Adjusting Settings to Present Expected Content (MacOS/Windows)

Usually, we expect to see the same content on our laptop screen and on the projection screen.  Sometimes, this mirroring does not work.  

MacOS Settings for Content Mirroring or Content Extending

In MacOS, choose the Apple menu, System Settings, Displays. If you’re not connected to another display (such as a classroom projector), you only see an icon for a laptop called Built-In Display. When you are connected to another display device, you will also see an icon for this other device. (In the classroom, it might be named Crestron, for example.) 

You can choose to extend your desktop or to mirror your desktop.

  • Mirror:  Under Use As, Main Display, select Mirror
  • Extend:  Under Use As, make sure your laptop is the Main Display, and arrange your screens.

Windows Settings for Content Mirroring or Content Extending

To mirror your laptop to the projection screen, press the Windows logo key + K, and select the projection screen.

To extend your laptop screen, go to Start - Settings - System - Display.

Or

Right-click anywhere on your Desktop, click Display settings.

Under Multiple Displays, select Extend desktop to this display

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