![]() You’ll see in that discussion mention of another non-Apple application that can be full-screen on one monitor and leave the other monitor(s) available for whatever else the user wants. Please have a look at the (very long) discussion at – you will have to sift through some diversions but you’ll see some really intelligent and thoughtful comments about this. Recall my initial posting here said “Take any Apple application that supports “Full-Screen App” mode (see ).” I am referring ONLY to APPLE applications and the “new” feature of OS X Lion (and now Mountain Lion) of Apple’s Full-Screen Apps. However, it drives me bananas the way Apple has provided full-screen apps that render other (expensive) monitors useless whenever I want to take advantage of the full-screen feature of an Apple app.Īrron – you say it is all about the application that one is using. Now, I can always use the green button or otherwise maximize and app on a certain monitor to get pretty much the desired effect. For example take Firefox to one monitor and hit F11 and you’re in full screen (ie: kiosk mode) while the other monitor(s) remain fully available, you can even have another instance of Firefox on another monitor and make it full-screen on that monitor.ĭon’t get me wrong, this is not about which OS is better – only that in my view Apple is wrong if “Fullscreen mode tells OS X to that you only want to focus on this app right now and ignore everything else.” That may be what Apple is doing – or thinks users should be doing – but I want to be able to go full-screen on one monitor and still be able to focus on other things in other monitors. ![]() In that other operating system, what’s it called, oh yes, Windows 7, you can make an app full screen on one monitor and the other monitor(s) remain available for whatever use – even another full-screen. Aria mentions that this is what Gnome and KDE so. I am not 100% certain what you mean, but I can say that in other operating systems you can make an app “full-screen” and it will go full screen on that monitor and leave the other monitors alone and available for any other uses. You seem to indicate about this full-screen app behaviour “That’s the way it works on any multi-monitor use in full screen mode”. But I have not seen Mountain Lion so can only relate rumours. For example, I might want to use one of the remaining monitors to have another Full-Screen App on it in full screen (ie: Safari full-screen on one monitor, Quick TIme full screen on another), while leaving the remaining monitors for “normal” use.īy the way, when you make an app go full-screen, does it do so on the monitor where you have it or does it go to the primary display? Apparently Mountain Lion will let full screen apps go full-screen on the display where they are BUT still the remaining monitors become useless. What do I want to see? Well, simply put, I want the “Full-Screen App” go full screen on the monitor the application is on while leaving the other monitors untouched and available for whatever use I want to put them to – “normal” windows or full-screen app windows. Personally I find this behaviour to be exceedingly BAD and poorly designed (and I don’t think I am alone in this opinion). If you're just going to surf the web, it's overpriced, but text does look great on the screen.I gather that you are CONFIRMING that making a “Full-Screen App” go full screen DOES in fact render the other three monitors blank (ie: the grey linen background) and therefore you can do NOTHING with the other monitors. ![]() It's dual graphics make it ideal for powerful and graphic intensive tasks and it's general power is probably more than most will need. Maybe that's because it's been pretty cold and I have yet to wear shorts while using it!For anyone who needs a powerful machine, this is for you. It can and does get hot, but it's not been uncomfortable yet. The first cycle wasn't great and I thought it might actually be a problem, but a few more cycles and it has really started to give me close to, if not exceeding, the suggested battery life.It's so much quiter than previous MacBooks, much of this is surely down to the SSD and the CPU. ![]() Failing that, you can download apps to customise the resolution.This Mac is fast, and combined with Mavericks I am now getting some great battery life. Obviously, the more space you require, the smaller things are, but luckily there is an easy to use scale that will help you to get the resolution that's right for you. The Retina screen is stunning, that's for sure, but depending on the resolution you go for, it's not guaranteed you'll have a load more space. I owned and used a white MacBook for almost 6 years before finally purchasing a replacement and this is what I waited for.
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