• Open Menu Close Menu
  • Apple
  • Shopping Bag
  • Apple
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • Watch
  • TV
  • Music
  • Support
  • Search apple.com
  • Shopping Bag

Lists

Open Menu Close Menu
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Lists hosted on this site
  • Email the Postmaster
  • Tips for posting to public mailing lists
Re: How can you change the main monitor
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: How can you change the main monitor


  • Subject: Re: How can you change the main monitor
  • From: Bruce Robertson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:18:47 -0700

> At 10:51 AM +1000 6/25/06, Susan Mackay wrote:
>> We have just attached an additional display to an iMac and, using the System
>> Preferences, we can manually swap the ³main monitor² between the two
>> displays. (We actually want to do this so that Front Row will display on the
>> new display).
>>
>> I can¹t seem to find any way to swap the ³main monitor² between the displays
>> using AppleScript, but it sounds like an obvious thing to do.
>>
>> How can this be done?
>
> The unix tool "cscreen" can do this.
>
> http://www.pyehouse.com/lynn/cscreen.php
>
> You'll need to run it via "do shell script" if you want to run it from
> AppleScript.

No joy at that link:

"What you were looking for has likely been removed.
Due to circumstances entirely of my own doing, much in my life, including
this website, is on hold."

 _______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Applescript-users mailing list      (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:

This email sent to email@hidden

  • Follow-Ups:
    • Re: How can you change the main monitor
      • From: Jon Pugh <email@hidden>
  • Prev by Date: Re: Stateful variables
  • Next by Date: Re: How can you change the main monitor
  • Previous by thread: Re: Stateful variables
  • Next by thread: Re: How can you change the main monitor
  • Index(es):
    • Date
    • Thread