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Any body run dual monitors on mac?

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BolderPro
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So i saw a deal i couldn't resist today and know i have my dream setup of an iMac + thunderbolt cinema display. I'm super stoked but there are a couple things on it that im like wtf how could they leave that out. Maybe they didn't thou and thats why i made this thread.

So an example of a feature that I cant figure out is independent page scrolling. So when i go to go into full screen mode in an application on either of my screens both of the screens will slide to the left/or right so im wondering if there is a way to turn this off so i could open a full screen on 1 page and stay on the desktop/program that im using on the other.

If that didnt make sence hers a video showing how the screens are liked mirrored if i go to transfer pages:


Besides this problem the two screens has already increased my productivity in editing for example i can have two programs open to do live cuts/correction between apps/programs and also i can use the second monitor as a display for color correction and also to put the playback on 1 screen and timeline/tools/effects on the other so I have to say I am a huge fan of the two monitors but wish i could figure out the promblem listed b/c its really annoying and i use the full screen all the time!!!!
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1337
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wtf is that sliding screen witchcraft nonsense!?

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Malcolm
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There's a bunch of other shit like that too. Like if you fullscreen a video your cursor suddenly disappears.
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BolderPro
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Exactly i have been using it alot and have noticed alot of small things that are kind of a pain... but i def. like 2 screens.

Have you found any way around them?
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benk
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what programs are you wanting to run? photo/editing programs will sometimes have full screen interfaces
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BolderPro
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Thats not the problem (but adobe products) the problem is the way the 2 monitors mirror some actions such as scrolling through full screen apps so when i go to enter full screen, both monitors will slide but only 1 monitor will have the program on it... Kind of hard to explain the problem but mayb you can visualize it
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eheath
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Yeah some of the fullscreen stuff is bullshit but its mostly only youtube ive found that does it. I do a ton of other video watching in full screen on one side then do whaetever on the other screen. my friends always make fun of me because I have NS on one screen and fb on the other ha
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BolderPro
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ha, Yeah this is what i want to do but to do your monitors like tether to each other when you enter full screen or can you be on one page full screen and a different page on the other screen fullscreen.

Because on mine i can only be in full screen on 1 and the other will be blank
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eheath
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i mean, i only use full screen to watch videos, and NS/vimeo doesn't do the stupid mac full screen. Do you run fullscreen programs? If you do, why?
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BolderPro
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Oh i see what your talking about I can do vimeo/NS fullscreen.

I use full screen apps like iTunes, Safari, Mail, etc. and fullscreen is an advantage in those programs because the desktop always is open which means if i wanted to drag an .mp3 to my desktop i could just drag to the left and be on my desktop w/o minimizing anything which is usefull but i guess its not that big of a deal now that i have the 2 screens but i still cant believe that you cant do it...
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eheath
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bleh i hate fullscreen shit ha
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Splice.
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I run dual. Sometimes it get's really annoying so I just unplug the other monitor.
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Holte
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what the fuck? I've never seen any of that. What version OS are you running?
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norgeanders
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shit happens cause when your using mountion lion/ lion it has certain applications that when full-sized only think you are using one screen, and i dont know how to fix it its annoying hopefully apple will come out with some kind of fix for this
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BolderPro
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mountain lion

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Malcolm
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Actually if you just take the URL from the embed code it'll fullscreen in your browser.

<iframe src="https://www.newschoolers.com/videoembed/525783" class="nsVideoEmbed" width="360" height="225" frameborder="0" style="border: 0px; padding: 0xp; margin: 0px;"></iframe>

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