So, I have my shiny new iMac connected to a 32" LCD TV. I like using it for watching films and TV shows that I have on my mac. When I do this, I use the display mirroring feature in system preferences which works fine. However, when I do use it in that fashion, I'd like to be able to shut off the iMac's display. Does anyone know how this can be done? Thanks.
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Display Mirroring Question On New iMac
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This is not yet possible for the iMac.
See this existing thread for a detailed discussion on the topic.
See this existing thread for a detailed discussion on the topic.
I desire the same thing, did a bunch of searching on the topic and found no options. If anyone knows how, the three of us are all ears.
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Well you were asking as if you thought there MIGHT be a way but that you just weren't aware of it.
I was just letting you know that there was a recent, in-depth thread on the topic and the consensus was that while it might be possible to do no one has yet coded the app to do so.
Just a friendly FYI.
I hope you guys do get what you're wishing for.
Well, since we are wishing, I also want an App to get coded that would allow me to keep my TV plugged into the iMac all the time, and just dis-able that as an output, so I don't have to keep unplugging it to get my screen to go back to "normal". (mirroring reduces the size to 1920x1080, rather than the native 1920 x 1200, and extended desktop can cause a lost mouse).