Do so and you will see the primary monitor change. It symbolizes the primary screen and as it turns out that you can drag it between monitors. Step 2: See that little white bar on the tiny monitor below. Step 1: Open up the Displays page in the Settings app. Turns out it’s pretty darn easy and it is indeed built right into OS X. Today I had some time and googled it, figuring there had to be a way even if through 3rd party software. I want everything to default to the nice, big monitor! At first I wrote it off I didn’t see any method to get it done and did not have time to research it. I want the menu bar on the external monitor. Obviously with a 15″ MBP and a 24″ monitor, I’m going to be using the 24″ monitor primarily. I am still working out my opinion of the monitor and may write up a review of it at a later time.įirst issue I come up with is that the external monitor is always secondary to the MBP display.

Well now I am more motivated to get the process started.įirst thing, this week I got a new monitor, the Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24″ LED LCD Monitor off Amazon. I have been intending to upgrade my personal equipment, but have been waiting for Apple to release the new models (been waiting since October). Luke Ryan Jernejcic Change The Primary Monitor In A Dual-Monitor OS-X Setupĭo to some unexpected circumstance I ended up loosing my 2008 24″ iMac this week (my work machine), leaving me with my old 2006 MacBook Pro (my personal machine, the first of the Intel models).

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