how can i make a windows laptop a monitor for a mac

How Can I Make A Windows Laptop A Monitor For A Mac Way And

He saw me pecking away with my laptop monitor up one day and said, Why dont you use that as a second monitor After I told him to frack off, I realized it wasnt a bad idea.

And its uber easy.

How Can I Make A Windows Laptop A Monitor For A Mac Way And

Ill show you both the Mac way and the PC way.

Well assume you have a setup something like this: a laptop, maybe one in a dock, hooked up to a monitor.

OK. Lets start with Windows.

Say Yes. Make sure Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor is checked.

The other issue is my laptop screen became my primary monitor.

Thats not right. If this happens to you: Select the monitor you want to be primary.

Then press Apply.

Depending on your setup, you may have to move the taskbar up to that monitor.

You just hold down the left mouse button while dragging the taskbar to move it.

I like up and down.

You can also look in your video driver to see if you can save profiles, so you dont have to reset it every time you turn on the computer.

Go to system preferences Choose Displays If OS X hasnt already detected your new display, press the Detect Displays button.

Select Arrangement, and you can reposition the displays to reflect reality.

And thats it. With either a Mac or a Windows laptop, you can now enjoy the extra screen real estate you already own.

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