dual monitor, menu bar

Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

dual monitor, menu bar

Posted by Richard Blakeslee on April 20, 2006 at 12:24 pm

Hello,

I know this is ‘off subject’ but I thought I could find help here. I just got a Dell
monitor (1707FP)(great buy at $220. free shipping), Hooked it up with the digital cable to my G4- the DVI monitor port, the other monitor is the Apple 19 inch running off the ADC monitor port. I like the Dell, but a little more ‘harsh’ then the Apple. Here’s the question: I want the menu bar and the dock to be back on my Apple monitor. But I can’t figure it out. No matter which ‘side’ I put them on the menu bar is on the Dell, the ‘digital’ connection. Can the menu bar and dock (I can drag the hard disk icons over) be made to come up on the Apple monitor? It’s easier on the eyes and I’m just use to using it, it’s also right in front of me, the Dell is off to my left side.

thanks,

Richard

G4, dual 1 gig, 10.3.8, 1 gig ram, FCP 4.5

Richard Blakeslee replied 20 years ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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Steve Eisen
April 20, 2006 at 1:03 pm

Go into your display preferences.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Director-At-Large
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group
Tom Matthies
April 20, 2006 at 1:07 pm

Preferences>display>arrangement.
You should see representations of the two monitors. One will have a white “menu bar” at the top. Just drag that bar to the other “monitor”.
That’s it.
Richard Blakeslee
April 20, 2006 at 2:02 pm

Tom,

Thanks, that was easy. I kept rearanging the positions of the monitors, but I didn’t know that I could move the ‘white’bar to the other monitor. I even read my manual.
Where is all this information kept?

Thanks to all of you.

(I love keeping my bins open with the large icons on the Dell while I work. I wish I would have done this years ago.)

Cheers,

Richard
Steve Eisen
April 20, 2006 at 3:03 pm

On your desktop. Apple Help. Type Multiple Displays and it will appear.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Director-At-Large
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group
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April 20, 2006 at 3:20 pm

[Richard Blakeslee] “I didn’t know that I could move the ‘white’bar to the other monitor. I even read my manual.
Where is all this information kept?”

It says how to do this right on the screen when you have the “Displays” control panel open, under the “Arrangement” tab.
Richard Blakeslee
April 21, 2006 at 12:07 pm

Matte,

Absolutely. Any bigger and it would byte one. It’s like when I’m looking in the refrig. Where’s the mayo? My wife, “There it is right in front of you.”

It has to be a guy thing. I guess I think I’m so smart I don’t have to read all that. Just click OK and let’s get going.

Thanks,

Richard

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