much better now that I can see more of my screen

[stormyglb]

Hi Bobby, thank you so much for this well done video. I have worked for several years in TV with dual monitors in our edit bays, but I have never set up an additional monitor until now. Your video was perfectly done! Very easy to follow with spot on instructions. Very nice job!

[coolshariq]

dude I was looking for exactly how to change background on 2 different monitor, you cover this video, your the man kudos :)

[CYCLONE0]

nice

[bonneystjean]

Thanks so much ! I'm thinking of setting up dual monitors for a home recording studio. I appreciate you taking time to teach :)

[27nlittleman]

@Ponchovillla14 its a wireless apple keyboard, that works through bluetooth, not USB, it wont work for windows :( sorry its made especially for apple and personally i hate that keyboard and im an apple guy i prefer windows accessories over apples to be quite honest

[27nlittleman]

great video btw really helped

[27nlittleman]

hey dude, is there "anything along the lines of that?" haha u say that a ton

[EcbBeats]

I have a new imac, what now? hehe

[TheJhawk9999]

any thing on the lines of that u say that a lot

[Ponchovillla14]

Is your keyboard wireless or no? If its wireless will it work for a windows dekstop?

[mrichardist]

No Now 2012 That Do Thunder Bolt Not Moniter Port

[FLYPaps321]

just did this and it worked great!

[szymon308]

"along the lines of that" haha

[Pnmboso]

great vid, helped a lot.

[frankmag007]

this is one of the best videos i have used, thanks brother, God bless

[MeetShrimp]

thanks for the help! but i was thinking of setting up another moniter bigger theen my imac, would that still work?

[upkid22]

Good info, good job.

[samking4ks]

how did u get a different wallpaper  on your 2 screen???? i really want that on my duel monitor set up. please make a video :-)

[UndeadKuntiz]

but you need powerful computers. you can't do this with my single core amd 3200+ 2.0ghz

[katielovemac2]

can you use a mini display port to a HDMI to the display? or will it need to be vga so that its possible to dual?

[JosiahFilm]

@katielovemac2 You can, but I've people have issues with "ghosting" and lag when using HDMI. You could try it and see.

[IMeinCraftI]

0:00 - 3:20 only bla fkn bla

[mroc170]

how do you make the second monitor have the bar thingy and teh dock instead of the built in monitor

please respond

[KO3N789]

Hi, I have the mac mini and I want to have 2 monitors. Do you know if that is possible? thanks

[333JH666]

-"You know how I know you're gay?"

-"How?"

-"You have a mac"

lol

[MMOTotal]

@333JH666 Well done... here is a good one for you

"How do you know if you are immature and a twat"

"How ?"

"You post stupid and false statements on youtube"

lol

[skullworksfine]

cool video! it could of helped if i could hear what you were saying... sounds like the movie inception is playing in the back ground. It could of really helped... this video is really annoying cause of that... but thanks for the help.

[Mr305wrangler]

ratatat ftw!!!!!!!

[angadmalli]

Hey, i have the same i mac. Which monitors can i use with it? Some particular brands ? do they have to be mac compatible or does the converter solve that problem ? Thanks.

[boogeymangdl3]

seve bien pero no le entendi nada



[gsosa70]

@boogeymangdl3

Hay que aprender inglés mi amigo :)

[JoePodable]

For the people who just wanna go on the system preferences thingy, got to 5:48

Your welcome.

[youngproftv]

Yo bro my arrangement bar didnt show up help????? And when i hit detect displays nothing happens

[benjaminaballerina10]

Can you do this on the previous gen imacs? Thanks

[whitecollarairsoft]

Is it possible to put 1 monitor on each side of a iMac

[olivercutiex]

Hey, You know when you have bought a mini mac hardrive, do u need a apple minitor two?

[johannes17tv]

Ouhhhh my brandnew apple imac what a showoff apple fanboy

[FuckingTrollFinal]

@johannes17tv obvious troll who is mad cause they cant afford an iMac.

[johannes17tv]

@FuckingTrollFinal I ve got a Macbook pro , but Okeyy ^^

[TheDrGuard]

@aaronpeligro no it works for any computer

[alinalin0]

STUFF AMONG THE LINES OF THAT !

[dvsmireles]

Something along the lines of that.

[gone414]

On just about any computer it is easy to have a dual monitor setup

[chriselpuma]

I have a question, since i bought the adapter to my imac similar to yours, 21.5. All of the external monitors or the "blue thingy" I have seem to be too small for the adapter. Is there another adapter that can make the external monitor bigger or what?

[chriselpuma]

I have a question, since i bought the adapter to my imac similar to yours, 21.5. All of the external monitors I have seem to be too small for the adapter. Is there another adapter that can make the external monitor bigger or what?

[drumbum12191]

spankwire and redtube at the same time? down

[lilbabykat1452]

Dude, fucking awesome! answered every question i had!! Thanks

[jackthebassist13]

very helpfull

[soggypants1000]

YOU WERE VEI VEI HELPFUL

[imaballer003]

hey man so i hooked up my monitor to my 32" tv right next to it but when i change the arrangement, my mouse does not travel to the other screen and the basic mac desktop background comes up. Any idea why that is? Thanks for the video btw it was pretty helpful.

[LifeinEdits]

Great video, covered lots of aspects on why to do it, people should do more videos like this on youtube, Thanks for this video, defiantly subscribing.

[sensibilita88]

great stuff!! Smart and elegant!

[Bibbi113]

Thank you so much !

Your version of explanation is the clearest of all !

[ncrider299]

What is the name of the song on your intro?

[Mac4280]

quick?! it's 9:00 minutes...

[TheNoahShow1998]

Thanks alot this was really helpfull

[bulletinthewind]

So what you're saying is.....it's anything along the lines of that.....right?? =p

[Stantheskeptic]

Thanks, Bobby, for the info. Yes, it's simple--when you know what to do. I wasn't sure.

Responder m4kk393 needs to develop a bit of understanding and patience for those who aren't as pseudo-intelligent as he is.

Stan

[eeu3wpp]

thanks very helpful.

[julianic81]

yo bobby my setup it's just like yours If I'm not wrong i have the same imac!! now I want to add a second screen to have a total of 3 screen do you think this can be done with a VGA/SVGA Monitor Y-Splitter Cable? thank for your help!!!!

[bobby93macboy]

@julianic81 unfortunately not, i tried to have 3 monitors a while back, i went to the apple store and i talked to a genius, he said it wasnt possible.

[julianic81]

@bobby93macboy thank you for the help!!!

[holymoleyproductions]

@bobby93macboy it is on windows :D

[robwprince]

@julianic81 You can set up a third monitor. You can get a converter for USB-VGA which will let you set the third monitor up without needing a second mini display port. You'll need a couple of free drivers but that's it. :)

[julianic81]

@robwprince that's what I thought but was not sure if this could be done thanks for the tip!!!

[2005yamahattr125l]

correct me if im wrong but is that a carpet with an apple logo on your wall?

[skillfullwill]

Anything along the lines of that

[skatetop2]

Your phyiscal arrangement of monitors is off by like an inch

[Dresling]

Hey dude, thanks for the video. We have an extra samsung hi-res 16:10 screen recently put out of use. We have a small flat, no room for a huge tv, so this could be a good solution. Thanks mate, keep up the good work. :)

[JUMPTHEGUNZZX]

Thank you very much. This was a BIG help to us non experts. You did a great job.

[SuperGanoosh]

is this guy gay

[VinylIsForever]

thank you for the video, I knew how to do it, but befor buying the adapter I wanted to know whether i can use a resolution dieffernet to the main screen,I now searched for about 20 half an hour, and you are the only one i found who provides this information, thank you

[skota61]

what about a triple monitor setup using mac g4 laptop and 2 external monitors?

[lqqkitslory]

Wow. I have an old flat screen monitor just collecting dust, I'm definitely going to give this ago!

Cheers!

[tobibarnet]

hi, quick question - I have an iMac and a 15" laptop pc and was wondering if it's possible to use the laptop as the 2nd monitor? The laptop has a 15pin VGA female connector which can be connected to a 2nd monitor, however, I wondered if it is possible to share the iMac's display, on the laptop screen, using this connector? Thanks

[74917]

quite a lot of muscle for a geek

[WiiDaPro]

PLZ REPLY do u have to buy a thing so your mouse can travel from montiter to moniter or does it automaticly do that?? PLZ REPLY

[bobby93macboy]

@WiiDaPro no u dont

[WiiDaPro]

@bobby93macboy Thx for replying and thx

[LEGITWARFARE]

this stupid u can just buy a transfer cable for 10$ plug your hard drive in the transfer cable plug the transfer cable in your xbox and when its says do u want to transfer say no and go to your sitings and use your transfer cable as your hdd

[Mac4280]

do u work out?

[psguitarproductions]

Anything along the lines of thatXD

[bobby93macboy]

@iMacage they go back to the main monitor, i answer to legit questions

[mimiploof]

This was great information. I didn't realize it was this easy. Thanks, can't wait to get the adaptor so I can get mine set up.

[guilhopearl]

Hey, god vid, but won't the video board have to work more? I mean would that decrease the video board performace?

[IXKillfullXI]

Just a note... A Mac is a computer. Why do people say they aren't? They are a branded computer, just like a Dell etc only they have a different operating system. A calcuator is a fucking computer. Why is a Mac not a computer?!?!?!

[greg0716]

@IXKillfullXI cause its Apple. Apple doesnt wanna be compared to a dell or hp. Thats an insult

[IXKillfullXI]

@greg0716 So an iPod isn't an MP3 player?

[m4kk393]

Seriously, a 10 minute video to explain a simple thing like hookin up a extra monitor....

[greg0716]

@m4kk393 and you clicked to watch it. lol!!!

[m4kk393]

@greg0716 well.. i cant criticize it if i havent watched it, now can i?

[VinceSagerTAO]

@m4kk393 serious...bro shut the fuck up and just show people... we dont need a teacher

[DannyPolDiaz]

@m4kk393 for real, I only went on here because my old imac had a certain adapter I can no longer use on my new 27 inch iMac, so I wanted to know the updated name for the new adapter. Im surprised this guy actually talked for 6 minutes after showing me the adapter, and he didn't even tell me the fucking name. Blah blah blah blah blah data goes into the monitor, blah blah fucking blah. its 2011, we like to learn fast damnit

[treedude217]

Very helpful! Thanks ;)

[DTOSX666]

Does it really matter if your 2nd screen is on the left or right? Every dual-monitor mac setups I saw have the 2nd screen on the left..

[LacrosseMMA]

Video worked Perfect... for those of you who are like me, and the mac didn't detect the monitor... simply click detect monitor.

[fenderjaguar1985]

I went to Ebay and found that adaptor for $6.95.

[espet9]

thank you. it helped me alot :)

[MrBanifaciy]

Thx

[EricFreeRun]

whats you wallpaper? :)

[SedatedCretinStudios]

great video, thanks!... by the way, what are the two Apps in your dock after iMovie '08?

[alannes94]

Your Video was very helpful thanks! I know you might not be able to answer this but do you know how to get the dock from my mac air onto the monitor?

[BeansCrossley]

how do you get the two monitors to be the same? you dragged one window over and it was bigger on the other monitor.

[devilsreject5]

What Dell monitor are you usin??

[jailbrokenhacker]

nice vid where did u get all the wallpaper

[jajay424]

mini dvi on old mac

[jajay424]

stfu and get to the how to

[WindowsandApple2]

thanks sooooo much.....im soo going to do this

[96FUZZ]

Well I had a dual screen setup, but there was a power outage, and now when power is back on, my dual screen wire wont connect any of the screens anymore

[darksliding]

additionally you can even use SecondBar, which allows you to use the menu bar on the 2nd screen as well

[heywhatsup202]

i just got a second moniter, waiting on my vga adapter from amazon

thiswas really helpful

[barkleysound]

i see a youtube icon on your dock. is that a youtube program?

[ItzRyanWS]

117 degrees. WTF?!

[soithboi]

But it isn't really able to have like "2 computers, 2 screens 1 mouse and 1 keyboard" and do the same?

[Yoshe7771]

will this work with a macbook pro?

[Stanno06]

Thanks this was very clear. I'm going to set up a dual monitor to use with Logic Studio and this helps a lot.

[movie14editer]

ANYTHING ALNG THE LINES OF THAT!

[TrickyD1206]

Nice one, always wondered how it was done. Now I can take my Dell monitor back out and put it to good use. Great video, thanks.

[bobby93macboy]

@TrickyD1206 no problem, im glad i could help

[00frozenzoo00]

my "PC-Monitor" has HDMI and DVI, this blue link cable is very old !

[CreativeTechtivity]

Awesome Video! New fan! I am really looking into getting a dual display! Can you look up my wish list on amazon (name = CreativeTechtivity) to see if I have everything I need to purchase a dual display? Thanks!!!! Again, Great Video!

[spock4450]

do u have a monitor group you recomend?

[DerBademantel]

Please please please please let me know where to find that wood rainbow wallpaper! I'm obsessed with it!

Great video by the way! Helped so so much!

[dirtymorales21]

THANKS GREAT VIDEO

[WedlakeProductions]

Where did you get all those cool backgrounds in your wallpaper settings? I believe the folder wad called awesome mac apps.

[flc4eva]

Cool tutorial dude! I simply love dual monitors..

1 thing to add, the menu bar can be dragged to the second monitor to change the 'main' monitor..

this is especially useful when u want to use FrontRow on your second monitor (in my case a TV. haha)..

[backyardproduction2]

ratata nICCE

[MrTechnoiGeek]

Great video

[HKChigger]

Real quick video? 9 minutes and 22 seconds? Good job as usual though :)

[jnctechnology]

Hey Bobby! Great videos! I love dual monitors! I use it all the time! Great Video!

- JNC TECH ( NOW HIRING)

[iStartMacRumors]

Great video dude! Keep it up!

[bobby93macboy]

@iStartMacRumors thanks man, and congrats on almost passen 2000, u will get it in like a day bro, keep it up

[Mobin1996]

very useful... Thanks

[prigby67]

very useful great vid

[UltimateFlank]

This is always very useful. I went from my macbook mini display port to HDMI adapter to my 21 in. TV. Very easy. When I'm reading a tutorial taking apart hardware I'll put the instructions on the tv so that I can see it from across the room. Great vid bobby!

[futuredeath]

cool video

[o2me2]

Great Tutorial. Thank you.

[rapmaster243]

Very nice tutorial, this will help for my future iMac! Thanks!

[MriPhoneFTW]

the old connection was minidvi for the white macbooks and the macbook pros had dvi.

[w35t51d369]

use mini displayport to hdmi

[Kurfan26]

cool