

This type of configuration works well when you want to keep your main work on your larger external display, but still keep things like IM, iTunes, and email constantly visible on the smaller laptop LCD. Open the Displays Preference Pane to configure the resolution and orientation of the two monitors. That means when your mouse pointer goes off the edge of one, it will appear on the other. When you connect an external monitor to your MacBook (or PowerBook, for that matter), you can combine your MacBook’s LCD and your external monitor to create one big monitor.They range from the painfully obvious (for brand new Mac users) to one I actually just learned yesterday. Here are some tips for using a MacBook or MacBook Pro with an external monitor.
