Comments on: Multiple Monitors, Moving Menu Bar

By: Anon-kun

Anon-kun — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:06:56 +0000

FFFFfffff…..

I was beating my head on this. I can’t believe I failed to pass the simple second-grade instruction reading test, and swore out loud when I read your answer.

Thank you for your helpful post.

By: T

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:45:12 +0000

Many thanks for this post,

I’m running Lion on a homebuilt PC system and after all the rigamarole with getting things to work I was completely unable to figure this out and thought it had something to due with the Hack. Now, all is well.

Thanks again!

By: Gene

Gene — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:37:53 +0000

For a given application, you’ll need to drag the app’s window to whichever monitor on which you want to use it. After you do that a few times (consistently), your Mac will start to open that apps’ windows where you placed them.
Your Mac is smart but it can’t read your mind — right away. It needs your help. :-)

By: dino

dino — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:27:58 +0000

hey i have a macbook pro with an extra monitor- i set the monitor as primary and dragged the menu bar- but when i open some programs they still open and run on the macbook- i want the program to open and fullscreen on the monitor- i hope i explained – it doesnt work

By: Kim SJ

Kim SJ — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:48:33 +0000

Being even dumber thant the OP, took me half an hour to realise that you’re meant to drag the menu bar in the little picture not the actual menu bar. :-)

By: Hamilton Lima

Hamilton Lima — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:31:43 +0000

Thanks for the great post !!! not so clear that we could drag that hu ? :P

By: dml

dml — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:50:17 +0000

Sweet thanks just went to a dual monitor and was wondering this very thing Thanks for the knowledge!!!!!

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:18:15 +0000

this just solved my presentation problem that has had me mirroring displays as a fallback for the last 3 weeks! thank you!

By: Nez

Nez — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:18:18 +0000

Thank you!!! It was driving me nuts trying to find out how to use Illustrator on the big display! So happy now!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:14:09 +0000

I’ve come back to Mac after many years. I now have a Mac Mini hooked up to dual displays and would like my menu bar on the other monitor. I tried dragging it over to no avail. Any suggestions? It would be wonderful to have two menu bars.