How to Install a 2nd Monitor to Your Mac

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How to Install a 2nd Monitor to Your Mac

Denton Chua

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Step 1 of 10

Buy a Mac

Step 2 of 10

Connect one end of DVI cable to the Adapter

Step 3 of 10

Connect other end to monitor

Step 4 of 10

Plug in the adapter to your Mac's mini display port

Step 5 of 10

Open System Preferences

Step 6 of 10

Choose "Displays"

Step 7 of 10

In the "arrangement" tab, align the 2nd blue box (the one without the white horizontal bar on top) to how your 2nd monitor is positioned

Step 8 of 10

See how it's aligned even if my monitors ...

Step 9 of 10

... Are on different levels

Step 10 of 10

Here's how it looks. Enjoy your Mac! :)

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Denton Chua

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MacBook or iMac

DVI to mini display port adapter

2nd monitor with DVI out

DVI cable

I have a MacBook pro :) and I was wondering if you can connect it to a two external monitors .

Oscar Rojas last year

You can't connect the two laptops, but you can connect them to the same external monitor. :)

Denton Chua (author) last year

Yes, I'd like to connect two laptops, and one laptop is a Mac which runs iOS and the other laptop is a PC which runs Windows 7. Is it possible to connect these two laptops together?

Cerahf C. last year

Not sure what your question was. Did you want to connect two laptops? There are some monitors that have a VGA and a DVI port. You can then connect both laptops to the same monitor. Then manually select which you want to display by choosing either DVI or VGA

Denton Chua (author) last year

Thanks for the guide, would this work if my second monitor is a Windows 7? Actually I have two laptops, one MacBook Pro and one HP which runs Windows 7. Would it be possible to connect these two monitors? Thnx.

Cerahf C. last year

Thanks for the likes everyone. :)

Denton Chua (author) last year